{"id":3538,"date":"2023-07-06T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:32:26","slug":"anderson-j-v-c-captain-indian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2023\/07\/06\/anderson-j-v-c-captain-indian-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson J V C Captain Indian Army"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anderson J V C Captain Indian Army<\/p><\/div>\n

CAPT. JOHN VICTOR CORTLANDT ANDERSON,<\/p>\n

QUEEN VICTORIA’S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES (F.F.), INDIAN ARMY.<\/p>\n

KILLED IN ACTION AT EL JELIL, NEAR JAFFA, JUNE 8TH, 1918. AGED 30.<\/p>\n

At the School 1901-4 (School House).<\/p>\n

Capt. J. V. C. Anderson was the younger son of the late John Philip Cortlandt Anderson, M.I.C.E., and of Mrs. Anderson, of 30, Midvale Road, St. Helier’s, Jersey. His elder brother, Temporary Major H. E. C. Anderson, Leicestershire Regiment, is an old Fettesian, and had been wounded.<\/p>\n

Entering the School from Hillside, Godalming, in September, 1901, Victor Anderson left from the Army Class at Christmas, 1904, when he was only a few months over seventeen. He had become a 2nd Corporal in the Cadet Corps, as it was then, and had obtained his 1st XV. colours in his last Term, as a useful 12 st. forward. At the R.M.C.. Sandhurst, also, he was in the XV., and was promoted Sergeant. He was gazetted to the Dorset. Regiment May 4th, 1907, but after about a year transferred, in 1908, to the Indian Army, being posted to the 1st Battn. of Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (F.F.) (Lumsden’s), and by his fine soldierly qualities proved himself worthy of the best traditions of that famous Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant August 4th, 1909, Temporary Captain September 1st, 1915, and Captain May 4th, 1916, this being subsequently antedated to the date on which he became Temporary Captain. He did very well indeed in the frontier fighting in India in the early days of the War and took part in the operations against the Bunerwals in 1915, and against the Mohmands in 1916. From March to December, 1917, he served in Mesopo- tamia with his Regiment and took part in the Tigris Operations, including the fighting at Tikrit in November.<\/p>\n

Early in January, 1918, the Guides were transferred to Palestine, and when on June 8th they were selected and specially brought up to attack, in co-operation with the Black Watch, a very strong Turkish position on a height called the “Two Sisters,” near the coast, about seven miles north of Jaffa, the honour of leading them was conferred on Captain Anderson. In spite of a very heavy enemy barrage and terrible losses, he fearlessly led his men absolutely “plumb straight” to their objective. The Regiment captured the position, but while they were consolidating a shrapnel burst right in front of him and he fell mortally wounded with bullets through the head and heart. He was buried, with two other Guides officers, in the neighbouring cemetery of El Jelil, but after the War was re-interred in the Military Cemetery at Ramleh.<\/p>\n

Letters from the second in command, who had been in the Regiment for nearly fourteen years, contained the following:-<\/p>\n

“Every one liked him, and ever since I’ve known him I never heard a word against him from any one either in or out of the Regiment. He was the life and soul of our Mess – always cheery and merry and bright, and you know what a lot that means on service. As a regimental soldier he was absolutely unsurpassable.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always had a great admiration for him. He was a real soldier if ever there was one, and without exception the best Company Commander I’ve ever met anywhere. He had a wonderful hold over his men and they would have followed him anywhere. He was such a fine fellow and so straight-one of the whitest’ men I’ve ever met. I never knew a fellow who commanded more respect than J. V. did. I know of no one who had consistently done more for the Regiment. He has left his mark all right and his good work will have its effect for many a long day to come.”<\/p>\n

The C.O. also described him as the best Company Commander in the Regiment,” and added, “You can’t think what a loss it has been to us. He was such a favourite, one of the best officers I have ever met, and a grand soldier “; and in his recommendation of Captain Anderson for a Mention in Despatches, the only honour except the V.C. for which an officer who has been killed may be recommended, he wrote:-<\/p>\n

“I specially chose this officer to lead the advance, as I knew the success of the operations must depend to a great extent on the direction maintained and the dash with which the advance was carried out through the enemy’s barrage. Nothing could have gone better; and it was only when the final objective was reached that he fell mortally wounded. His utter disregard for his own personal safety and his devotion to duty were the chief cause of the success of the whole operations.”<\/p>\n

Source : Tonbridge School And The Great War Of 1914-1919<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAPT. JOHN VICTOR CORTLANDT ANDERSON, QUEEN VICTORIA’S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES (F.F.), INDIAN ARMY. KILLED IN ACTION AT EL JELIL, NEAR JAFFA, JUNE 8TH, 1918. AGED 30. At the School 1901-4 (School House). Capt. J. V. C. Anderson was the younger son of the late John Philip Cortlandt Anderson, M.I.C.E., and of Mrs. Anderson, of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3541,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}