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Robert Ballantine Anderson | 2nd Battle of Gaza

Robert was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was born in 1890 and died in 1917, aged 27. He was the third of five sons, of Robert Ballantine Anderson and Agnes Anderson of Glenburn Hall, Jedburgh. All five sons were in active service. Robert served in Gallipoli and Gaza; he was killed by the Turks at Outpost Hill, Gaza, South Palestine, and buried in Gaza War Cemetery. He started as a private in the 1st Lovat Scouts, and died as a lieutenant in the KOSB. His story is told by the digitized material. The first digitized document is a summary of his background and tells the story of the 2nd Battle of Gaza, a detailed account of the attack on Outpost Hill 19 April 1917, where he was 2nd lieutenant in D company: of how only 33 men survived of the original garrison of 400. Other images include war diaries, obit notices and memorials.
Roberts's photographs Typewritten story of what happened in Gaza Regimental war diary Obituary notice from paper Casualty details Photograph of cemetery in Gaza Plaque in church at Jedburgh Memorial in Jedburgh graveyard Memorial outside Jedburgh Abbey University of Edinburgh roll of honour Memorial scroll

Robert Ballantine Anderson - Middle Eastern Front
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Gallipoli
Robert Ballantine Anderson, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Photographs of Robert Ballantine Anderson
Memoir
Trench Life
Biography of Robert, with paragraph of early life followed by a summary of the attack on Outpost Hill at the 2nd Battle of Gaza, on 19th April 1917, where Robert was Lieutenant, and in command of the company after the death of Captain Cochrane. The document describes the strategy and events, resulting in heavy bombardment by the Turks, and the deaths of 33 men out of the garrison's orignal 400, including Robert.
Robert Ballantine Anderson, 2nd Battle of Gaza
Typewritten summary of events at 2nd Battle of Gaza
Artillery
gaza
Regimental war diary
Official document
2nd Battle of Gaza
Remembrance
Robert Ballantine Anderson
Obituary notice
English
Italiano
Memorabilia
Casualty details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Casualty details
Photograph of cemetery in Gaza
Robert Ballatine Anderson
Plaque in church at Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Memorial in Jedburgh graveyard
Memorial to Robert Ballantine Anderson, Jedburgh graveyard
Memorial in Jedburgh graveyard to Robert Ballantine Anderson d.1917, and his parents.
War memorial outside Jedburgh Abbey, including inscription for Anderson, R.B., Lieut. KOSB
War memorial outside Jedburgh Abbey
Edinburgh
Edinburgh University roll of honour
Official memorial scroll, with George VI's coat of arms
Memorial scroll

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CONTRIBUTOR

Mr and Mrs Dove

DATE

- 1917-04-17

LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

19

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC
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Newspaper

Contributor

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Date

http://semium.org/time/1890
1890
1917-04-17

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Story

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eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1890

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1890
Wed Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1890
Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1801
Wed Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1851
Sat Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1876

End

1917-04-17
Wed Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1890
Mon Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1900
Tue Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1901

Language

mul

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Mr and Mrs Dove | europeana19141918:agent/3df461fe7a362a9d5ddd52d8f2288daf
Robert Ballentine Anderson | europeana19141918:agent/6ff83a64ef54bcf977a331be8ff9a8a6

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2014-09-11 15:33:36 UTC

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