Remembering Today 11/12/43 Lead Seaman:R.R.Anderson,C/JX223624,H.M.S. President III Royal Navy

Leading Seaman ANDERSON, ROBERT RUSSELL
Service Number C/JX 223624

Died 11/12/1943

H.M.S. President III
Royal Navy

Son of William and Betsy Anderson; husband of Violet Leslie Anderson.


INSCRIPTION
IN LIFE I LOVED TOO LITTLE IN DEATH I LOVE TOO MUCH
Casualty
Buried at BARI WAR CEMETERY

Location: Italy
Number of casualties: 2054

Cemetery/memorial reference: XIV. B. 11.

 

Another one for Hugh I think. CWGC concentration report shows Robert Anderson was a gunner on board SS Norlom, obviously a DEMS.
Tim

 

UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
Name: Robert Russell Anderson
Event: Death
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1915
Birth Place: Manchester, Lancs.
Death Date: 11 Dec 1943
Death Age: 28


Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
Name: Ld Smn Robert Russell Anderson
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1915
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 11 Dec 1943
Death Place: Italy
Cemetery: Bari War Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Bari, Città Metropolitana di Bari, Puglia, Italy
Has Bio?: N
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...


Robert Russell Anderson
1915–1943
BIRTH 19 FEB 1915 • Chorlton On Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England
DEATH 11 DECEMBER 1943 • 3rd New Zealand Hospital, Italy, whilst serving on board H.M.S. PRESIDENT 111 - Royal Navy

Nothing tells us what he died of in the NZ Hospital, Italy.

SS Norlom - Wikipedia
On 2 December, Norlom was in port at Bari when a large force consisting 105 Junkers Ju-88 aircraft of the Luftwaffe bombed the port.[48] The Liberty ship John L. Motley, laden with a cargo of ammunition, was hit and exploded. Another Liberty ship, the John Harvey was carrying a cargo of US mustard gas bombs, some of which released their contents.[49] A bulk fuel line was severed, and blazing fuel set fire to a number of ships, including Norlom, which sank.[48] In total, twenty-eight ships were sunk,[48] and six were damaged in the raid.[49] Of Norlom's crew of 32 and six DEMS gunners, three crew and a gunner were killed in the raid. Her first officer died on 14 December from injuries received in the attack. A sixth crewmember died after the war from the effects of the mustard gas.[23] Norlom was assessed as "possibly salvable".[50] Those lost on board Norlom are commemorated at the Minnehallen, Stavern, Norway. The ship was refloated in November 1946 and scrapped at Bari in 1947

Air raid on Bari - Wikipedia

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Lancashire Marriages
ANDERSON William R
PILKINGTON Betsy
Manchester, St. John, 7 Apr 1901

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
42 Lower Ormond Street, Manchester C.B., Lancashire
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
William R Anderson 12 Jul 1876 Iron & Steel Moulder Heavy Wk
Betsy Anderson 31 Jan 1879 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Irene Anderson 24 Jan 1913 Rubber Worker Glove Maker Heavy
Hugh R Anderson 19 Mar 1911 Contractor Plasterer
John Mckay Anderson 02 Apr 1908 Foreman Plasterer Gran? Worker
Alexander Anderson 28 Aug 1919 Printer Letterpress Machine Heavy

Lancashire Marriages
ANDERSON Robert Russell
WATKIN Violet Leslie
Longsight, St. John, 1936

No children.

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
42 Royalthorn Road, Manchester C.B., Lancashire
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Robert R Anderson 16 Feb 1915 Plasterer Heavy Work
Violet L Anderson 22 Mar 1909 Unpaid Domestic Duties

Father:
William Russell Anderson
BIRTH: 12 Jul 1876 - Midlothian, Scotland
DEATH: Sep 1955 - Manchester, Lancashire