King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Joined RN 1889; HMS ST GEORGE 1895-1896; Brass River expedition, Nigeria 1895; M'wheli expedition, Mombassa, Africa 1895; Ashanti expedition, Africa 1896; HMS FOX, Bahrein 1905; Cdr, HMS ROYAL YACHT ALBERT AND VICTORIA 1908-1911; World War I 1914-1918; HMS HYACINTH, Cape Station during Konigsberg operations, German East Africa 1915; Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse River, China 1923-1926; temporary Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1925; Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station 1927-1929; High Commissioner, South Africa, Jun-Dec 1928; Admiralty Representative, League of Nations Permanent Advisory Commission 1929-1931; retired 1932; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Newfoundland 1933-1936; Governor, New South Wales, Australia 1936

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Papers of Lt Gen Sir Warren Hastings Anderson (brother) include obituaries and memorial booklets; papers of Lady Edith Muriel Anderson (wife) include material relating to the Service League of Newfoundland; also two letters to Lady Anderson from the Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald 1934 following MacDonald's visit to Newfoundland; RHODES HOUSE LIBRARY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY: The papers of Sir Richard Squires include correspondence relating to taxation issues in Newfoundland 1933 (NRA list 14026, Jones collection); SCOTTISH UNITED SERVICES MUSEUM, EDINBURGH: Papers 1894-1936 (ref: 1959-23), including; correspondence relating to his service as Senior Naval Officer, Yangste River, China 1924-1926; including letters of thanks from Shanghai Municipal Council describing RN action during civil war between Kiagsu and Chekiang Provinces 1924; also letters of thanks from Shanghai Municipal Council for assistance of British Naval Forces during General Strike, Shanghai 1925; naval and colonial service commissions, awards, and decorations 1894-1936

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES Far East 1924-1926; North America 1933-1934
NAMES Gen David Anderson (father); Lt Gen Sir Warren Hastings Anderson (brother)

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