Missing/ Killed in action
ARTHUR stuart anderson
Private (spr) Arthur Stuart Anderson was born in Nairn Ontario, Canada. He lived at 462 Gilmour Street in Peterborough Ontario with his father Reverend John Anderson. Arthur was born May 16,1889 and died June 2, 1916 at the age of 27. He was 5’10 with fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair with a vaccination mark on his left arm. His was Presbyterian and not married.
His trade was a mechanical engineer but his calling was being in the military. He was a captain Peterborough collegiate cadet. He was also a Peterborough Ranger for 6 years in the 57th regiment. He was 26 when he signed up in Toronto Ontario to the army to go overseas to fight. His regimental number was McG/159. There is a possibility that he was in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion regiment and died in the battle of Sanctuary Wood. He was declared missing in action on June 13, 1916 and declared killed in action on January 1, 1917. He was buried at Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium.
Biography
Sapper
Arthur Stuart Anderson was a sapper in world war one. A sapper was similar the ranking of a private. A sapper had many jobs because they were mechanical engineer. The ranking “sapper” is used in the British Army, it comes from the French ‘saper’ which means to undermine, to dig under a wall or building to cause its collapse.A sapper was also called a pioneer or combat engineer. Arthur was put in this position of a sapper because his trade was a mechanical engineer. The rank of sapper is used instead of private because these soldiers has completed the course Engineer DP1. A sapper was a very important job in world war one, there duties include building railways, bridges and roads to transport, clearing minefields, breaching and demolition, they also supplied water and transport.
His Name in the Canadian book of remembrance on the Canadian virtual war memorial.
Letters
Sapper underground
Sapper working on a bridge
Poem: "A Soldier Wish"
Geo Bloom (George), was born and lived in France. He was in the 19th Canadian Battalion. He fought and was wounded in the battle of Ypres. He was in the hospital when a nurse ask him if he could write a poem about the war. A couple years ago a guy contacted a person in my family and ask if Geo was a relative, he then told us that he had a poem from him in his great grandmothers book and then gave it to our family.
On the left a letter to Arthur's father , John by Arthur and on the right a letter from Arthur's father to Arthur.
Merry-Go-Round
Medium: Oil Paint
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Artist: Mark Gertler
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Made/Date: 1916 in London England
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Original Size: 189.2 x 142.2 cm
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Mark Gertler artwork captures his vision of a nightmare and a conflict. the merry go round is stop, and the mouth of the people are open. they represent the unending scream, as they whirl forever, unable to stop or get off. the stretch legs of the horses resembles rifles raised as they rear and plunge with teeth bared. the clouds in the back-round resembles bullets raining down on them.
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for more info about this piece visit http://benuri100.org/artwork/merry-go-round/
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Attestation Paper
Arthur house(modern time) at 462 Gilmour Street Peterborough Ontario.
Reading of a letter