Archives: Andertons
in India
This section is dedicated to archive information and documents that can be consulted on the Anderton surname for India.
The Anderton Database
Last Updated: 17 October 2003
The database holds the following entries for Andertons in Colonial India:
1800’s
John Alfred Anderton - Cadet Papers - 1839-1840
Bombay Service Army List - 19th NI res 1859 (1852-1859)
Charles Henry Anderton - Cadet Papers - 1841-1842
Bengal Service Army List - 74th NI, d Aug 53 (1843-1859)
[source:India Company's Army (1753-1861) and the Indian Army (1861-1940)]
Indian Mutiny 1857-1859
There are 3 Andertons in the Medal Roll for the Indian Mutiny:
Private Benjamin Anderton of the 1st Battalion 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
Private James Anderton of the 53rd Foot (Shropshire)
Private Thomas Henry Anderton of the 83rd Foot
[source: Indian Mutiny Medal Roll (British Forces)]
1872
1902
1930-31
Col. Geoffrey Anderton, (1902-1981) Educated at Ermysted's School, Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire and St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London; commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1927; Capt, 1929; service on North West Frontier, India, 1930-1931;
retired 1952; Commandant, Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen, Richmond, Surrey, 1953-1967; died 1981.
[source: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London]
1931
Frederic Michael Anderton born on 8th December 1931, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Cricket player for Cambridge University Team 1953)
[source: Cricket Archive]
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