Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36110/supplements/3421. No. 4347754 Private Eric Anderson, 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment. On 6th April 1943 on the Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, when a company of The East Yorkshire Regiment had to withdraw temporarily behind the crest of a hill, Private Anderson, a stretcher-bearer, went forward alone through heavy fire to rescue the wounded. Three times he brought in wounded comrades and was rendering first aid to a fourth when he was mortally wounded.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36110/supplements/3421. No. 4347754 Private Eric Anderson, 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment. On 6th April 1943 on the Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, when a company of The East Yorkshire Regiment had to withdraw temporarily behind the crest of a hill, Private Anderson, a stretcher-bearer, went forward alone through heavy fire to rescue the wounded. Three times he brought in wounded comrades and was rendering first aid to a fourth when he was mortally wounded.