Hastings Anderson
| Sir Hastings Anderson | |
|---|---|
 Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings Anderson | |
| Born | 1872 |
| Died | 1930 (aged 57–58) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1890–1931 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir (Warren) Hastings Anderson, KCB (1872–1930) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career
Anderson was born the first son of General David Anderson, Colonel-in-Chief of the Cheshire Regiment, and his wife Charlotte Christina (née Anderson) on 9 January 1872 in Newton-by-Chester in Cheshire, England. Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,[1] Anderson was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1890.[2]
He was promoted to Captain on 18 December 1899,[3] and fought in the Second Boer War becoming Deputy Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff of Military Governor in Johannesburg in 1900.[2]
He also took part in World War I joining the British Expeditionary Force and serving with 8th Division, then with 11th Army Corps, then with 15th Army Corps and finally with the 1st Army.[2] He was, effectively Chief of Staff, of 1st Army and it was his task to prepare for the assault on Vimy Ridge in 1917.[1]
After the War he became Commandant at the Staff College until 1922 when he moved to Army Headquarters in India.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Baluchistan District in 1924 and Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1927; he retired in 1931.[2]
He was Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1928 to 1930.[4]
He died on the 11 December 1930.[5]
Family
Anderson was the older brother of Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson[5] and married Eileen Hamilton in 1910; there were no children.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Hastings Anderson at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27160. p. 694. 2 February 1900.
- ↑ The Cheshire Regiment
- 1 2 Burkes Landed Gentry: Anderson of Northfield
Bibliography
- Outline of the development of the British Army: Up to the commencement of the Great War, 1914 Notes for four lectures delivered at the Staff College by Lieutenant General Sir Hastings Anderson
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by College closed during the War (Post last held by Launcelot Kiggell) |
Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley 1919–1922 |
Succeeded by Edmund Ironside |
| Preceded by Sir Walter Campbell |
Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1927–1930 |
Succeeded by Sir Felix Ready |