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{{Personnel
|id=2880
|Surname and forenames=Anderson William Gordon
|Army number=4455276
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=7/2/1916 - born in Durham.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, enlisted early May 1939.  Posted to the ? 8th Battalion.  Posted to the 11th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Reported missing 10/5/1940 - 16/6/1940.  Previously reported missing, now reported not missing.  Transferred to the Black Watch 16/7/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Transferred back to The DLI 26/7/40, and posted back to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland.  Returned to the UK.  Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 23/4/43, docs to Bournemouth 21/5/43, and posted to No 6 Centre.  Granted Class A Release 21/12/1945.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Company not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family details as yet.
|Source table=11DLI
}}