Lieutenant General Sir Warren Hastings Anderson KCB, 1928 (c)

Photograph by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1928 (c).

Anderson was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1890. Following service in the South African War (1899-1902) and the First World War he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1927. He is pictured here as Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment. At the Battle of Dettingen the regiment was awarded the distinction of wearing the oakleaf when parading before Royalty - the oakleaves can be seen here. He died in 1930.

From a collection of 1,701 photographs taken by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, showing British regiments and corps.