Arthur Anderson

Arthur Emilius David Anderson, (30 September 1886 – 21 October 1967) was a British Army officer and an English track and field athlete from Brentford, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

E Biography Anderson was born in Twickenham, a village and a parish in Brentford district, Middlesex county in Greater London, England. His parents were David Anderson (b. 1844), an Anglican prebendary, and Blanch Alice May Anderson (b. 1857). He also had a sister, Mona Constance Anabel (b. 1884), and a brother, Gerrard Rupert Laurie (b. 1889) becoming a Cambridge blue from 1906 to 1908 in both the 440 and 880 yards events.

Military service During the First World War, Anderson served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916 Birthday Honours and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours.