A member of one of Canada’s most distinguished military families, Lieutenant-General William Alexander Beaumont Anderson. His father, the late Major-General W.B. Anderson, CMG, DSO of Ottawa, was a former Commander of Military District No. 3; an uncle, Major-General T.V. Anderson, DSO, was Chief of the General Staff at the outbreak of the Second World War and a second uncle, Colonel A.A. Anderson, DSO, was second-in-command of the Royal Canadian Signals Training Centre, Kingston during World War II. Honours: OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military); Officer Order of LeopoldBelgium; Officer Order of the Crown with Palm Belgium; Croix de Guerre Belgium1944. Mentioned-in-Dispatches.
A member of one of Canada’s most distinguished military families, Lieutenant-General William Alexander Beaumont Anderson. His father, the late Major-General W.B. Anderson, CMG, DSO of Ottawa, was a former Commander of Military District No. 3; an uncle, Major-General T.V. Anderson, DSO, was Chief of the General Staff at the outbreak of the Second World War and a second uncle, Colonel A.A. Anderson, DSO, was second-in-command of the Royal Canadian Signals Training Centre, Kingston during World War II. Honours: OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military); Officer Order of LeopoldBelgium; Officer Order of the Crown with Palm Belgium; Croix de Guerre Belgium1944. Mentioned-in-Dispatches.
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