Major Macclesfield Heptinstall Anderson, 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry. He was the second son of General Sir Horace Searle Anderson, KCB, and Lady Marianne Anderson (nee Heptinstall). Baptised on 27 Jan 1873 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Indian Army (unattached list) as a 2nd Lieutenant on 31 Jan 1894. Spent his probationary year with the Durham Light Infantry in India. Posted to the 33rd QVO Cavalry on 9 Apr 1895. Promoted to Lieutenant on 1 May 1896, to Captain on 31 Jan 1903 and to Major on 31 Jan 1912. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897-1898 (medal and 2 clasps), in 1898 and 1901 was on plague duty in Bombay and served with his Regiment in China in 1900. He was Adjutant to the Governor of Bombay's Bodyguard and then was Adjutant of his Regiment from 1904-08 and of the Calcutta Light Horse in 1909. Soon after the start of WW1 he deployed with his Regiment as a double squadron commander with the Indian Expeditionary Force to Mesopotamia in Nov 1914. He was present at the capture of Basra and at the Battle of Shaiba (12-14 Apr 1914). On 29 Apr 1915 Major Anderson was leading a reconnaissance patrol in Arabistan examining the land alongside the Karkeh River. They located an Arab encampment and the Sheikh professed to be friendly, passing on information on the location of Turkish forces. Having watered their horses, the Arabs suddenly attacked the reconnaissance force and in the firefight Major Anderson and many of the Arabs were killed. Major Anderson was buried at Imamzadeh Ali-Abdulhusain, 25 miles SW of Ahvaz, on the Karun River. He was mentioned in despatches. He is commemorated on the Tehran War Memorial

He is also commemorated on the Indian Army WW1 memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here