Gilmour Anderson
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{{Infobox military person
|name = Sir Gilmour Anderson
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|04|29|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland
|death_date = {{death date and age|1977|12|12|1914|04|29|df=yes}}
|death_place = Glasgow, Scotland
|rank = Brigadier
|serviceyears = 1939–1945
|servicenumber = 87944
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|allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch = 23px British Army
|commands = 16th Infantry Brigade
|battles = Second World War
|awards = Knight Bachelor, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Brigadier Sir Gilmour Menzies Anderson {{post-nominals|CBE}} (29 April 1914 – 12 December 1977) was an officer of the British Army and Conservative and Unionist Party politician.
Early life
Anderson was born in Hillhead, Glasgow, the son of William Menzies Anderson DSO MC and Jessie Jack Gilmour. He was educated at the High School of Glasgow and Glasgow University. He trained as a solicitor and started to practice law in 1938.'Anderson, Sir Gilmour Menzies' in [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_A06.html "British Army Officers 1939-1945"] at unithistories.com, accessed 4 July 2015
Military career
On 24 May 1939 Anderson was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into the 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), a Territorial Army unit.'Anderson, Sir Gilmour Menzies' in [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_A06.html British Army Officers 1939-1945] at unithistories.com, accessed 4 July 2015 In September 1939 his battalion was fully mobilised following the outbreak of the Second World War although he was not to see action with it. Between 1942 and 1945 Anderson served with the Chindits in the Burma campaign. On 16 December 1943 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to Brigadier Orde Wingate during the campaign.{{London Gazette|issue=36287|date=16 December 1943|page=5472|supp=y}} From December 1944 to July 1945, he was Commanding Officer of the 16th Infantry Brigade and led the brigade during the Second Chindit Campaign. He left the Army after the war with the rank of brigadier.'Anderson, Sir Gilmour Menzies' in [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_A06.html British Army Officers 1939-1945] at unithistories.com, accessed 4 July 2015
Political career
Anderson was elected to the Glasgow Corporation as a Conservative in 1945 and sat until 1947. From 1954 to 1957 he was Chairman of Glasgow Unionist Association and from 1960 to 1961 he was President of the Scottish Unionist Association. In January 1956 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.{{London Gazette|issue=40669|date=2 January 1956|page=10|supp=y}} He was made a Knight bachelor for political services in Scotland in February 1962. In 1967 Anderson became Chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland, retiring from the role in 1971.'Anderson, Sir Gilmour Menzies' in [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_A06.html "British Army Officers 1939-1945"] at unithistories.com, accessed 4 July 2015
Personal life
He married Ivy Beryl Shairp (née Chadwick) in 1943. Together they had one daughter, plus one step-son & one step-daughter, both adopted, from Mrs Shairp's previous marriage.'Anderson, Sir Gilmour Menzies' in [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_A06.html "British Army Officers 1939-1945"] at unithistories.com, accessed 4 July 2015 He died in Glasgow in 1977.
References
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External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Anderson/Gilmour_Menzies/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Highland Light Infantry officers
Category:Unionist Party (Scotland) councillors