Beschreibung:

Glass (William Mervyn, 1885-1965). Portrait of W.R.W. Anderson Rokeby, 1914, half length oil on canvas, of gentleman holding riding gloves, crop & hunting stick, 112 86 cm (44.25 x 34 ins), gilt moulded frame (Qty: 1) William Rose Wood Anderson (1886-1928) of Rokeby House, Barby Road, Rugby, was born in Shanghai, but educated at Bedford Grammar School. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1912, and went to France on 1st April 1915 as a Lieutenant in the 4th South Midland Howitzer Brigade. Promoted to Captain in June 1916, he then became Acting Major in the Royal Field Artillery on 11th September 1917, but relinquished this post on 15th June 1918, having been wounded in the thigh on that day whilst serving in Italy.