Robert Laurence Anderson

Anderson, Laurence Robert 1a

Birth Name Anderson, Laurence Robert 2a 3 4 5 1 6a 7a 8 9a 10a
Nick Name Bobby
Also Known As Bobbie
Gender male
Age at Death 49 years, 10 months, 14 days

Notes

Note: 1 (Research)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Built "Braemar", 12 South Road, Lerwick, ZE1 0RB. The land, at that time outside the town boundary, was purchased in about 1932 and the build completed in about 1936. His sister Mary lived in the house.

 

 

Note: 2 (Research)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert:

Tanker Oilfield, 8,516grt, (Hunting & Son) had loaded a cargo of benzine in Aruba for London and sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the ship joined up with the 48 ship Liverpool bound Convoy HX-121, sailing from Halifax on 10th April 1941. On 28th April South of Iceland the convoy is attacked by 4 U-boats. U-96 fires three torpedoes into the convoy striking three ships including the Oilfield which immediately catches fire. The ship continues to burn over night until she finally breaks in two and sinks in position 60' 05N 16' 06W. The Captain, 45 crew and 2 DEMS gunners were lost. 8 survivors were picked up by the naval trawler HMS St. Zeno and landed at Londonderry.
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HUNTING & SON - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co.

OILFIELD (Tanker). Official Number 165758. Grt 8516. Built 1938.

Torpedoed and sunk by U-96 (Lehmann-Willenbrock)
Cargo of 11700 tons of benzine
Convoy HX 121 comprising 48 ships.
The Master, Capt Lawrence Robert Anderson (Commodore of Hunting's fleet)

http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/889.html
http://www.mercantilemarine.org/archive/index.php/t-541.html

Note: 3 (To Do)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Where was LR Anderson in 1911? At sea ??

Note: 4 (To Do)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert and LEASK Sarah Annie: Where was Winstone Street in South Shields?

Note: 5 (General)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Visit to Yell by John and Mary Anderson 2015, Photos of LRA and Polsons provided by Mr and Mrs Polson who lived at Vigga ("2 Kirkhouse") when Andersons lived at Strings ("3 Kirkhouse")

Note: 6 (Research)

ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Became a member of the Freemasons, St George's Lodge, North Shields, in 1919/1920. Records show occupation as Master Mariner

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 14 Jun 1891 Sound, West Yell, Mid & South Yell, Shetland Birth of Laurence Robert Anderson 11a 12a 1a
Census (Family) 31 Mar 1901 Strings (“3 Kirkhouse”), West Yell, Mid & South Yell, Shetland L.R. Anderson Scotland Census 1901 12a
Education 20 Nov 1915   LR Anderson: First Mate, Mercantile Marine 5a
Education 24 Mar 1917 South Shields, Co. Durham, England LR Anderson: Master Mariner, Mercantile Marine 5b 7b
Residence 18 Aug 1917 24 Winstone Street, South Shields, Co. Durham, England LR Anderson: Residence at time of marriage 13a
To Do

ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Find and scan marriage certificate

Military Service between 1914 and 1919 At Sea LR Anderson: Merchant Service, 1914 to 1919 8a
Arrival 9 Jun 1927 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA LR Anderson: Ghent to New Orleans 1927 10b
Arrival 14 Aug 1934 Ellwood, Goleta, California, USA LR Anderson: Nagasaki to Ellwood, Goleta, California 1934 9b
Arrival 28 Jun 1935 San Luis Obispo, California, USA LR Anderson: Yokohama to California 1935 9c
Death 28 Apr 1941 M.V. ‘Oilfield’, North Atlantic LR Anderson: Death due to enemy action 14a 2b 3a 6b 15a
Note: 1

Tanker Oilfield, 8,516grt, (Hunting & Son) had loaded a cargo of benzine in Aruba for London and sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the ship joined up with the 48 ship Liverpool bound Convoy HX-121, sailing from Halifax on 10th April 1941. On 28th April South of Iceland the convoy is attacked by 4 U-boats. U-96 fires three torpedoes into the convoy striking three ships including the Oilfield which immediately catches fire. The ship continues to burn over night until she finally breaks in two and sinks in position 60° 05’N 16° 06’W. The Captain, 45 crew and 2 DEMS gunners were lost. 8 survivors were picked up by the naval trawler HMS St. Zeno and landed at Londonderry.

Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial Panel 76

ANDERSON, Master, LAURENCE ROBERT, M.V. Oilfield (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 28th April 1941. Age 49.

Note: 2

HUNTING & SON - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co.

OILFIELD (Tanker). Official Number 165758. Grt 8516. Built 1938.

28.4.41: Torpedoed and sunk by U-96 (Lehmann-Willenbrock), in the North Atlantic S of Iceland, in position 60.05N 17.00W while on a voyage from Aruba to London via Halifax NS, with a cargo of 11700 tons of benzine, part of convoy HX 121 comprising 48 ships. The Master, Capt Lawrence Robert Andersen (Commodore of Hunting's fleet), 44 crew and 2 gunners were lost. 6 crew and 2 gunners were rescued by HM trawler St Zeno and landed at Londonderry

Military Service 28 Apr 1941 At Sea LR Anderson: Merchant Service, 1939-1941 4a
Residence 28 Apr 1941 Resting Hill, Allenheads, Hexham, Northumberland, England LR Anderson: Residence as noted in probate record  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Anderson, Andrew11 Sep 18529 Feb 1931
Mother Morrison, Grace18 Aug 186027 Nov 1948
    Brother     Anderson, William John 13 Nov 1888 1925
         Anderson, Laurence Robert 14 Jun 1891 28 Apr 1941
    Sister     Anderson, Robina Grace 10 Aug 1895 1985
    Sister     Anderson, Mary Ann 24 May 1898 18 Aug 1978
    Sister     Anderson, Isabella Morrison 3 Dec 1901 21 Sep 1902

Families

Family of Anderson, Laurence Robert and Leask, Sarah Annie
Married Wife Leask, Sarah Annie ( * 1 Apr 1893 + 29 Oct 1940 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 18 Aug 1917 South Shields, Co. Durham, England Marriage of Laurence Robert ANDERSON & Sarah Annie LEASK 13a
Birth 17 Jun 1919 South Shields, Co. Durham, England Birth of Robert George Anderson 16a 17a 13b
Birth 16 Nov 1920 South Shields, Co. Durham, England Birth of Grace Laura Anderson 16b 18a
Birth 7 Oct 1927 South Shields, Co. Durham, England Birth of Gerald Anderson 16c
Residence 29 Sep 1939 1 Holmfield Avenue, South Shields, Co. Durham, England Anderson family in 1939 19a
Note: 1

Anderson family 1939: Sarah Annie, Robert, Grace and Gerald; plus Ruth A Hunter, aged 30, "domestic servant"

Note: 2 (Research)

Anderson family 1939: Initially taken due to the onset of war with the purpose of producing National Identity Cards, the register later came to be multi-functional, first as an aid in the use of ration books and later helping officials record the movement of the civilian population over the following decades and from 1948, as the basis for the National Health Service Register. The 1939 Register is an extremely important genealogical resource, not only for the rich detail and information recorded for each person and household, but also in helping to bridge a thirty-year gap in census data. The census taken in 1931 was destroyed during the Second World War and no census was carried out in 1941 due to the ongoing conflict. The register, as held by The National Archives, contains data only for England and Wales and does not include records from households in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Death 29 Oct 1940 Alberta, Resting Hill, Allenheads, Hexham, Northumberland, England Death of Sarah Annie Leask due to pernicious anemia 2c 17b
To Do

LEASK Sarah Annie: Buried in Harton cemetery, South Shields but with no headstone

Death 12 Mar 1941 Allenheads, Hexham, Northumberland, England Robert George Anderson, death due to muscular dystrophy 17c 18
  Cause: Muscular dystrophy
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Anderson, Robert George17 Jun 191912 Mar 1941
Anderson, Grace Laura16 Nov 192030 Jul 2013
Anderson, Gerald7 Oct 192716 Aug 2014

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WW1 Medals BT-351-1-3209

WW1 Medals BT-351-1-3209

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number Bayanne Id I34520
 

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      • Date: 4 Jun 1891
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert
  2. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ukprobatecal&h=1716454&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Death date: 28 Apr 1941 Death place: Northumberland, England

      • Date: 22 Aug 1941
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; 1941/page 80
      • Anderson Lawrence Robert Probate Record 1941
      • ANDERSON Laurence Robert Full Probate
      • ANDERSON Laurence Robert Will
      • Citation:

        ANDERSON Laurence Robert: left the 2021 equivalent of £251,513 to Aunt Jane & Aunt Mina

      • Date: 29 Oct 1940
      • Page: LEASK Sarah Annie: death/probate 1940 page 75
      • Leask Sarah Annie Probate 1940
      • Research:

        Left £528 0s 6d to husband (2021 equivalent £34, 754)

  3. Ancestry.com: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; Registry Entry - 1941, August, Page 53
      • WWII Merchant Seaman Memorial 1941
  4. Ancestry.com: UK, WWII Medals Issued to Merchant Seamen, 1939-1945
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; The National Archives' reference BT 395/1/1792
      • WW2 Medals BT-395-1-1792
  5. The National Archives: UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927
      • Date: 20 Nov 1915
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; Certificate 008.063
      • L R Anderson First Mate 1915
      • Date: 24 Mar 1917
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; Certificate number 008.063
      • L R Anderson Master 1917
      • Citation:

        Issued in South Shields

  6. Ancestry.com: UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953
      • Page: National Maritime Museum; Greenwich, England; Merchant Seamen Deaths at Sea
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; National Maritime Museum; Greenwich, England; Merchant Seamen Deaths at Sea
  7. Ancestry.com: England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
      • Page: Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Country G 428-491 to Country H 493-601; Reel Number: 43
      • Date: between 28 Mar 1919 and 4 Apr 2020
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert: "Number 431 continued...30)"
      • Freemason Membership 1919
  8. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992: UK, Campaign Medals Awarded to WWI Merchant Seamen, 1914-1925
      • Date: between 1914 and 1925
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Medal Card BT 351/1/3209
      • Confidence: High
      • Research:

        ANDERSON Laurence Robert: WW1 Service number M23636 (record held by National Archive, Kew)
        Confirms DoB as 23 Feb 1891

  9. Ancestry.com: California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
      • Page: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at or Near San Luis Obispo, California; NAI Number: 4439118; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Rec
      • Date: 14 Aug 1934
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Ventura, California; NAI Number: 4439110; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004;
      • Crew Manifest, Gretafield, Nagasaki Japan to Ellwood, California, 1934
      • Citation:

        ANDERSON Laurence Robert: SS Gretafield, Huntings & Son. "The Gretafield was built in 1928 by Cammell Laird. Steel built, she was 500.2' x 67.9' x 36.9', (152m long by 20m wide) and was 10,191 gross tons. Her quadruple-expansion engines and LP turbine delivered 874 nhp and she was capable of 11.5 knots." [http://www.hellsmouth.com/gretafield.html]

      • Date: 1935
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at or Near San Luis Obispo, California; NAI Number: 4439118; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Rec
      • Crew manifest, Gretafield, Yokohama to San Luis Obispo, California, 1935
  10. Ancestry.com: New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963
      • Page: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; NAI Number: 4492828; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85
      • Date: 9 Jun 1927
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert;The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; NAI Number: 4492828; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85
      • Crew Manifest, Oilfield, Ghent to New Orleans, 09Jun27
      • oilfield
      • Citation:

        ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Left Tilbury 22 March 1927, height 5 ft 8", weight 156lb (11st +). Ship was SS Oilfield, Hunting & Son

  11. General Register Office for Scotland & the National Archives of Scotland.: Scotland Statutory Registers - Births
      • Date: 14 Jun 1891
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert: Statutory registers Births 006/18)
      • Confidence: Very High
      • ANDERSON Laurence Robert Birth
  12. Ancestry.com: 1901 Scotland Census
      • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: ANDERSON Andrew (1852): Census 1901 006/01 004/00 016; Parish: Yell, Yell South; Eccles. Parish: Mid & South Yell; School Board: Yell
      • Andrew Anderson 1901 Census Mid-Yell
      • Anderson Family Group
      • Citation:

        ANDREW Anderson (1852): Living with his wife Grace, sons William John and Laurence Robert, daughters Robina Grace and Mary Ann; also William Rendall (brother in law) and Mary A Rendall (sister)

  13. General Register Office: Purchased Certificates
      • Date: 18 Aug 1917
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; LEASK Sarah Annie
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Research:

        Married at St Paul's Presbyterian Church, South Shields.

        Witnesses were Jane Leask (Aunt Jane) and William Anderson, assume groom's brother

      • Date: 23 Jun 2018
      • Page: ANDERSON Robert George: Certificate copy BXBZ 37201
      • Robert Anderson birth certificate
      • Citation:

        From Ancestry Tree of Elinor Carter

  14. Tony Gott: North Isles Family History: Shetland
      • Date: accessed 29 Oct 2010
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert; Death of Capt Laurence Robert Anderson.
  15. Johnny Claes and Tony Allen: Wreck Site
      • Page: ANDERSON Laurence Robert: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13059
      • Citation:

        Anderson LR: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13059

      • Citation:

        Anderson LR: OILFIELD was a British motor tanker of 8516 tons and built in 1938 and owned by Hunting & Son Ltd. Field Tank Steamship Co Ltd. On the 28th April 1941 when on route from Aruba for London carrying a cargo of 11700 tons of benzine she was torpedoed by U-96 and sunk. 47 crew lost from a total crew of 55. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13059

  16. Ancestry.com: England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
      • Date: Jul 1919
      • Page: ANDERSON Robert George: Volume 10a, Page 1493 South Shields Registration District
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=onsbirth84&h=43556242&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: Sep 1919 Birth place: South Shields, Durham

      • Date: Oct 1920
      • Page: ANDERSON Grace Laura: South Shields Regisration District Volume 10a Page 1638
      • Anderson Laura Grace Birth Q4 1920
      • Citation:

        It appears she was registered as "Laura Grace" not "Grace Laura"

      • Date: 7 Oct 1927
      • Page: Anderson Gerald: Volume 10a, page 1166
      • Anderson Gerald Birth Q4 1927
  17. General Register Office, National Archives: England & Wales, Death Index:1916-2005
      • Date: Jan 1941
      • Page: ANDERSON Robert George: Volume 10b Page 740 Northumberland West Registration District
      • Page: LEASK Sarah Annie: Death Index
      • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=onsdeath93&h=23380243&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1893 Birth place: Death date: Dec 1940 Death place: Northumberland West, Northumberland, England

      • Date: between Jan 1941 and Mar 1941
      • Page: Anderson, Robert George: Northumberland West, Volume 10b, page 740
      • Robert George Anderson Death 1941
  18. Grace Johnson/John D Anderson: Interview with Grace Johnson nee Anderson
      • Date: 2010
      • Page: ANDERSON Grace Laura: interview
  19. Ancestry.com: 1939 England and Wales Register
      • Date: 1939
      • Page: LEASK Sarah Annie, ANDERSON Robert George, ANDERSON Grace, ANDERSON Gerald; Sched 84; Sub-sched 1; District FCBN; Registration 556/1
      • Anderson Family 1939
      • Citation:

        The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/2697F