Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. ...

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was awarded the Victoria Cross for action in Malaya between 18 and 22 January 1942. He was in command of a small force when he was sent to restore a vital position and to assist a Brigade. His Force destroyed ten enemy tanks. When later cut off, he led his force through enemy lines to a depth of 15 miles, being attacked by air and ground forces all the way. He was again surrounded and suffered heavy casualties, and although he attempted to fight his way back through eight miles of enemy-occupied territory this proved impossible, and he had to destroy his equipment and work his way around the enemy. Throughout the fighting he protected his wounded and refused to leave them.