THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. ANDERSON.
Mrs. Anderson, a sister of the late General Gordon, who formerly resided in Rockstone-place, died last Thursday, to the great regret of large number of friends. Although not so well known as her sisters, Mrs. Anderson did a great deal of useful and benevolent work, and was deeply interested in the Gordon Home. Amid manifestations of regret the funeral took place on Tuesday. The cortege left the late residence of the deceased, 17, The Avenue, precisely at noon, consisting of a glass Washington car, and three private carriages, and proceeded to the Southampton Cemetery. The mourners were: First carriage, Major Gordon (nephew), Mr. Donald Gordon (nephew), and Captain Anderson (brother-in-law); second carriage. Col. Bolland, R.E., Mr. Dunlop (nephew), and the Rev. J. White; third carriage, Mr. H. W. Gordon (nephew), Dr. Ward, and Mr. Phillips (nephew). There were a number of beautiful floral tributes sent by the deceased's son, Major Anderson, R.E. (who is stationed at Gibraltar) and Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Moffatt (sister), Col. Bolland, Mr. W. H. Goss, Mr. Dunlop, the officers of the Royal Engineers, Southampton, Dr. Ward, Mrs. Cuthbert, Mrs. W. H. D. Jones, Mrs. Ensor, Miss Gladys Vaughar, "Rose and family," 'Alice and Minnie," and Miss James. The mournful procession was met at the cemetery by Col. Johnstone, R.E., Col. Homey, R.E., General Cuthbert, Mrs. Bolland, and a detachment of the Gordon Lads' Brigade, which formed up on either side of the coffin and escorted it to the grave. The service was impressively rendered by the Rev. J. White, who was a friend of the deceased. The body was enclosed in a shell, with an outer coffin of polished oak and brass-mounted, and on a breastplate, which was illuminated, was an inscription, worded as follows: WILHELMINA HARRIET ANDERSON, At rest 16th Nov., 1899. The arrangements were satisfactorily carried out by Messrs. E. Mayes and Son. [Hampshire Independent - Saturday 25 November 1899, p.6]

The Late Mrs. Anderson.— In reference to the death of Mrs. Wilhelmina Harriet Anderson, a widowed sister of General Gordon, the "Times" says: —After the death of her husband, Mrs. Anderson's health failed, and for many years she had been a confirmed invalid, living a life of almost absolute seclusion. Her husband, Lieutenant William Christian Anderson, R.E., served at the siege and fall of Sevastopol, where he distinguished himself and received the medal and clasp, being also made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. But his constitution was so shattered by the campaign that he only survived a year or so, leaving his widow with one son, now a major in the Royal Artillery. Up to the last hours of her life Mrs. Anderson was at work on behalf of the comfort of the soldiers she loved, packing up bottles of eau de cologne to send to the troops in South Africa, as she had heard that it gave relief to the wounded and could not easily be obtained there. Nothing was too great or too small to attract her attention and call out every power she possessed to help. Not a few young men and women are now enjoying good positions in the world of art and in the Government service who owe their success to her recognition and encouragement in their early days; and it was her constant effort to shed happiness and comfort on humbler homes. Needless to say, she had warmly at heart the success of the Gordon Boys' Home and the Gordon Boys Brigades at Southampton, Dover and elsewhere and it was a touching tribute to her memory that some of these lads should have formed a guard of honour when she was laid to rest in the cemetery at Southampton on Tuesday last. [Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 25 November 1899, p.5]