Biography
Colonel Thomas G. Gayer-Anderson (b. Ireland 1881-d. Lavenham, Suffolk, UK 1960) was the twin brother of Major Robert 'John' Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who gave Egyptian artefacts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. He lived in Lavenham, Suffolk from 1929 and in 'Little Hall' from 1940. After attending school at Tonbridge, Kent with is brother, he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1898 and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1899 and later passed through Staff College. He served in the Boer War in South Africa 1900-02 and in Sudan, being seconded to the Egyptian Army 1911-14. He served in Europe during the WW1, was at Gallipoli in 1915, which reinforced his high regard for the Australian forces, during which time he was mentioned in Dispatches eight times. He spent two years in Constantinople and was promoted to Colonel in 1922. He had a spell at Staff College, Camberley followed by three years on the General Staff in India before retiring. Gayer-Anderson exhibited three paintings at the Royal Academy between 1929-1938.
