William Henniker Anderson CBE (17 April 1880 – 5 April 1958) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. The son of John Faulkner Henniker Anderson, he was born in British India at Rawalpindi in April 1880. Anderson attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and graduated from there in August 1899 as a second lieutenant into the Royal Norfolk Regiment. By 1903, he had been transferred to the British Indian Army and in June of that year he was promoted to lieutenant, antedated to August 1900. He was promoted to captain in August 1908, at which point he was serving in the 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry. Anderson played first-class cricket while serving in India, making one appearance for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees and another for J.