BORN HULL 1876. SON OF GEORGE AND HARRIET SCOTT OF 7, EXMOUTH STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL.
HE MARRIED EDITH MARIA ATKINSON IN HULL, IN 1899. HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED ABOVE & 62, HEREFORD STREET, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A BRICKLAYER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/12/1914, AGED 38 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST, & 150 LBS WEIGHT. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/1059, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS BATTALION. POSTED TO EGYPT ON 15/12/1915. THEN TO FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/07/1916, AGED 40. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 225 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH MARIA SCOTT, AT 14, SEYMOUR STREET, HULL
HE IS BURIED AT VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “OUT OF SIGHT BUT ALWAYS IN MEMORY FROM WIFE AND FAMILY
