BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM EDWIN SCOTT (1871-1938) AND JANE ELIZABETH MURRAY (1872-1943), OF 23, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 127 DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A BOX CARRIER AND EX RECKITT’S WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3381, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT BY SNIPER WHILE CLEANING HIS RIFLE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/08/1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY STILL AND WILL FOR EVERMORE R.I.P.”
HIS BROTHER, JAMES SCOTT, 10662, 6TH EYR, WAS TAKEN PRISONER IN TURKEY.
First name:
FRANCIS JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
3381
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/08/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
21
