BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ARTHUR SCOTT (1873-1958) AND JANE LILLEY SCOTT (1872-1927), OF 6, FLORENCE TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND RULLYMAN FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE.
HE MARRIED IRENE DAUNNEY (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1910. HIS WIFE IRENE & CHILDREN HARRY, MURIAL & LILLIE, LIVED AT 14, FERN AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 1, MARGARET’S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS PARENTS, ARTHUR SCOTT (1873-1958) & LILY SCOTT (1872-1927), LIVED AT 6 FLORENCE TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. WITH HIS BEST FRIED ALBERT TAYLOR, WHO COULD NOT ENLIST ON MEDICAL GROUNDS. HE MADE A PACT WITH ALBERT, TO LOOK AFTER HIS WIFE IF HE WAS KILLED.
HENRY SCOTT ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. HE RECEIVED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY (LONDON GAZETTE, 19/02/1917). PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 25. THE BATTALION WAR DIARY DESCRIBED THIS AS A “QUITE DAY”. ENEMY SHELLED OUR FRONT LINE. 5 OTHER RANKS KILLED AND 4 WOUNDED.”
HE IS BURIED AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW IRENE. HIS BEST FRIEND ALBERT, MARRIED IRENE AFTER THE WAR AND THEY HAD FOUR MORE CHILDREN.
