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Lance Corporal David Scott

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Lance Corporal David Scott

Birth
Corsock, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Death
20 Feb 1920 (aged 25–26)
Corsock, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Burial
Corsock, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Add to Map
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Age: 26years old.

Son of John & Margaret (McCormick) Scott.
of Home address: Corsock, (Drumhumphry Farm), Kirkpatrick Durham Parish, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

Civil Occupation: Draper.
c1912-c1916: For approx 3years he has had 'Lodgings'.
Apprenticed to John Craig, Wrexham, Wrexham Parish, Denbighshire, Wales
1916 Apprenticeship ended after 3½years.

MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Unit: 13th Battalion.
Service No: 16683.
Rank: Lance Corporal.

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MEDICAL
23.10.1914 at Wrexham, Wales.
Height: 5ft 10"
Eyes: Grey.
Hair: Light Brown.
Dist Marks: Mole right side 4" above lip.

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Enlisted: 30.10.1914.
Place: Wrexham, England.
Age: 21years & 2months.
Rank: Private.
Service No: 16683.

SERVICE
31.10.1914: Joined at Rhyl - Posted: 13Bn.
19.11.1915: Promoted - Lance Corporal.
30.11.1915: Last day Britain & Training

1.12.1915: Posted Expeditionary Force - France.
29.7.1916: Appointed Paid Lance Corporal - Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
6.5.1917: Ypres.
[Disability - Tubercle of Lung]

16.5.1917: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Depot.
28.6.1917: Exeter, (Military Hospital)
[may have been Reed Hall, then called Streatham Hall, housed injured soldiers between 1917 and 1919. It was one of the city's seven temporary wartime treatment centres for troops.
Reed Hall, then Exeter war hospital Number 7, was home to 100 patients at any one time from 1917. Before then the owners, the Thornton West family, had allowed it to be used for billeting soldiers.]
28.6.1917: Discharged due to injury - no longer medically fit for War.

Total: 2years, 242days.
Next of Kin: John Thomas Scott.
Address: Corsock, (Drumhumphry Farm), Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
20.7.1917: Badge and Certificate issued: Shrewsbury.
Silver War Badge Number: 214078

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Died: Corsock, (DrumHumphry), Kirkpatrick Durham Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

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WAR MEDALS
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Silver War Badge - Number: 214078.
Age: 26years old.

Son of John & Margaret (McCormick) Scott.
of Home address: Corsock, (Drumhumphry Farm), Kirkpatrick Durham Parish, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

Civil Occupation: Draper.
c1912-c1916: For approx 3years he has had 'Lodgings'.
Apprenticed to John Craig, Wrexham, Wrexham Parish, Denbighshire, Wales
1916 Apprenticeship ended after 3½years.

MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Unit: 13th Battalion.
Service No: 16683.
Rank: Lance Corporal.

*
MEDICAL
23.10.1914 at Wrexham, Wales.
Height: 5ft 10"
Eyes: Grey.
Hair: Light Brown.
Dist Marks: Mole right side 4" above lip.

~
Enlisted: 30.10.1914.
Place: Wrexham, England.
Age: 21years & 2months.
Rank: Private.
Service No: 16683.

SERVICE
31.10.1914: Joined at Rhyl - Posted: 13Bn.
19.11.1915: Promoted - Lance Corporal.
30.11.1915: Last day Britain & Training

1.12.1915: Posted Expeditionary Force - France.
29.7.1916: Appointed Paid Lance Corporal - Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
6.5.1917: Ypres.
[Disability - Tubercle of Lung]

16.5.1917: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Depot.
28.6.1917: Exeter, (Military Hospital)
[may have been Reed Hall, then called Streatham Hall, housed injured soldiers between 1917 and 1919. It was one of the city's seven temporary wartime treatment centres for troops.
Reed Hall, then Exeter war hospital Number 7, was home to 100 patients at any one time from 1917. Before then the owners, the Thornton West family, had allowed it to be used for billeting soldiers.]
28.6.1917: Discharged due to injury - no longer medically fit for War.

Total: 2years, 242days.
Next of Kin: John Thomas Scott.
Address: Corsock, (Drumhumphry Farm), Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
20.7.1917: Badge and Certificate issued: Shrewsbury.
Silver War Badge Number: 214078

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Died: Corsock, (DrumHumphry), Kirkpatrick Durham Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

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WAR MEDALS
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Silver War Badge - Number: 214078.

Inscription

In
Loving Memory Of
ROBERT T. SCOTT,
Who Died At Drumhumphrey
22nd April 1917, Aged 65 Years.
Also MARGARET McCORMICK
HIs Wife, Who Died There,
22nd Jan.y 1925, Aged 68 Years.
Also DAVID SCOTT, His Son
Who Served In The War, 1914-17.
And Died At Drumhumphrey,
20th Feb.y 1920, Aged 26 Years.
And ALICE MARGARET, Their Daughter,
Died 14th Jan.y 1945, Aged 55 Years.
Also ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS
Their Daughter, Died 1st June
1962, Aged 74 Years.
And MARY ELSPETH, Their Daughter
Died At Warren Farm, Bedford, 24th Aug 1965,
Aged 75 Years.



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