John Scott

Key Information

Name: John Scott

DoB:  March 29 1894

Regt:  Durham Light Infantry     

DoD:  March 27 1918

Academic Career: CGS 1906-08

Biographical Information:

 

  • John was the son of Joseph Scott, a solicitor and in the 1911 census was aged 17 and living at home in Welcome Square, Scotby, with his mother Mary Jane, and brothers, Stewart (18) and Tom Conway (12). He was listed as an apprentice clerk with the railways. The family seem to have originated in Cumbria: grandfather (also) John Scott was a provision dealer from Rockcliffe.