Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Wallace Scott
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 200026
- Rank: Gunner
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Tank Corps
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 23
- Date of Death: 08.08.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 11
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 9 Tannadice Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Isabella Scott, 9 Tannadice St, Dundee
- Father:
James Scott
- Siblings:
James & 1 other brother (name unknown)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Wallace Scott
William has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial. He is believed to be the brother of Sgt James Scott, 32932, 2nd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
William Scott 200026 Tank Corps
SCOTT—Killed in action, on 8th August, Gunner William Scott, 200026, Tank Corps, third son of Mr and Mrs Scott, 9 Tannadice Street. – Inserted by his parents, brothers and sisters, also to mourn for her soldier boy, Miss L. L. Jackson.
Dundee Peoples Journal 3rd August 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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