Name
Scott Findlay
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/05/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Manchester Regiment
19th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Thundridge War Memorial, Family Grave in St Mary’s Churchyard, Thundridge, Hertford Grammar Memorial - now Richard Hale School, Hertford, Not on the Much Hadham memorials
Pre War
Born 1897 in Much Hadam, Herts. Son of Alexander Findlay and Jessie S Findlay. His father was a Farmer. Both his parents came from Scotland.
He attended Thundridge Elementary School and Hertford Grammar School. After leaving, helped his father at Sawtrees Farm, Thundridge. Both his mother and father were from Scotland. He had six brothers.
Wartime Service
He initially enlisted into the 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, as Private 14174 Scott Findlay. Later Commissioned into the 19th Battalion Manchester Regiment.
From his Medal card we find he entered the Theatre of War “France” on the 11th August 1915.
Additional Information
The family home was Sawtrees Farm, Thundridge, Ware, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Maurice Charge, Stuart Osborne
