Name
John Scott
1883
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/04/1917
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
25251
Royal Garrison Artillery
259th Siege Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
IV. A. 21.
France
Headstone Inscription
He has no family Headstone Inscription
UK & Other Memorials
Kings Langley Village Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Kings Langley
Pre War
John Scott was born in 1883, in Kings Langley, Herts, son of Samuel Scott and Ellen Scott, (nee Dwyer). The eldest of five children, Samuel (B 1887), Nellie (B 1891), Harry (B 1894), and May (B 1896).
He was baptised on 28 October 1883, in the Parish Church, Kings Langley, Herts.
1891 Census records John aged 7, at school, living with his parents and three siblings in, Waterside, Kings Langley.
1901 Census records John aged 17, working as a Machine Minder at the local Paper Mill, living with his parents, and five siblings in Church Lane, Kings Langley.
1911 Census records John, aged 26, single, and in the Army serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery, stationed in Burma and the Andaman Islands.
Wartime Service
It is believed John was still serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery on the outbreak of War. He served in Asia and on the Western Front with the RGA.
He died on 21 April 1917, of wounds received in action and is buried in the CWGC Tilloy British Cemetery in France. Grave Ref; IV. A. 21.
Additional Information
His father Samuel was awarded a dependent pension of 3/6 a week from 18 December 1917. The value of his effects was £4-0s-6d, Pay Owing and £15-10s-0d War Gratuity which also went to his father Samuel.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
