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Surname: SCOTT
Forename(s): Walter
Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire
Service No: 6465
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Hussars, 18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: 1st Cavalry Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1915-05-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 5.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Scott was the son of Richard Walker and Margaret Scott, née Warwick. Richard was born at Gargrave, Yorkshire and Margaret at Langwathby, Cumberland.
1901 Holme in Cliviger Parish, Lancashire Census: Buckleys - Walter Scott, aged 7 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire, son of Richard W. and Margt Scott.
1911 South Tidworth, Hampshire Census: 18th (QMO) Hussars, Aliwal Military Barracks - Private Walter Scott, aged 18 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Scott, 6465, 18th Hussars. Theatre of War first served in: ( - ) [France]. Date of entry therein: 15 August 1914.
A short biography of Walter is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SCOTT, Walter, aged 21, 18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), son of Mr. Richard Scott, late of Gargrave, killed in action on May 13, 1915.
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Private Walter SCOTT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Hussars, 18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Cavalry Division
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18 June 1915
SCOTT – May 13th 1915, Pte. Walter Scott, of the 18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), second son of Richard and Margaret Scott, late of Gargrave and Burnley, aged 21 years.
18 June 1915
A GARGRAVIAN KILLED IN ACTION
News has reached his Gargrave relatives that Private Walter Scott, of the 18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) second son of Mr. Richard Scott, late of Gargrave, was killed in action on the l3th of May. Scott, who was aged 21 years, was a native of Gargrave, having joined the forces in Lancashire.
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18 June 1915
SCOTT – May 13th, killed in action, Private Walter Scott of the 18th Hussars, Q.M.O., second son of Richard and Margaret Scott, late of Gargrave and Burnley, aged 21.
18 June 1915
A GARGRAVIAN KILLED IN ACTION
News has reached his Gargrave relatives that Private Walter Scott, of the 18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), second son of Richard Scott, late of Gargrave, was killed in action on May 13th. Scott, who was aged 21 years, was a native of Gargrave, having joined the forces in Lancashire.
24 December 1915
CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – GARGRAVE
Pte. Walter Scott, 18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), second son of Mr. Richard Scott, late of Gargrave, killed in action on May 13th. Twenty-one years of age.
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