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In proud and fairest memory
of
George Henry Hall Scott
Captain 7th Battalion The Queen's
Royal West Surrey Regiment
The younger son
of the above Henry Hall Scott
And of Henrietta his wife
Born 18th June 1882
Fell whilst commanding his company
on the 1st July 1916
In the Battle of the Somme
His body lies at Carnoy
He needs no tears in his divine achieving
England is England, through such simple giving
Our memory of the sweeter for his living
Re-interred in Danzig Alley, British Cemetery, Mametz
Place of Inscription
Lesbury (St Mary the Virgin)
Northumberland
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George Henry Hall
Scott
18th June 1882
Alnham House, Whittingham, Northumberland
1st July 1916
Killed in action in an advance near Montauban on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in France
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Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
First World War
Captain
7th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
C Company
Links with Eilanreach, Inverness and Down Place, Guildford. Educated at Aysgarth and Charterhouse. Mining engineer and Director of Bolsover and Blackwell Collieries, Derbyshire and Newbiggin Colliery, Northumberand. Commissioned September 1914. Served in France from July 1915 as Lieutenant and then promoted to Captain when his brother-in-law Captain Roland Hebeler was killed in September 1915 and he took over his company. Another brother in law Brigadier General J.. F. Riddell was also killed in action in 1915. Originally buried at Carnoy and then re-buried post-war. A memorial service was held in the parish church, Glenelg, Inverness for George and his brother-in-law in July 1916.
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