No.42273, Private, Horace William SCOTT
Aged 34
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Born at 14 Mill Lane, Bury St.Edmunds on 4th April 1883 (2nd qtr Bury St.Edmunds 4a:647) son of and Susan SCOTT (née MINGAY).Baptised St Mary's,
Bury St.Edmunds on 11th May 1883
1891 census...Aged 8, he was at 15 St.Andrews Street South, Bury St.Edmunds with his father William SCOTT [39]; his mother Susan [42] born Westley; sisters Edith C [13], Maud [5] and Emily [2]. All except his mother were born in Bury St.Edmunds. His father died late in 1891 1901 census...Aged 18 he was in the Army somewhere prior to going to South Africa. His widowed mother and sister Emily were at 6 Church Walk, Bury St.Edmunds. 1911 census...Aged 28, an ex soldier, labourer, he was at 32 College Street, Bury St.Edmunds with his widowed mother and sister Emily. |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. He was in France early enough for the clasp to his 1914 Star, but either he never came in range of enemy guns before 22 November
or relatives failed to claim the clasp. His Queen's South Africa medal has clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1902. That shows
that he was not in in South Africa in 1901. Being an armourer in the Army Ordnance Corps he would not have been involved in actual battles and was not in South
Africa long enough to get the King's South Africa medal
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