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Pte. George Borthwick Scott
British Army 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.23rd August 1918)
George Scott was born in Greenock Renfrewshire on 10 November 1893. He was the son of David Scott and his wife Jeanie Borthwick. He was one of ten children. His siblings were Mary, Thomas, Jean, David, Malcolm, John, James, Robert and Catherine.
George died on 23rd of August 1918 aged 24 years while serving with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders and is buried in Warry Copse Cemetery, France in the village of Courcelles-le-Comte. My grandfather went to visit the cemetery. I visited the cemetery with my mother in 1995. George was entitled to the Victory and British War Medals under army orders 266 and 301 of 1919, dated Perth 27th May 1920. His name was inscribed on the War Memorial in Gordon Park Church, Whiteinch. I have been unable to find the whereabouts of the memorial after the church closed and became a furniture showroom and now a nursery. His name is also inscribed on the Roll of Honour in Edinburgh Castle and Glasgow City Chambers. I have no photographs of him.
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