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Pte. Walter Eustace Scott
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Acton, London
(d.27th September 1915)
Walter Scott was born in Notting Hill in 1884, the youngest of five children to Frederick and Selina Scott. His father was a cab driver and died in 1908. The 1911 census shows Walter living with his widowed mother at 110 Shakespeare Road in Acton. His employment is shown as being an electrician.
He served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the 27th of September 1915, aged 31 years during the Battle of Loos.
Many of the deaths among the 85th Brigade are recorded as being on the 27th September 1915 but they are more likely to have taken place on the 28th September 1915, when the attack commenced.
Walter has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.