Service Details
Name:
 SCOTT
Given Name:
 ELVIN ALFRED
Initials:
 E A
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Garrison Artillery
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Unit:
 111th Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1916-04-08
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 15 April 1916 pg 3985 - "This officer displayed great coolness and courage under heavy fire in removing ammunition from an emplacement which had been set on fire, thereby avoiding much damage and loss of life."
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Lizzie Scott of 56 Nightingale Lane, Balham, London. Born Grahamstown, South Africa. His brother Second Lieutenant Walter Elvin Scott also died in service.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY
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Grave Reference:
 I. C. 2.

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