Service Details
Name:
 SCOTT
Given Name:
 STANLEY
Initials:
 S
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
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Unit:
 19th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-06-06
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Chamuzy, Marne, France
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 16 September 1918 pg. 11011 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When after a successful counterattack his battalion was for a considerable timein a precarious position with both flanks exposed, he displayed great powers of leadership, constantly going round and encouraing the men under heavy fire until he was wounded. It was largely due to his efforts that teh front line was held intact."
Additional
Information:
Son of Major Gallety Scott VD and Mrs. Mary Anne Jane Scott, of Inverugie House, Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
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Grave Reference:
 XVI. B. 15.

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