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HENRY GEORGE SCOTT

Died : 11 Oct 1918

Rank : Private

Service no at death: 41002

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Surname:	SCOTT
Forename:	HENRY GEORGE
Initials:	H G
Date of Birth	1901
Place of Birth	Gussage St Michael
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	Sixpenny Handley
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Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Joseph Scott and Mary Jane nee Head of Chettle, Dorset. Grandparents - George and Ellen (nee Lawrence) Scott James and Fanny (nee Cook) Head
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Notes	Named on Memorials as George

Regiment at call-up	Dorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	41002
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Poole
Source	UK soldiers who died in First World War

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Age at death	17
Date of death	11 Oct 1918
Regiment at death	Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death	6th Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	War Diary states that orders were received to attack Neuvilly in conjunction with the West Yorkshire Regiment. During heavy machine gunfire they suffered heavy casualties. 25 men were killed including Henry George Scott.
Service no at death	41002
Field of action at death
Place of death	France

Location of grave	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay
Position	I E 3
Other memorials	Named on Sixpenny Handley War Memorial as "George".
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