SCOTT, William Cameron
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 106813
Born:
Saturday, October 7, 1911
Birthplace:
Dundee, Angus
Died :
Friday, September 17, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine William Scott died during operations at Salerno, this date being that of the action on the hills by the village of Piegolelle*. Son of Andrew Scott, and of Margaret Scott, of Dundee; husband of Margaret Stunnock Scott, of Dundee.
Extract from the Dundee Evening Telegraph Saturday 09 October 1943.
“Dundee Commando Killed :- Intimation has been received by Mrs Scott, Cotton Road, Dundee, that her husband, Marine William C. Scott (32), Royal Marine Commandos, has been killed in action. Marine Scott enlisted in June, 1941, in the Royal Marines, and was later embodied in a Marine Commando unit. He was formerly employed in Dura Works (James Scott & Sons, Ltd.). Mrs Scott is presently residing with her mother, Mrs Sturrock, 32 Main Street.”
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / ADM 104/136.
Dundee Evening Telegraph.
* Often seen mis-spelt as Piegolette.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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