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George Scott
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 24/10/1887 |
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Place of birth: Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Labourer |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 772435 |
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Enlistment date: 16/12/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 1st Bn. (Ontario Regiment) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Place of death: Meetcheele, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 30 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 10 M |
Points of interest 3
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My story
The 1st Canadian Infantry were tasked to take Mosselmarkt on the 6th November 1917. The jumping off line was on the Bellevue-Meetcheele spur. They attacked across a stronghold named Graf House. The battalion encountered heavy machinegun fire and artillery and many soldiers got lost crossing this field of open ground. George was presumably killed in this attack and his body was never found.
Sources 3
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Sources used |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1595864 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f0dc5a04-1895-46fa-b09d-7c1b87e5d7b3 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595864 |