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Private H B Scott

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Private Herbert Blakeney SCOTT, G/13484, 11th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 24th June 1917, age 25.

Born ThorneyyToll,Toll, Cambridgeshire, son of Walter and Annie Scott, of Little Knoll Farm, Thorney, Cambridgeshire.

1911 Census - Knarr Fen, Thorney, Peterborough - Walter Scott, age 53, head, married, blacksmith & farrier, employer, born North Walsham, Norfolk; Anna Maria Scott, wife, age 54, married 33 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born North Walsham, Norfolk; Walter William Scott, son, age 30, single, blacksmith, worker, born North Walsham, Norfolk; Herbert Blakeney Scott, single, farriers son working on farm, worker, born Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire; Edith Scott, daughter, age 24, single, cook domestic, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; Ethel Scott, daughter, age 21, single, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 23 years, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 136lbs, has spectacles he does not need, wants dental treatment.  Resided Little Knarr Farm, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Formerly farrier.

Home 15th April 1916 to 23rd November 1916; BEF 24th November 1916 to 24th June 1917.

15th April 1916, Called up for Service; 15th April 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th April 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, embarked / disembarked; 25th November 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 8th December 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 29th December 1916, Wimereux, 8 Stationary Hospital, bronchitis; 7th January 1917, Boulogne, 13 Stationary Hospital; 13th February 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 28th March 1917, rejoined Battalion In the Field.

25th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Walter Scott, Little Knarr Farm; Mother, Annie Scott, Little Knarr Farm; Brothers - Walter William Scott, age 39; Sisters, (these four sisters are all married) - Annie Boon?, age 41,  16 Waynflete Street, Earlsfield; Rose Norwell?, age 37, Wymondham, Oakham; Edith Jackson, age 33, Russell Street, Peterborough; Ethel Merryweather, age 30, Wymondham, near, Oakham

Buried at  Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, II. A. 27., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.