| Surname: | Scott |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2694828 |
| Notes: | CMP. Guards Armd Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 166/6483. 28/4/34 he enlisted in the Scots Guards 4/8 years, 31/5/41 transferred to CMP. 25/2/42 Died. He was born in Cheshire and resided in Warrington. War Diary Guards Armoured Div Pro Coy, WO 166/6483. 27/2/1942 Exercise Hawk, during this Exercise 2694828 L/Cpl Scott W met with a fatal accident whilst motorcycling. 13/3/1942 A court of enquiry was held to enquire into the circumstances whereby 2694828 L/Cpl Scott W accidentally lost his life and also to enquire into the loss of tools from WD Fordson 4 seater, No. 4564884. Casualty List 764/14, Home, Died Result of Accident. 25/2/1942. Medal card not found. Inscription on gravestone: These are they which came out of great tribulation. Walter Scott. Extract from the Salisbury Times - Friday 6 March 1942. MILITARY POLICEMAN KILLED. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was entered by the City Coroners ( Mr A M Wilson) at an inquest in Salisbury Infirmary on Friday on L/Cpl Walter Scott (26) of the Military Police, who was killed in a road accident at Compton Chamberlayne on Wednesday night in last week who was riding a motorcycle was accompanying a military convoy and in overtaking one of the convoy vehicles his machine collided head-on with an RAF van coming in the opposite direction. The Coroner, entered a verdict exonerated the driver of the RAF |
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| Date of Death: | Feb. 25, 1942 |
| Company: | GDS ARMD DIV PRO |
| CWGC Link: | 2735661 |
| Cemetery: | GREAT BUDWORTH (ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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