George Edward Scott

Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial

Regiment: The Welsh Regiment

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 3016

Parents: Mary Ann and John Scott

Marital status: Married

Home address: 4 Brynawel Terrace, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire

Pre-war occupation: Mason

Date of birth: 1892

Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol

Date of death: 14/08/1915

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at sea. Commemorated at Helles Memorial, Turkey. Not commemorated on a local memorial

Age: 23

Further information:

George was born in Kingswood, the son of a bootmaker and a middle child of four children with an older brother and two sisters. By 1901 the family were living in Carmarthenshire. George married Janet Jones in 1913.
George, with his father and his older brother John all signed up to the Welsh regiment on the outbreak of war and a year later all three had lost their lives. George and John were killed three days apart and their father was found drowned in Port Talbot just three weeks later.

George and John were in the same battalion (1st/4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment) and embarked for Gallipoli on 19th July 1915. Both men were killed in the Landing and Battle at Suvla Bay (6–15 August 1915) John was killed in action just two days after disembarking and George died three days later from wounds received during the same action. George died on board the hospital ship HMHS Salta. The Suvla engagement was a British failure at a cost of 21,500 casualties. The Helles Memorial where George and John are both remembered is one of five memorials to those who lost their lives during the 8-month long Gallipoli Campaign. Many of the 20,000 names have no known burial site.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/