Walter Downie Scott
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 11018
Date of Death: 23/4/1915
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (4th Bn.)
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Will information: Scott, Walter Downie, sometime residing at 44 Melrose Avenue, Rutherglen, latterly at St Catherine’s, County of Lincoln, Ontario, Lee.-Corpl., 4th Battalion, Candadians was killed in action, 23 April 1915 in France, testate. Confirmation granted at Glasgow, 31 October, to Barbara MacGregor or Scott, 1 Allander Avenue, Bardowie, his mother and Jean Pitcairn Brown, 12 Graham Place, Yoker, Executrices nominated in Will or Deed.
1901 census information:
Address: 1 McDonald Street, Rutherglen.
Father: William Scott (45) school teacher, born about 1856 in Hawick.
Mother: Barbara (46) born about 1855 in Dunkeld.
Sister: Jean J (18) pupil teacher, born about 1883 in Hawick.
Sister: Christina L (17) pupil teacher, born about 1884 in Symington..
Self: Walter D (15) born about 1886 in Symington.
Newspaper transcript – Lce-Cpl. W. D. Scott, of the 1st Canadian, Contingency. Official intimation was received some time ago that Lance-Corporal W. D. Scott, of the 1st Canadian Contingent, had been killed in action about the end of April. He had previously been reported wounded, and there was a possibility that the official news was not correct, but inquiry has brought no other definite information.
Lance-Corporal Scott was the only son of Mr William Scott, teacher, Glasgow, and nephew of Mr Thomas Scott, joiner 4 Buccleuch Street. He was a civil engineer, and before leaving this country for Canada, he was employed on the Glasgow Main Drainage Works, on on a sewage scheme at Carnoustie. For the past three years he was in the service of the Corporation of St Catharine’s, Ontario, and was resident engineer on the construction of a bridge over the Welland Canal.
Newspaper transcript – The late W. D. Scott. W. D. Scott, better known by his friends as ‘War Scott,’ killed at Langemarck, was engineer in charge of the construction of the Ontario street high level bridge. He was a member of the St. Catharines Rowing Club, and an all-round athlete, being and expert swimmer and oarsman. In 1913 he stroked the St Catherines working boat crew Johnston bow, Allen No. 2, Bradley No. 3, Scott stroke, at the Canadian Henley here, which crew won in record time, one of the closest races of the regatta beating crews from Brockvile and London. ‘What,’ who was of a quiet, unassuming disposition, will be greatly missed as an oarsman by the club, and sincerely mourned by the host of friends, he made while a resident of St. Catharines.
Commemorated on the memorial in East Parish Church, Rutherglen and on the Roll of Honour in Hawick.