William Scott
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 17278
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (10th Bn.)
Memorial: Loos Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs Scott, Chapel Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Sarah Wilson.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises William 22 and Sarah 18.
Newspaper transcript – Mrs Scott, 65 Chapel Street, Rutherglen, has received official notification that her husband Sergeant Wm. Scott, H.L.I., who was posted as missing since September 25, 1915, is now reported killed in action on that date. Previous to the war he was a miner in No. 6, Govan Colliery. He leaves a widow and three children.