Scott George Lance Corporal 4273857
Personnel Entry
Name Scott George
Army number 4273857
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 27/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tanbizaya, Burma.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Not so far as isknown.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 27/9/1943 - cause of death Tropical ulcers and Beri Beri.
Home address Father lived at Roseberry Cottage, Ramsay Lane, Wooler, Northumberland. Interred in Grave 318 Tanbizaya. Re-interred in grave B6.L.2. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
Source table
Lance Corporal Scott would appear to be the brother of Fusilier Scott C, who died on 10th May 1943 at Kanchanaburi, although they were both in HQ Company.
