Scott Ronald Pte 4458070
Personnel Entry
Name Scott Ronald
Army number 4458070
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date (probably October/November 1939). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Dorsetshire Regiment 28/8/44 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion. Posted 1st Bn Dorsets. DIED of WOUNDS 4/11/44 with 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably November 1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 04-Nov-44
Home address Son of Frank Hemmings Scott and Edith Scott of Sheffield. Buried Grave 91 in Sec A.A. Cons. Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
To read his CWGC Commemorative Record, please click here.
Because of his transfer to the Dorsetshire Regiment Pte Scott is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.
