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Private John Scott

 

Scott

 

Private John Scott, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, Service No. 71780 (Corps of Hussars). Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 2372. Enlisted and residence Ballymena. Son of Mrs Mary Scott of Parkmore Row, County Antrim. Killed in action on 8 October 1918, aged 21. Buried at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, grave VI.C.28. The gravestone inscription reads:

71780 PRIVATE

J. SCOTT

19TH ROYAL HUSSARS

8TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 21

SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.