Person    | Male  Born 29/9/1885  Died 16/8/1916

George Scott

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

Footballer and soldier. He started his football career with Sunderland District Amateur League sides Braeside and Sunderland West End, and joined Clapton Orient in July 1908. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted with the 17th Middlesex Regiment, the 'Footballers' Battalion'. During the Battle of the Somme, he was wounded and taken prisoner, and died at a German military hospital.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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