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386 MORAYSHIRE ROLL OF HONOUR
SCOTT, John. Admiralty Pilot ; born at Lossiemouth, 28th June, 1862 ; joined at Invergordon,
1915 ; served in Home Waters. Son of William (deceased) and Helen Cowie Scott. Occu-
pation, retired fisherman.
SCOTT, John. No. 9142, Deck Hand, H.M. Drifters " Carol " and " Dorothy " ; born at Lossie-
mouth, 12th August, 1899 ; joined at Inverness, 18th Oct., 1915 ; served in Home and Foreign
Waters. Son of Benjamin Scott, 9, Shore Street, Lossiemouth, and Jane McLeod or Scott.
Occupation, fisherman.
SCOTT, John. No. 4910, P.O., H.M.S. " Resource " ; born at Lossiemouth, Nov. 9th, 1882.
joined at Portsmouth, August, 1914 ; served in Home and Foreign Waters. Son of Alexander
and Isabella Scott, 59a, Commerce Street, Lossiemouth. Occupation, fisherman.
SCOTT, John. No. 12299, p te., Seaforth Highlanders ; born at Rothes, July 2nd, 1895 ; joined
at Elgin, Jan. 20th, 1915 ; served in Mesopotamia and Egypt ; contracted malarial fever.
Son of James and Isabella Scott. Occupation, distillery workman.
SCOTT, John. No. 97, Sgt., i/6th Seaforths ; born at Thornburn, Dumfries-shire, 1870, residing
in Elgin from 1899 ; joined at Elgin, 4th August, 1914 ; served in France and Egypt ; wounded
in arm, June, 1915. Son of Robert Scott, Thornbank Street, Galashiels, and Isabella Shilling-
law or Scott (both deceased). Occupation, insurance agent.
SCOTT, John Mackenzie. No. 112511, Q.M.S., Royal Scots ; born at Burghead, 18th Feb.,
1886 ; joined at Aberdeen, March, 1915 ; served in France. Occupation, clerk.
SCOTT, John McPherson. No. 152703, Bdr., R.G.A. ; born at Urquhart, 25th Dec, 1877 ;
joined at Elgin, 2nd April, 1917 ; served in France. Son of John (deceased) and Mrs. Mary
Scott, 92, High Street, Elgin. Occupation, manager, Singer Machine Coy.
SCOTT, John Oliver. No. i486, Pte., i/6th Seaforths and Lothian and Border Horse ; born at
Tweed Place, Galashiels, 1899, residing in Elgin since 1899 ; joined at Elgin, 4th August,
1914 ; served in France ; wounded in back in August, 1918. Son of John Scott, 29, High
Buckholmside, Galashiels, and Margaret Oliver or Scott. Occupation, butcher.
SCOTT, John William. No. 1120, Pte., 6th Seaforths ; born at 12, Breich Street, Rothes, 20th
Jan., 1890 ; joined at Rothes, 4th August, 1914 ; served in France ; gunshot wound in jaw.
Son of James and Margaret Scott, Crofts Cottage, Rothes. Occupation, farm servant.
SCOTT, John Souter. Capt., R.F.A. ; born at Lossiemouth, 25th March, 1887 ; joined at Lon-
don, 12th August, 1914 ; served in France. Son of Alexander and Jane Scott, 1, Kinneddar
Street, Lossiemouth. Occupation, cotton agent.
SCOTT, Joseph. No. 1288, Skipper, H.M.D. " Craigmount " ; born at Lossiemouth, 3rd
Oct., 1893 ; joined at Aberdeen, 9th March, 1915 ; served in Home Waters. Son of John
and Maria Cormack Scott, 38d, Commerce Street, Lossiemouth. Occupation, fisherman.
SCOTT, Peter. No. 27745, Pte., 3rd Seaforths ; born at Drumbain, Rothes, 9th Feb., 1899 ;
joined at Inverness, 12th June, 1918 ; served in France. Son of Peter and Isabella Scott,
Mains of Moy, Forres. Occupation, farm assistant.
SCOTT, Robert. No. 829, Cpl., i/6th Seaforths ; born at 17, Dale Street, Galashiels, 1894,
residing in Elgin since 1889 ; joined at Elgin, 4th August, 1914 ; served in France ; wounded
in head, March, 1916, and killed, Nov. 13th, 1916, at Beaumont Hamel. Son of John Scott,
29, High Buckholmside, Galashiels, and Margaret Oliver or Scott. Occupation, shop assistant.
SCOTT, Robert. No. 27486, Pte., Seaforths and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ; born at
Dallas, 26th Jan., 1890 ; joined at Fort George, 10th August, 1916 ; served in France ; gun-
shot wounds in leg and thigh, 1st Jan., 1918. Son of Hugh Scott, Dallas Village, and Jane
Reader or Scott. Occupation, butcher.
SCOTT, Robert Alexander. No. 41922, Pte., 41st T.R.B. and 4th Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders ; born at Aberlour, Banffshire, 25th July, 1899, residing in Morayshire for nine-
teen years ; joined at Elgin, 31st Oct., 1917 ; served in France ; wounded in right hand, little
finger amputated. Son of James and Annie Scott, 35, North Street, Bishopmill, Elgin.
Occupation, law clerk.

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