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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Walter Frank Scott

In memory of:

Lieutenant Walter Frank Scott

August 10, 1918

Military Service


Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Mrs. Margaret Scott, of Brussels, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 498 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. N. 15.

Location:

Cerisy is a village 11 kilometres south of Albert, 2 kilometres east of the main road from Albert to Moreuil. The CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY is on the west side of the village on the road to Gailly and Le Hamel and the French National Cemetery is on the south side of this.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918.....submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Papers– The attestation papers of Lt. W F Scott
  • Field Glasses– Lt. W F Scott's field glasses
  • Inscription– Inscription on field glasses reads: W.F. Scott Lt. 47th Bn Canadians
  • Carrying Case– Carrying case for W.F. Scott's compass
  • Inscription– Inscription of compass case reads: W.F. Scott. Lt. 161st Os. Bn C.I. (Lt. Scott enlisted with the 161st Huron Bn and was later transfered to the 47th)
  • Compass– Walter Scott's compass
  • Whistle– His officer's whistle
  • Honour Roll– "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
  • Newspaper Clipping– A photograph accompanied this article, but has been badly faded.
  • Roll of Honour– "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War."  Source:  The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922).   The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names.  101 died as a result of their military service.  The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
  • Photo of Walter Scott– From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.  
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

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