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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 17, 1906
Québec, Québec
Enlistment:
July 4, 1941
Québec, Québec
Death:
December 24, 1941
Stanley View, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Edward Scott and Mary Gertrude Florence Beresford Ashe. Husband of Marjorie Erskine Swift, of Québec, Québec. Father of one child.
He served in Québec and in Hong Kong with Force C.
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches (MID) on 6 April 1946, 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
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Memorial
Lieutenant ARTHUR BERESFORD SCOTT is one of 22 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wam Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941 -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1817 Lt Arthur Beresford Scott (RMC 1925) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Scott. He was the husband of Marjorie E. Scott (nee Smith), of Quebec City, Quebec. He served with the Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Dec 24, 1941. His name is listed on column 23 of the Sai Wan Memorial in Victoria, Hong Kong. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1817 Lt Arthur Beresford Scott (RMC 1925) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Scott. He was the husband of Marjorie E. Scott (nee Smith), of Quebec City, Quebec. He served with the Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Dec 24, 1941. His name is listed on column 23 of the Sai Wan Memorial in Victoria, Hong Kong. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1817 Lt Arthur Beresford Scott (RMC 1925) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Scott. He was the husband of Marjorie E. Scott (nee Smith), of Quebec City, Quebec. He served with the Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Dec 24, 1941. His name is listed on column 23 of the Sai Wan Memorial in Victoria, Hong Kong. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
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Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Beresford Scott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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