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Gordon Beattie George Scott

In memory of:

Flight Sub Lieutenant Gordon Beattie George Scott

September 3, 1917

Military Service


Age:

22

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Naval Air Service

Additional Information


Son of Andrew and Margaret Scott, of Guelph, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gordon 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.
  • Photo of GORDON BEATTIE GEORGE SCOTT– This picture was taken in England prior to the No1 Squadron's deployment to France in the summer of 1917.
  • Other– This is his Aviators Certificate
  • Honour Roll– "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
  • 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."

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