SCOTT, Isaac

This soldier is presumed to be recorded as J. Scott in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission documents and is thought to have been born in Brierley Hill. He enlisted on the 29th October 1914 in the Grenadier Guards and served in the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Guards Brigade. The Battalion crossed the Channel to France in July 1915, fought at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos, in October and spent the winter of 1915-16 near Bethune. They moved to Flanders in March 1916 and were in the front lines for periods of aggressive action but there were no battles. Guardsman Isaac Scott was seriously wounded and was sent to a military hospital at Poperinge where he died of wounds on the 21st June. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (VIII B 5) and is commemorated on the Cradley and Halesowen Memorials.