John Simpson Scott

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

406189

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 10th, 1916

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Commemorated at:

Paris Baptist Church (Congregation)

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Wentworth

Birth city:

Dundas, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

12 Dundas Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

12 Dundas Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Fireman

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches at Courcelette.

BX September 23 1916

Casualties of District – Harry Wolfe, of Dunnville, who Enlisted Here Killed in Action – Sergeant Scott Killed

Mrs. John Scott, Grand Street, Terrace Hill, last night received the sad news by telegram that her husband, Sergt. John Simpson Scott, who left here early in the history of the war, had been killed in action. Sergeant Scott was home for a short time this summer with a number of other invalided soldiers to recuperate from a siege of sickness experienced while overseas. He had not been back in the trenches very long before, he received the injuries which resulted in his death. He was married to Miss Florence English, Dundas Street, who with one child survives him. His father and mother reside near Paris.

Sergeant Scott was a member of the I.O.O.F.

BX September 25 1916

Sergeant Scott Was Formerly of Paris – Had Grown to Manhood in Town and Was Very Well Known

PARIS, Sept. 25 – Sergeant John Simpson Scott of Brantford, reported killed in action, was a former well-known Paris boy, and his many friends here will regret to hear of his death. He was born in Dundas, 27 years ago, his parents moving to Paris, when he was 16 months old where he grew to manhood. He was married to Miss Florence English of Brantford, who, with one child, survives him together with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Scott who reside near the toll gate, and three brothers and three sisters: Archibald, with the 215th; William, George, Jeannette, Isabel and Elizabeth. The family resided for many years on Dumfries Street, and his father is an esteemed employee of the Paris Wincey Mills.