Graham Scott

Rank 
Corporal
Regiment 
Tank Corps
Date of death 
16 December 1918
Age of death 
40
Address 
163 Prospect Road
Woodford Green
Woodford
RED
IG8 7ND
Address source 
1918 Electoral Register
Local memorial 
Cemetery / Memorial 
United Kingdom
Biography 

Graham Scott was born in 1878 to John and Ann Scott. John and Ann had ten children born between 1873 and 1889. Graham was their fourth child.

By 1901, Graham had moved out of the family home and was boarding at 21 Stamford Road in Hackney. In 1903, Graham married Elizabeth Annie Duncan. According to the 1911 census, the family were living at 27 Millard Road, Stoke Newington.

In total, the couple had five children: Madge (b.1903), Arthur (b.1905), Frederick (b.1910), Graham (b.1911), and Edith (b.1913). In 1911, Graham was working as a hotel porter.

At some stage, Graham enlisted in the army, serving as a Corporal with the Depot Battalion of the Tank Corps. Graham died in England on 16th December 1918. He is buried at Chingford Mount Cemetery.

Research by Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com