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Can you help i have short service papers for a alexander scott he was in the northumberland fusilers in 1914 his number is 4175,In 1918 he was in the royal defence corps his no, 12257 & his discharge papers on the 12 nov 1920 in calcutter he was in the bengal railway battalion no,6734 or 6784 is there anything more i can find on this man please.
he was born in 1881 in washington co/durham.

gilbert

1891 Barmston, Co Durham
William Scott 56, Chemical labourer, born Ireland
Jane Scott 47, born Haswell, Co Durham
William Scott 19, coal miner, born Cumberland
Alexander Scott 11, born Washington, Co Durham
Thomas Scott 4, born Washington, Co Durham

In 1901 he is stationed at Ramillies Barracks, Farnborough, Hampshire

Do you have his medal cards

Description Medal card of Scott, Alexander
Corps Regiment No Rank
Northumberland Fusiliers 4175 Private

Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/17
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Ridley C - Shacklady T
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection


Number of image files: 1


Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£)
199931 / 31328 PDF 1.2 1 334 1 3.50
Total Price (£) 3.50

Roy

Description Medal card of Scott, Alexander
Corps Regiment No Rank
Royal Defence Corps 12257 Private

Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/17
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Ridley C - Shacklady T
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection


Number of image files: 1


Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£)
200105 / 31357 PDF 1.2 1 306 1 3.50
Total Price (£) 3.50

Roy

Description Medal card of Scott, Alexander
Corps Regiment No Rank
Indian Defence Corps Indian Army 6784

Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/17
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Ridley C - Shacklady T
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection


Number of image files: 1


Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£)
199905 / 31324 PDF 1.2 1 337 1 3.50
Total Price (£) 3.50

Roy

Do you have his pension records from ancestry

their are three lots of pension records for him, one when he joined up in Durham 7 pages one in Glasgow 2 pages and one in Calcutter 9 pages

Roy

Hi all who e-maild me on alexander scott i am new to this sort of thing so how do i get all those papers on alexander you said,

gilbert

Gilbert

The medal cards are from TNA (The National Archives) and cost £3.50 [Cut and paste in all of the link below]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=10&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1

Gilbert

His service records are from Ancestry - you'll need to have a subscription for this - if not some kind person on here may extract them for you

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BritishArmy&so=2&cj=1&offerid=0%3a7935%3a0&submit.y=12&gsfn=alexander&gsln=scott+&rank=0&submit.x=39&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462&gss=angs-g

Again cut and paste all of the above

MB

Hi all i have not got a clue what you all said about getting these papers paste & ?

gilbert

Hi al went on ancestry got 9 pages thanks all,

gilbert