William Scott

The Battalion were in Ambala, India in August. They were part of the 9th (Sirhind) Brigade in the 3rd (Lahore) Division. They moved to France via Egypt, landing at Marseilles on the 01/12/1914 (some weeks after the other Brigades of the Division). In December 1915 they moved to Mesopotamia. In January 1917 they left the Division and moved to the Tigris Defences. William received his wounds at the advance to the Hai and the capture of Khudaira Bend (14th December 1916 - 19th January 1917) : The Turks have described the bombardment delivered to them on the 9th January 1917 as 'most violent', it caused heavy losses so as to the point that when the infantry moved up, they occupied the Turkish front lines within minutes with minimal injuries. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified. In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead, a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the Cemetery engraved upon it. Plot XXV is a Collective Grave, the individual burial places within this are not known. See photos for William's Medal Index Card, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his name on the Amara War Cemetery Panel List, William's Pension Records x 3, the Highland Light Infantry Cap Badge, the CWGC Iraq Roll of Honour x 4 and William's name in the CWGC Iraq Roll of Honour.