Fred Scott

Frederick Scott was born in Worksop in 1894. His mother was Sarah Ann Scott but with no known father. She had been born in Worksop in 1878 and was living with her grandparents, Edward and Sarah, at 61 Marecroft in 1881. Sarah Ann’s mother was Ann Scott, the second child of Edward and Sarah Scott, and appears to given birth to Sarah Ann prior to her marrying William Marsden in 1879. In 1901, Fred Scott was living in the household of his grandmother, Ann Marsden, aged seven, at Pelham Street, Worksop. When Fred was 17, he was working as an underground roadman in the mines and was living with his uncle Edwin (3rd child of Ann Marsden) and his family at 15 Pelham Street. Information is not to hand as to the whereabouts of Fred’s mother Sarah Ann but she had died before Fred was killed in 1915

Pte. Fred Scott Worksop Guardian 10 September 1915 Britain in keeping her appointment with Russia at the other end of the Dardanelles – an appointment, by the way, which will be filled to the letter – has lost many valuable lives and scarcely a day passes without news of another Worksop hero filling a soldier’s grave. This week it is our unpleasant duty to chronicle the death in action of Pte Fred Scott of the 9th Sherwood Foresters who lodged with Pte William Marsden, who by the way, has just been wounded, and Mrs Marsden his and aunt at 24 Trent Street, Worksop. The news has been received officially, Pte Scott, who before joining the colours worked at the Manton Colliery on the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, enlisted at Worksop in Kitchener’s Army on August 17th last year, and was killed on August 9th. He was drafted to the Dardanelles in July, and had taken part in two actions in Gallipoli. He had only recently attained his majority, and the true sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended to his relatives in losing a man so young. Pte Scott was single and died a soldier’s death, upholding the traditions of the British Empire and the British soldier. Pte. F Scott Worksop Guardian 17 September 1915 The late Pte F Scott of Worksop whose death we reported in our last issue, was the son of the late Sarah Anne Scott and grandson of Mrs Ann Marsden, 32 Abbey Street, Worksop.

CWG additional information:- Son of the late Mrs. Sarah Ann Scott Remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. Research by Colin Dannatt See page relating to Walter Malkin for outline of action in which Fred was killed. RDI 05 09 2015