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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
Son of Reverend A. J. Scott.
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Born in Liverpool, the son of a Reverend A. J. Scott.
  
 
Scott was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1903.
 
Scott was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1903.
  
Scott was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1911.
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Scott was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1911.  Immediately after being diagnosed with Syphilis II at Plymouth Hospital, Scott served in {{UK-Europa}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1913]] and was promptly appointed to {{UK-Implacable}} as first and gunnery officer in August, 1913.  He remained in her until the end of 1915.
  
From the outbreak of the war through the end of 1915, Scott was first and gunnery officer in {{UK-Implacable}}.
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After two months in command of the {{UK-Ness|f=c}}, he was appointed to the {{UK-Cochrane|f=t}}, in which he finished out the war.  He was awarded a D.S.O. for leading a unit landed from ''Cochrane'' from May to September, 1918.
  
After a brief time in command of {{UK-Test}}, he was appointed to {{UK-Cochrane}}, in which he finished out the war.
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Scott was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.
  
Scott was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1918.{{FC}}
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While in command of {{UK-Chrysanthemum}} he was blamed for a collision with the French {{FR-Annamite|f=t}}.
  
Chronic dysentery 1922.
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He was invalided from Malta with chronic dysentery and eczema in November, 1922.
  
Placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 26 March, 1924.
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Scott was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 26 March, 1924. He died in 1926 "after a long illness, a result of the war."
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 20:28, 22 October 2019

Commander (retired) John Wilfred Scott, D.S.O. (9 November, 1881 – 8 August, 1926) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Liverpool, the son of a Reverend A. J. Scott.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1903.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1911. Immediately after being diagnosed with Syphilis II at Plymouth Hospital, Scott served in Europa for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1913 and was promptly appointed to Implacable as first and gunnery officer in August, 1913. He remained in her until the end of 1915.

After two months in command of the River Class destroyer Ness, he was appointed to the armoured cruiser Cochrane, in which he finished out the war. He was awarded a D.S.O. for leading a unit landed from Cochrane from May to September, 1918.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.

While in command of Chrysanthemum he was blamed for a collision with the French destroyer Annamite.

He was invalided from Malta with chronic dysentery and eczema in November, 1922.

Scott was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 26 March, 1924. He died in 1926 "after a long illness, a result of the war."

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ian C. S. Hilton
Captain of H.M.S. Ness
3 May, 1916[1] – 3 Jul, 1916[2]
Succeeded by
Adrian St. V. Keyes
Preceded by
Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer
Captain of H.M.S. Chrysanthemum
15 Oct, 1920[3]
Succeeded by
Frederic G. Schurr

Footnotes

  1. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/171. f. 171.
  2. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/171. f. 171.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.