Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Major W. W. Scott, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (59811 Cpl. W. W. Scott. R. War. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (7657468 W.O.Cl.1. W. W. Scott. R.A.P.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7657468 W.O.Cl.II. W. W. Scott. R.A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, very fine and better (7) £120-£160

Walter William Scott was born in Marlborough on 29 June 1895 and attested at Winchester for the Army Pay Corps on 9 January 1915. Transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15 October 1918, he was raised Sub Corporal and posted to “D” Infantry Base Depot at Rouen. This was followed by a posting to Cologne in 1919 attached to the Army Pay Corps.

Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1933, Scott served on the island of Malta from 16 November 1935 and was transferred to Palestine on 7 April 1937. Discharged to an Emergency Commission as Lieutenant in the Army Pay Corps 19 December 1939, he was raised Staff Paymaster 2nd Class 29 May 1945 and posted to R.P.O. Shrewsbury as Major on 9 December 1947. Retired on 9 July 1953, Scott died of cancer at Bournemouth on 21 March 1976.

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