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GEORGE DOUGLAS SCOTT
1924 - 1997
| Douglas Scott |
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| Photo courtesy and copyright of Liz Ferguson |
"As for myself, after school I also joined Laing and Mather and started an apprenticeship in the seed trade at the age
of 14 years. 10/6d (52 1/2p) per week for a minimum of 48 hours. In 1942 I joined the Royal Navy and trained as
a wireless operator. In 1943 I joined HMS Belfast in convoy escort duties to N. Russia, America and the Mediterranean".
| Douglas Scott - Aboard H.M.S. Belfast |
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| Photo courtesy and copyright of Liz Ferguson |
"I was in **** and served in the **** 'Black Prince' and the 'Sheffield'. I was in the Scharnhorst action,
and the Normandy Landings. I then joined a sloop HMS Alacrity and went to the Far East to join the American Fleet.
I was in Hong Kong two days after the end of the war and at the signing of the Peace Treaty in Tokyo Bay. Followed by
a spell on the **** I was on this ship for 9 months without a single complete night ashore! The ship was going to New
Zealand but regrettably I was put ashore in Sydney as my demob was long overdue. Not getting to New Zealand was one
of my biggest disappointments as I would have loved to have met Uncle Davy (David Cresser) and family".
| Douglas Scott - Rugby |
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| Photo courtesy and copyright of Liz Ferguson |
" After the war I returned to Kelso to finish my apprenticeship (still on the same money) and took up playing rugby.
I was in Kelso 1st XV and played all the top Scottish Clubs plus tours to London and Northern Ireland. I moved to London
and played for London Scottish 1st and 2nd XV and played against top English clubs plus tours to scotland and France.
I moved to the West Country in 1954 and married Barbara the following year".
"An amusing memory of my schooldays was when a piano fell on me. When they lifted it I was found to have a compound
fractured leg. The one and only town ambulance was out on call so they had to push me to hospital in the police drunks
barrow!"
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This autobiography of Douglas Scott is reproduced by kind permission of his daughter Liz Ferguson.
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