Scott, Campbell Lowe
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 3rd Battalion Royal Scots
Biography: Son of William Leslie Scott, solicitor ; born Peterhead, 3 February 1894. He studied Arts, 1912-5, with a view to becoming an Advocate, and when he joined the Army had already shown promise of success in the profession he hoped to follow. In April 1915 Scott was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant and posted to the 14th Battalion (later merged in the 3rd Battalion) Royal Scots. After serving at several home stations he was sent to Salonika early in 1917, was first attached to the 1st Battalion Royal Scots, later to the 81st Trench Mortar Battery to which he acted for a time as Adjutant. For about 17 months he served at Salonika, in the Struma and Vardar Valleys. He met his death about midnight on 2 September 1917, whilst leading his gun team forward with an assaulting company of infantry, in the Vardar Valley, Macedonia. His Captain wrote : "He was an excellent officer, good, strict and popular . . . men of his type are few and far between. He was a thorough gentleman and a sportsman."
Date of Death: 02 September 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece, Plot C, Grave 659.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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