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14 September 1914 : Pte Ernest Scott
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Ernest Scott was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1887. He was a warehouseman at Spring Mills at Wheatley Lane near Burnley prior to the outbreak of war. A pre-war reservist, he was recalled to duty on 4 August 1914 and embarked for France within a fortnight of the declaration. A veteran of the Battles of Mons and the Marne, Ernest was severely wo...