Charles Scott | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1885 Auchterderran, Scotland |
| Died |
10 August 1916 (aged 30–31)[1] Somme, France |
Charles Penman Scott (1885 – 10 August 1916) was a Scottish football outside right who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath .[3] He also played for Hearts of Beath and East Fife .[4]
Personal life[]
As of 1901, Scott was working as a miner and later married and had three children.[4] On 9 January 1915, five months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Scott enlisted as a private in the Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).[4] He was appointed lance corporal in November 1915 and was posted to the Western Front the following month, but he was quickly returned to Britain for a hernia operation.[4] Scott returned to the front in March 1916 and was hospitalised with scabies two months later.[4] After his recovery, Scott was killed in action on the Somme on 10 August 1916 and was buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery.[1][4]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cowdenbeath | 1905–06[3] | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1909–10[3] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/191389/.
- ↑ "Charles Penman Scott | Service Record" (in en). https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/charles-scott-service-record/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 McArthur, Brian. "The Men Commemorated on the Cowdenbeath War Memorial". pp. 304–306. https://cowdenbeathwarmemorial.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/cowdennbeathwml.pdf.
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