Robert Scott (VC)

Robert Scott
Born	(1874-06-04)4 June 1874 Haslingden, Lancashire
Died	21 February 1961(1961-02-21) (aged 86) Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Buried at	Christ Church Cemetery, Kilkeel
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army  Royal Air Force
Years of service	1895 - 1923
Rank	Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit	Manchester Regiment
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I World War II
Awards	Victoria Cross
Other work	Royal Ulster Constabulary officer

Robert Scott VC (4 June 1874 – 21 February 1961), was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Born in Haslingden, Lancashire, he was a 25-year-old private in the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place in Natal for which he and Private James Pitts were awarded the VC:

During the attack on Caesar's Camp, in Natal, on the 6th January, 1900, these two men occupied a sangar, on the left of which all our men had been shot down and their positions occupied by Boers, and held their post for fifteen hours without food or water, all the time under an extremely heavy fire, keeping up their fire and a smart look-out though the Boers occupied some sangars on their immediate left rear. Private Scott was wounded.^[1]

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne, England.

References

• Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Co. Down, Northern Ireland)
• Angloboerwar.com