1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
18
Summary
Joseph Scott was the son of James and Lizzie Scott. Joseph was born in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Joseph Scott enlisted in Beragh, County Tyrone. Private Joseph Scott was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of The Somme on 1st July 1916. He was 18 years old.
Further Information
Joseph Scott was the son of James and Lizzie Scott (nee Doherty). Both parents were born in Donegal, so it’s possible they were married in Donegal.
Joseph Scott was born on 5th April 1899 in the Sixmilecross area. He was the youngest of four known children.
Known family: James Scott, Lizzy Scott, Maggie Scott (born 27th June 1891), Teresa Elizabeth Scott (born 15th November 1893), Peter Scott (born 28th July 1896), Joseph Scott (born 5th April 1899).
The 1901 census records Joseph as 2 years old. The census transcription seems to be very erroneous. 'Tesopl' is Joseph. A look at the original census form shows it to Joseph. His mother is described as “Penny”, which again is obviously Lizzy.
By 1911 it seems Joseph was 13 years old and working as a servant at Shantavny Scotch, Ballygawley, Tyrone.
Joseph Scott enlisted in Beragh, County Tyrone.
Private Joseph Scott arrived in the Balkans with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 11th July 1915.
Private Joseph Scott was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of The Somme on 1st July 1916.
There is a newspaper report from around that time about a Private Joseph Scott of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Coyagh, Fintona. It is not known if this is the same man.
From the Tyrone Constitution dated 21st July 1916:
Private Joseph Scott, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, is in hospital, wounded. Prior to the war he resided in Coyagh, Fintona. He was a member of Clanabogan Company, U.V.F.
Private Joseph Scott has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
The CWGC record Private Scott as the son of the late James and Lizzie Scott.
