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2Eng. James William Edward Scott
Mercantile Marine Reserve SS Axwell
(d.13th Nov 1917)
James Scott died aged 26, he was born in Jarrow in 1890, son of James Matthew and Hannah Scott (nee Gilhespie). in the 1911 Census he is recorded as James William Edward Scott, age 21, a General Labourer at Palmers Yard, living with his parents James Matthew & Hannah Scott & their family at 33,Bladen Street. He was the husband of Elizabeth Margaret Scott (nee Robb) of 34 Dee Street Jarrow.
James is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial
and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.