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Ldg.Stkr. James Scott
Royal Navy HMS Hood
(d.24th May 1941)
James Scott, son of James and Hattie Scott, was born on 1st September 1897 in Morpeth, Northumberland. He was the husband of Nellie Scott. He died on 24th May 1941 after the Hood was hit by German shells during the Battle of the Denmark Strait. He is commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He is also commemorated at Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, and on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance to Jarrow Town Hall.