Canada, Cef. A First War Pair, To Lieutenant Peter Scott, Railway Construction Corps

British War Medal (LIEUT. P. SCOTT.); and and Victory Medal (LIEUT. P. SCOTT.). Naming is officially impressed. Un-mounted, bruising on the BWM, spotting on the VM, contact marks on both, replacement ribbons, very fine.

Footnote: Peter Scott was born on May 11, 1883 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He signed his Attestation Paper (204) with the Canadian Railway Construction Corps, on March 22, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the age of 31, naming his next-of-kin as his son, William Scott of Edinburgh, age 10, which was changed to his new wife, Annie Melita Scott of Aberdeen, Scotland, stating that he had seven years' service in the Royal Scots at Edinburgh, that he was a Widower, that his religion was Presbyterian and that his trade was that of R. & R. Foreman (Telegraph). His unit sailed from St. John, New Brunswick on June 14, 1915 aboard the S.S. Herschill. Upon arrival in England, he was posted to Longmoor Camp on the 25th, part of the 2nd Canadian Contingent. Scott left from Southampton, England for service in the French theatre, arriving in France on August 25, 1915. After six weeks overseas, he proceeded to England from Belgium on October 5, 1915, then transferred to the Canadian Railway Troops Depot at Shorncliffe on January 31, 1917. Scott was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant and posted to the 4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops on February 7, 1917. He was taken on strength at Purfleet on February 11th and arrived with the Canadian Railway Troops in Boulogne, France on February 24, 1917. Temporary Lieutenant Scott was with the Canadian Railway Troops when he was attached to No. 1 Headquarters Detachment, Canadian Army Pay Corps at London on February 16, 1918. He was officially transferred to and taken on strength of No. 1 Detachment, Canadian Army Pay Corps on March 31, 1918, in the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, the announcement appearing in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30637 of Tuesday, April 16, 1918, on Thursday, April 18, 1918, page 4708. He had served with the Canadian Army Pay Corps for a little over a year and a half, when he was posted to No. 1 Canadian Corps Depot on October 15, 1919. Lieutenant Peter Scott ceased to be attached to No. 1 Detachment, Canadian Army Pay Corps, upon demobilization and retirement in the British Isles, on October 27, 1919. For his First World War service, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A". His wife, Annie Scott, died in February 1918. He remarried, taking Mary Elizabeth Scott as his wife on January 11, 1919. In addition to his son, William Scott, he had two daughters: Yvonne Warneford Scott (born March 1916) and Pauline Gladys Scott (born October 1919).