Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
John Scott
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Able Seaman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: S.S. Glenfruin
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death: Lost at Sea
- Age at Death: 25
- Date of Death: 26.01.1918
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 22 Gellatly Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Seaman
- Mother:
Elizabeth Scott (nee O’Hara)
- Father:
John Scott, 22 Gellatly St, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Scott
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.
John has no known grave but is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. He was serving aboard the S.S. Glenfruin, built by A. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Easton, Greig & Co., Glasgow, was a British steamer of 3097 tons.
On January 26th, 1918, Glenfruin,was on a voyage from Seriphos to Ardrossan with a cargo of iron ore, she was sunk by the German submarine U-103 (Claus Rücker) northwest from Holyhead in the Irish Sea. Sunk with all 32 hands. First Mate John Duff of Dundee was also lost in this sinking.
John Scott Able Seaman SS Glenfruin
SCOTT—Drowned at sea on 26th January, off Holyhead in the Irish Sea, John Scott, beloved son of John Scott and the late Elizabeth O’Hara.
Dundee Peoples Journal 22nd June 1918
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell.
Further information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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