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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1012

An impressive M.C. and Two Bars mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant Colonel J. A. C. Scott, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, who was twice wounded while serving in the Great War

Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals with M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R.; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with Long Service clasp; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, with palme, mounted as worn, overall very fine (9)

Military Cross London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Military Cross Second Award Bar London Gazette 18 June 1917. The original recommendation states:

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He behaved with great courage and coolness in attending the wounded under heavy shell fire. For two days he worked continuously, with an utter disregard for his own safety. By his efforts he was able to ensure the rapid evacuation of the wounded, and undoubtedly saved many lives."

Military Cross Third Award Bar London Gazette 7 November 1917. The original recommendation states:

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He attended to a very large number of wounded in the open, under heavy fire from machine-guns and artillery, and it was largely owing to his skilful arrangements that the casualties were rapidly evacuated. Later on, while performing these duties, he was severely wounded by shell fire. Throughout the whole of the operations his courage and his example of self-sacrifice were worthy of high praise."

Territorial Decoration London Gazette 4 February 1930.

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 July 1917.

James Alwin Colville Scott was born in Gateshead, Durham on 24 December 1886, the second of three children born to James Scott and his wife Anna. Scott Junior attended Durham University from 1904 to earn a medical degree, for which he received a scholarship, and he later received his qualification and registered as a Doctor in 1912.

In 1914 Dr. Scott was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, and went on to serve as their medical officer throughout the Great War. That same year he was married at Gateshead to Ada Margaret Winship with whom he later had a son in 1919, Robert Scott, who would later follow in his father's footsteps to become a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

Scott first entered the war in France on 19 April 1915. While serving in France, Scott became one of only 168 soldiers of the war to earn the Military Cross with both a second and third award bar. In his act of gallantry which earned him this third bar, he was wounded to the face by shell fire. Scott was again wounded in right arm and leg in 1918, which was reportedly severe enough to warrant his being sent home.

After the First World War, Scott was re-appointed as the battalion's medical officer in 1920 and continued to serve in this capacity until 1939. He returned to France with his Regiment upon the outbreak of the Second World War and served in No. 6 Ambulance Train. After a brief period of leave at home, he returned to France to discover that his train had been captured by the Germans, and he narrowly avoided capture himself. Having safely escaped back to England, Scott was finally retired in May 1924 having reached the age limit and left the Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. On 24 July 1948 he was issued with a 1939-45 Star and a War Medal for his service during the Second World War, both of which were delivered to him at 20 The Crescent, Gateshead, Durham.

Outside of his military career, Scott was a keen swimmer and water polo player and at one point was Master of the Shipcote Lodge of Freemasons, having had been initiated in 1917. He was also a member of the Gateshead Council, was made a Justice of the Peace in 1928, and was involved with the St. John Ambulance Brigade for which he later earned a medal for services rendered. After the war Scott continued his medical practice until his retirement in 1956, and he later died at the age of 73 in January 1960; sold together with copied M.I.C., short biography, and copied newspaper clippings.



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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£110