Three: Private A. Scott, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was killed in action in H.M.S....

Three: Private A. Scott, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Lion at Jutland, likely as a member of ‘Q’ turret, in which Major F. J. W. Harvey won a posthumous V.C. 1914-15 Star (PLY.15989, Pte. A. Scott, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (PLY.15989 Pte. A. Scott. R.M.L.I.) together with Memorial Plaque (Arnold Scott) this in its card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arnold Scott was born in Halifax, Yorkshire on 31 October 1895, where he attended St. Thomas’s Church School and Sunnyside School. Enlisting as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Deal in January 1913, he joined Admiral Beatty’s flagship H.M.S. Lion on the eve of hostilities, and he remained likewise employed until his death in action at Jutland. In the interim, Lion played a prominent role in the engagements at Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914, and at Dogger Bank on 23 January 1915. Around 50 Marines were killed in Lion at Jutland, the vast majority as members of ‘Q’ turret and its supporting personnel in the magazines and handling rooms, the whole under Major F. J. W. Harvey, R.M.L.I. A large calibre enemy shell hit and penetrated the turret, blowing the roof out ‘like an opened sardine can’ and killing the gun’s crew and starting a fire. John Winton takes up the story in The Victoria Cross at Sea: ‘Major F. J. W. Harvey, R.M.L.I., in charge of ‘Q’ turret, though shocked by blast, very badly burned and dying, collected himself enough to give the order to shut the magazine doors and flood the magazines. The fire ignited cordite in the turret and the flash passed down through the ship to the magazine, killing every man in the handling room. The handlers, switchboard men, the doctor and his stretcher party all died where they stood. But the magazine was safe. Major Harvey’s order undoubtedly saved the ship. He died shortly afterwards and was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.’ Scott, the son of George and Jane Scott of Bolton Street, Halifax, was buried at sea.