Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,797 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Raymond Booth Scott

From Graces Guide

Raymond Booth Scott (1898-1968)

1898 Born in Keighley, son of Joseph Scott

1911 Joseph Scott 43, machine tool maker, engineer, employee, lived in Keighley with Clara Scott 38, Raymond Booth Scott 13[1]

1935 Gained his aviator's certificate at the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club[2]

1939 A.M.I.Mech.E.. R.A.S.C. Proprietor, Scott Machine Tool Co, Albion Works, Keighley, and Green Lane Eng. Works, Halifax; Age: 40. Career: Machine Gun Corps, Great War, 1915-21; Metallurgy, Sheffield Univ.; A/Adjt., Cambridge Univ. Officers' Tech. Training Courses; Scott Machine Tool Co., 1921 to date; Commanding 31st A.A. Grp. Coy., R.A.S.C. (T.); Capt. Reg. Army Res., R.A.S.C. Member Inst. of R.E.

1942 Promoted Major (with seniority from 1942)[3]

1968 Died in Keighley


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census
  2. Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates
  3. The London Gazette 18 February 1947