Silver War Badge (31799:) Awarded to 2375 Lance Corporal Alexander Mitchell Stott, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

Awarded in respect of being 'Wounded-in-Action; and discharged as a consequence of no longer being fit for military service

The Silver War Badge complete with its long hinged-pin & clasp fittings to reverse, and as issued

Wounded-in-Action: The recipient was 'Wounded' in France & Flanders in October 1914. The 'Daily Record and Mail' issue of 26 November 1914, is quoted - in parts - below:

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ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL

The following non-commissioned officers and men not previously announced as wounded are reported as having been admitted to home hospitals:-

Third Southern General Hospital, Oxford, under date October 26:-

Stott, 2375, Lance-Corpl, A: - The Black Watch

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A local Dundee newspaper the Evening Telegraph' issue of 26 November 1914, contained a notice pertaining to the recipient:

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HIGHLANDERS IN THE CASUALTY LIST

The following members of the Highland Brigade are included in today's casualty list:-

2375 Lance-Corpl A. Stott, Broughty Ferry (previously farm labourer); attested at Perth on 27th June 1912, at the age of 18

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Medals and Silver War Badge Verification: The Silver War Badge confirmed as entitled, together with qualification for a 1914 Star trio of campaign medals per below referenced medal roll sources:

- 1914 Star: WO 329/2460 shows first disembarked France 13/08/14
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/1351 shows served 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1351 shows served 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders
- Silver War Badge (31799): WO 329/3061.Enlisted 26/06/12 / discharged 25/09/15 'Wounds'

Alexander Mitchell Stott, son of John Stott and Annie Stott (nee Mitchell) was a native of Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland, where he was born in 1894. By trade he was employed as a 'Farm Labourer' prior to enlisting in the British Army on, 26 June 1912, on which date he was posted to his local infantry regiment, the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). After completion of his basic training, Alexander joined 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). His extant medal records for the Great War show that he first entered theatre of war on August 1914. Alexander was wounded-in-action in France in October 1914, in which month he was repatriated to Oxford, England for hospital treatment. Although clearly entitled to a dateed clasp for the 1914 Star, there is no record that he ever subsequently claimed or was issued with a clasp & roses emblems for wear on his 1914 Star. Alexander took his discharge from the British Army on, 25 September 1915. In 1915, Alexander married Jeannie Balfour Wilson, at Arbroath, Scotland. Alexander Mitchell Stott is recorded to have died at Arbroath, Scotland, in 1969

Condition: GVF

Code: 24720