Eric Scott
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Son of Thomas and Eliza Scott.
Son of Thomas Scott (d.1932) & Eliza Scott (d.1937), of 15 Ednaston Rd. [e.1934]. He had served in the Royal Navy for four years. His mother married Albert Ernest V. Bowen [Nottingham.m.1934] (d.1944) and if so briefly lived at 25 Alfred St. South, St Ann's
[e.1935] but had moved elsewhere before she died in 1937
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL 46, 2.
HMS Calcutta
HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class of cruisers. She was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918. Calcutta was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War and was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. Calcutta served during the Norwegian Campaign and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. She was used to escort allied convoys across the Mediterranean and was sunk on 1 June 1941 by Luftwaffe aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt.
Calcutta and Coventry set out from Alexandria on 1 June but the two ships were attacked by two Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1, which dived out of the sun, giving little warning, about 100 nautical miles (190 km) north-west of Alexandria. Calcutta was hit by two bombs and sank. 255 men were rescued by Coventry but 107, including Eric Scott, were killed. (Wikipedia)
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