August 3 1916: ‘Popular’ Angus soldier killed in battle

By Kirsty McIntosh

August 3 2016, 5:30am

August 3 2016, 5:30am

The families of men killed in the trenches on France sometimes did not find out about their death for some time.

David Scott died in mid July, but a letter confirming this did not reach Angus until almost two weeks later.

Prior to enlisting, David had worked as a ploughman.

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