Private Abraham Hodgen Scott
Abraham Hodgen Scott was born at Montpellier Lodge, Belfast, on 26 March 1896, the fourth of five children of coachman William Scott and his wife Catherine (nee Hodgen). At the time of the 1911 Census he was living with his family at 33 Maryville Avenue, Belfast, and working as a messenger.
Scott enlisted in the North Irish Horse on 24 May 1915 (No.1594 – later Corps of Hussars No.71462).
He embarked for France between 1916 and 1918 as a reinforcement for the 1st North Irish Horse Regiment, seeing action during the Advance to Victory offensive in the last months of the war.
Scott was one of eight of the regiment mentioned in Field-Marshal Haig's despatch of 16 March 1919 for "distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty" during the period 16 September 1918 to 15 March 1919.
On 5 March 1919 he was demobilised and transferred to Class Z, Army Reserve.
On 22 October 1922 he married Marnie Gertrude Weir in Belfast. By 1958 he was living at 38 Rugby Avenue, Belfast, and working as a shirt cutter. He died in the Royal Victoria Hospital on 23 April that year from injuries sustained in a road accident three days earlier. According to a report of the coroner's hearing, he "was riding his motor-cycle along the Upper Malone Road towards the country when a dog ran out and struck the front wheel, causing him to be thrown from the machine and dragged along the road." (Belfast Telegraph 1 May 1958.)
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This page last updated 29 June 2026.