Biography of Serjeant William Scotney (William Scotney Handford) (29330)
17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 3rd September 1916

Soldier

  • Name: William Scotney born William Scotney Handford
  • Date of birth: 1882
  • Place of Birth: Morton, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth registration: April – June 1882
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father

  • Name: Dan Pope Scotney
  • DOB: 1860
  • Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Bricklayer
Mother

  • Name: Francis Susannah Elizabeth Handford
  • DOB: 1860
  • Place Of Birth: Morton, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1883 Bourne District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • William Scotney Handford, 1882, Morton
    Dan Scotney, 1884, Bourne
    Jessie Scotney, 1886, Bourne
    Elizabeth Alice Scotney, 1889, Bourne
    Eliza Scotney, 1892, Edenham
    Jazez Ernest Scotney, 1893, Edenham
    Harry Scotney, 1894, Bourne
    Joseph Thomas Scotney, 1897, Bourne
    Charles Scotney, 1901, Bourne
Census

  • 1891: William is living with his parents in Edenham
  • 1901: William can not be found as of yet
  • 1911: William is living in Orston with his wife Sarah Ellen. The census gives him an age of 29 and he is listed as a bricklayer.
Relatives in services

  • William’s cousin Harold Handford also fought and was killed in WW1. Harold can be found on our page dedicated to the Morton War Memorial.
Wife

  • Name: Sarah Ellen Baker
  • Date of birth: 1881
  • Place of Birth: Orston, Nottinghamshire
Marriage

  • Date of Marriage: July-Sept 1908
  • Place of Marriage: Bingham District
Parents

  • Father: William Baker
  • Mother: Sarah Ann Kirk or Pillatt
Newspaper Mentions

  • None found

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Serjeant William Scotney, 29330, 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) was killed in action on 3rd September 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records

  • None found
Medals

  • The British Medal
    The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Orston, Roll of Honour in St mary’s Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In Memory of Serjeant William Scotney, 29330, 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died on 3 September 1916 Age 34
    Son of Dan and Elizabeth Scotney, of Orston; Husband of Sarah Ellen Scotney, of Chapel St, Orston, Nottingham
    Remembered with Honour, Thiepval Memorial
    Panel Ref: Pier and Face 10C 10D and 11A

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

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