Kenneth's father, Henry William Scott, had been killed in action with the East Surrey Regiment on 24 Apr 1917, just two months after his birth. Kenneth had been baptised just two days earlier. His mother Rosetta Barbara Scott was left to bring him up on a widow's war pension. She remarried to Henry Lavell in 1924 and they moved from Wandsworth to Rovenden where they ran the fish shop for several years, before his death in 1933.
He was demobbed from the Army in Kenya and took a job with the Government tsetse fly research scheme in Uganda as a Field Officer. This involved clearing the habitat for the fly by clearing bush and killing wild animal vectors, so his shooting skills were put to use. He returned regularly to visit family in Kent. He retired to live in Rolvenden again where he died aged 50.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolvenden Patrol | Patrol member | 1940 | 1942 |
Gamekeeper
Kenneth does not appear in the Auxiliary Units nominal roll as he joined the Army before this was compiled. A newspaper article from 1949 states, “He trained as a saboteur and underground fighter in an observation unit in Kent, with Peter Fleming, the author, as his CO”, leaving no doubt he was with Auxiliary Units.
He left in 1942 for the Army, spending 4 years in Kenya.
The notice published by his solicitor after death refers to him as Kenneth Frederick Henry Scott.
Sevenoaks Chronicle 20 May 1949
Kent Messenger 6 Oct 1967
Kentish Express 15 Feb 1957
1939 Register
Ancestry UK
WW1 Pension Index Card