James Scott (footballer, born 1895)
James Scott was a Scottish professional football forward who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers. He made an appearance and scored for Scotland in a wartime international in 1916, during the First World War. He was described as "an all-round forward" and "the most consistent goalscorer Raith have ever had".Scott attended Airdrie Academy and later became an apprentice wire rope maker with the Caledonian Wire Rope Company. He was married with one child. Scott served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War. On the first day of the Somme, he was hit in the stomach and neck by machine gun fire and killed during an attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle. Scott is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.Honours
