The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Major Walter Hepburn Scott, M.C.
(Medical Officer)

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - W.H. Scott

Service:

M.C. Citation

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 25 APRIL, 1918; 23 April 1918, Issue number: 30561, Page number: 5025

Capt. Walter Hepburn Scott, A.M.C. - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his stretch-bearers forward over "No Man's Land" and dressed and brought in many wounded men under very heavy fire. Although buried and severely shaken by a shell, he continued his work.

Date of Birth - 2 Feb 1885

Biographical Note - University of Alberta (Source)

Walter Hepburn Scott was born February 2, 1885 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He earned an MD from McGill University in 1907 and undertook post-graduate studies in 1922-23.

A medical officer with the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways and assistant to Colonel Mewburn in Lethbridge, Alberta, Scott worked at the Soldier's Civil Re-establishment Hospital in 1919. The hospital was renamed the University of Alberta Hospital in October, 1922.

Scott was an honorary professor of medicine at the University of Alberta from 1921-50 and in 1931, was an assistant professor of medicine and clinical medicine.

Scott's military activities include service with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1914 and as a lieutenant colonel at the Fourth Casualty Clearing Station during World War II. He received the Military Cross for action at Passchendaele.

Scott married Katie Sinton; they had a son, David L. Scott.

Scott passed away August 12, 1951 in Kalispell, Montana.