Sale 102 - July 16, 2010

A Superb Group of Ten awarded to
Hon. Lt. Colonel Canon F. G. Scott

Lt. Colonel Canon F. G. Scott received the CMG, DSO, and a quartet of Mentions in Despatches for his services in the front lines as Senior Chaplain of the First Canadian Division: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s Neck Badge in silver gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, George V, in silver gilt and enamels, front centre slightly depressed ; 1914-15 Star (impressed: MAJOR F.G. SCOTT, CAN:CHAP:SER); British War and Victory Medals with MID oakleaf, (impressed; HON. LT.COL. F.G. SCOTT); 1935 Jubilee Medal; 1937 Coronation Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer’s Decoration, (engraved: H. Lt. Col. F.G. Scott. C.M.G. D.S.O. C.C.S.); French Order of Academic Palmes, Officer’s Badge in silver; The Royal Canadian Humane Association Sanford Medal in gold, (reverse engraved: AWARDED TO Rev. F.G. Scott, QUEBEC, for promptitude and heroic conduct in rescuing at the risk of his own life a man from drowning on a dark night with a strong tide running at CHAMPLAIN WHARF, QUEBEC, 10th Oct. 1897), this exceedingly rare; Plaster Bust of Canon Scott by Orson Wheeler dated 1930, 11 1⁄2” high by 6” wide, minor chips and knicks; photostat copies of his Service Record; photos of Canon Scott in Army uniform (2) as a clergyman (3), and of him at the Royal Rifles of Canada 1937 dinner; a copy of Canon Scott’s personal memoir “The Great War As I Saw It” originally written in 1922 (reprinted 2000); photostat copies of his writings and poems (7); Order of Service booklet for his funeral that took place on 22nd January 1944 at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal. VF.

CMG London Gazette 14 Jan. 1916

DSO London Gazette 7 Nov. 1918

MID x 4 London Gazettes 1.1.1916; 28.12.17; 28.5.18; 31.12.18

Wounded 29.9.18