Born 26 September 1913 Hawick. Married Elizabeth Jessie Muir Mackay of Penicuik 7 October 1936.
Died on 21st December 1944. Age 31. Buried at Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
The son of Thomas Scoon and Margaret Lillie Simpson Edgar of Penicuik.
Nephew of James Robertson Scoon and John Scoon died 1917, see below.
Corporal Henry SCOON, 645949, Royal Air Force.
Born 16 June 1919 Penicuik.
Died on 12th February 1943. Age 23. Buried at Djakarta War Cemetery.
The son of Thomas Scoon and Margaret Lillie Simpson Edgar of Penicuik.
Nephew of James Robertson Scoon and John Scoon died 1917, see below.
Private James Robertson
SCOON, 19916, 16th Battalion, Royal
Scots.
Born 15 December 1893 Edinburgh.
Died on 9th April 1917. Aged 23. Remembered at the Arras Memorial.
The son of Thomas Scoon and Ann Lillie Robertson of Edinburgh.
Born and enlisted in Edinburgh.
Private John SCOON,
41199, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
Fusiliers.
Born 1 May 1888 Edinburgh. Married Elizabeth Marshall of Bonnybridge 24 August 1914.
Died 31st July 1917. Age 29. Remembered at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
The son of Thomas Scoon and Ann Lillie Robertson of Edinburgh.
Born and enlisted in Edinburgh.
Born 17 February 1930 New York, USA.
Died 17th September 1950 in Korea. Age 20. Oak Tree Cemetery, Pasquotank, North Carolina.
The son of Sydney and Edna Scoon .
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