Fisherman MARK SCOTTER was the son of REUBEN & SARAH SCOTTER from East Runton Cromer Norfolk England. He worked on the family fishing smack called the SUSIE. On the17th August 1917 the boat left her home port at Filey in Yorkshire to go fishing in the North Sea. Whilst hauling the lines a German Submarine surfaced. MARK was on the SUSIE whilst the three other crew members were in a smaller boat hauling the lines. It is not clear if the Germans boarded the SUSIE and then shot MARK or if he was shot from a distance. There was a large report in the Filey newspaper following MARK,S funeral. He was highly respected in the community. The funeral was largely attended and the coffin was carried by fellow fisherman. A large number of floral emblems were received one wreath bore the inscription, For MARK SCOTTER A TOKEN OF SINCERE REGRET IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ONE OF THE BEST OF OUR BRAVE FISHERMAN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO OBTAIN FOOD FOR THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMAN.The war memorial which honours the men of Filey who died for their country bears the name of MARK SCOTTER. He is also rembered on the Tower Hill memorial in London.

JAMES SCOTTER was born at Sheringham Norfolk England in 1896 the son of MATTHEW & ANN SCOTTER. We do not have much about him but he was certainly in the Royal Navy because we have a photo of him in uniform. JAMES was also a member of the Sheringham Lifeboat Crew. All crew member,s were by tradition given nicknames JAMES was JIMMY JIMMA. He died in 1962.

Private WALTER SCOTTER the son of FREDRICK & MARY SCOTTER from Norwich
Norfolk, England served with the 1st Bat. Norfolk Regiment. In the spring of 1915 the 1st BAT.
were trench bound and waterlogged in the misery of the Ypres Salient. In the front line,shelling and
sniping was incessant and in the trenches death was always probable and a virtual certainty outside them. Casualty lists told their own tale 3rd March one officer and six men killed, 19 men wounded .
On the 17/18th March one officer and eleven men killed, 46 men wounded. WALTER was killed
between these dates on March 7th 1915. WALTER CHARLES SCOTTER is remembered on the
YPRES war memorial in Belgium. The inscription on the memorial reads HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO
WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THER COMRADES IN DEATH.

HARRY GEORGE SCOTTOW BORN 1878
Private HARRY SCOTTOW was born in Northrepps Norfolk England in 1878 the son of CHARLES & SOPHIA SCOTTOW. He served with the Queens Royal West Sussex in World War One. HARRY is remembered on the Roll of Honour in Northrepps Church as being a villager who fought for his country the fourth son of one family to be remembered . HARRY died in 1959 .