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He was 36 years old, and a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps , Indian Army during the Baluchistan when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 26 July 1877 at Quetta, India, Captain Scott was on duty at the regimental parade ground in the evening when we heard that British officers were being killed and immediately rushed to the rescue. He found one lieutenant cut down and another hard pressed and wounded but being protected by a sepoy. Captain Scott bayoneted two of the assailants and closed with a third, who fell with him to the ground and was killed by the sepoys of the regiment. This action saved the life of the wounded lieutenant.
He was killed in action, Srinagar, Kashmir, on 5 September 1882.
He later achieved the rank of MajorFor non-military meanings, see major (disambiguation). In the US Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the British Army, a major is a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a lieutenant colonel. The equivalent rank in the US Navy is Lieute.
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