Lieutenant-Colonel M.J. Scott
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General’s Foot Guards)

I do want to say that my days with the Regiment were very happy and I am very grateful for the co-operation, the loyalty and the deep sense of duty shown at all times by all ranks. It is my desire to render any service at any time, within my power, to the Regiment and to those who have served with it.

 (Scott letter, war diary, 12 Oct 1944)

Born on 20 Nov 1902 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Murray Joseph Scott began his militia service with the Saint John Fusiliers and then joined the Canadian Grenadier Guards on moving to Montreal in 1933. He mobilized with that battalion as a major and company commander but in 1942 transferred to the Governor General’s Foot Guards as second-in-command under fellow Grenadier Lieutenant-Colonel H.W. Rick.

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