Joseph Thomas Scotney was married to Susannah and they had two daughters.
Prior to the war he was a
farmer and butcher, who used to deliver his meat around the villages.
He was elected treasure of the coal club in
1914.
Joseph was probably conscripted in 1916 and enlisted into the Northamptonshire Regiment as a signaller on
November 31st 1916.
He seems to have had disciplinary issues. In April
1918 he was absent from fatigue. On another occasion he forfeited 4 days pay
and was later ordered to pay for a new pair of trousers for, ‘loosing through
neglect’, and for ’5 rounds of ammunition three days pay’.
On March 3rd 1918 he is recorded as missing but was later listed as a
Prisoner of War on 25 March 1919.
The photo show s him delivering meat before the war.
