Basic Details
Surname
Henderson-Scott
Forenames
N de P
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Nigel de Paiva
Served or died
Died
Notes
Nigel de Paiva Henderson-Scott was born in London on 9 September 1920, the only son of Major Walter Maxwell Henderson-Scott and Marjorie (née de Paiva). He was educated at Wellington College from 1934 where he was a member of the Racquets Eight, and was considered to be a good cricketer.
Nigel Henderson-Scott entered Worcester College on 7 October 1938 to read Modern History but left without taking a degree in order to enlist in the army. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards on 8 March 1941. In April 1943 the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards were advancing on Enfidaville in Tunisia in the final drive to push the German Afrika Corps from North Africa. On 20 April 1943 Lieutenant Nigel Henderson-Scott was leading his carrier patrol close to Enfidaville when he was killed, aged 22.
Nigel Henderson-Scott is buried at Enfidaville War Cemetery in Tunisia and commemorated on the war memorials at Burley, Wellington College, and Worcester College, Oxford.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Tunisia
Town of death
Enfidaville
Country of burial
Tunisia
Town of burial
Enfidaville
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1943
Month of death
April
Day of death
20
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action