Naylor, John James
photo from A.M. Fowles - Scotter Footballl team (c1907); Jack is on the middle row, extreme right
J.J. NAYLOR
John James Naylor ('Jack')
14771 Private, 8th Battalion,
Lincolnshire Regiment
147581 Private, 37th Battalion,
Machine Gun Corps
Born 26th June 1891 in Scotter
Son of Andrew (a farm labourer) and Jane (nee Lings; a dressmaker from Messingham)
Family lived on West Street
Father died in 1910
Became a groom
Enlisted at Lincoln on 4th January 1915
Described as 5 feet 8 inches tall with blue eyes
Arrived in France on 10th September 1915
Returned to UK for demobilization on 30th January 1919
Posted to the Reserve on 1st March
After discharge re-enlisted for 2 years
Became 7811774 Private, 37th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
A transport driver until leaving on 5th August 1921
Married Annie Elizabeth Wilkinson (sister of Herbert and John; East face) on 2nd August 1922
Lived at 3 High Street
Had a very dry wit
Dug many miles of drains by hand to connect Scotter to the drainage system
Was the village barber
Became the village grave digger
Enjoyed a pipe and smoked 'Condor'
Always went to work on his bicycle
Played snooker and billiards at the Village Institute
Employed there as the caretaker
Died 27th April 1970 aged 78
Buried alongside his wife in Scotter Cemetery
Parents buried in the churchyard