Kammala wannan jumla: Scott ya auri Katherine Nina Grant Smith a shekara ta 1938. Ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, an ba shi izini a matsayin laftanan na biyu tare da 4th County of London Yeomanry a watan Satumbar 1939. An tura Yeomanry zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a farkon 1941 kuma daga can aka tura shi zuwa Yammacin Dersert a watan Yunin 1942, inda Scott ya ga aikin a layin tsaron Burtaniya a Maabus er Rigel kuma ya ji rauni lokacin da wutar abokan gaba ta buge tankinsa. Da yake rike da mukamin Laftanar a tsakiyar shekarar 1942, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Soja don jaruntaka a watan Agusta 1942. An ambaci shi a cikin sakonni a watan Disamba na shekarar 1942 kuma ya dauki umurnin C Squadron a cikin Yeomanry a watan Fabrairun 1943, a wannan lokacin ya rike mukamin dan sanda na dan lokaci. A watan Afrilun 1943, yanzu babban jami'in aiki, Scott ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Wadi Akarit, inda ayyukansa da ke jagorantar tankuna a fadin filin ma'adinai ya gan shi an yi masa ado da mashaya ga Gicciye na Soja. A lokacin karshen yakin Arewacin Afirka, sojojin da Scott ya umurce su sun kasance daga cikin na farko da suka shiga Tunis a lokacin da aka kama shi.