Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Scott akaroora Katherine Nina Grant Smith muna 1938. Akashanda muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, achitumirwa semutevedzeri wechipiri ne4th County yeLondon Yeomanry munaGunyana 1939. Yeomanry yakatumirwa kuMiddle East mukutanga kwa1941 uye kubva ipapo yakaendeswa kuWestern Dersert munaJune 1942, uko Scott akaona chiito pamitsetse yekuzvidzivirira yeBritish paMaabus er Rigel uye akakuvara apo tangi rake rakaputirwa nemoto wemuvengi. Achibata chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri nepakati pa1942, akapiwa Military Cross nokuda kwehutano muna August 1942. Akataurwa nezvake mumashoko muna December 1942 uye akatora mutungamiri weC Squadron muYeomanry munaFebruary 1943, panguva iyo akabata chinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chekaputeni. Muna April 1943, zvino ari mukuru anoshanda, Scott akapinda muHondo yeWadi Akarit
, apo zviito zvake zvaitungamirira matangi munzvimbo ine zvimbambaira zvakamuona achishongedzwa nebhawa kuchinjikwa kwake kwechiuto. Mumatanho okupedzisira ehondo yokuNorth Africa, mauto aitungamirirwa naScott akanga ari pakati pevokutanga kupinda muTunis pakutorwa kwayo.