🌺 Able Seaman George Scott — a quiet Workington lad who never came home 🌺 George Scott was born in 1893 in Workington, Cumberland — the youngest son of Eliza and the late George Scott. Before the war, he lived a simple, steady life at 24 Station Road, working first for Moss & Sons and later in the wagon shops at Derwent. He was known as a quiet young man. Reliable. Well liked. The kind of lad everyone spoke well of. When war arrived, George didn’t hesitate. He enlisted in the Royal Naval Volun

George C. Scott became the first actor to refuse an Academy Award when he declined Best Actor for Patton at the 43rd Academy Awards in 1971. Scott called the Oscars a 'meat parade' and said the competition among actors was degrading. Scott had also rejected his 1962 nomination for The Hustler. Unlike Marlon Brando's later refusal, Scott's rejection was not tied to a political cause. He remained adamant about his position until his death in 1999, never accepting the statuette. #Oscars #GeorgeCSco