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8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers    8th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers was raised in Berwick-on-Tweed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army, after inital training in the Berwick area they joined 46th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division and moved to Bordon. In February 1915 they went into billets at Winchester then moved to Park House and Chisledon Camps on Salisbury Plain in April 1915 for final training. The proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 10th of July 1915. They fought in the The Action of Hooge, being the first division to be attacked by flamethrowers. They were in action in The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. On the 28th of May 1916 they merged with the 8th Battalion to form the 7/8th KOSB. 15th of March 1915  Active Artillery    19th of March 1915  Patrols   29th Jul 1915  Change of Command 1st Aug 1915  Into the Line   10th Aug 1915  Reliefs 6th September 1915 Orders Received 7th September 1915 Relief Completed 21st Sep 1915 Artillery in Action 22nd Sep 1915 Bombardment 23rd Sep 1915 Bombardment   24th Sep 1915 Bombardment 25th Sep 1915   The 7th and 8th Battalions Kings Own Scottish Borderers where at the Battle of Loos on September 25th 1915. The 7th KOSB lost approx 2/3 of their numbers and the 8th KOSB lost approx 1/3 of their numbers that day and over the next 2 days. 25th Sep 1915 Assault Made   26th Sep 1915 Attack Made   21st Oct 1915 Reliefs 29th Oct 1915 Reliefs 1st November 1915 Reliefs Complete. 3rd May 1916 Reliefs 20th June 1916 Relieved 7th/8th K.O.S.B. 18th August 1916 March Table 19th August   19th August 1916 Location "D" Battalion.   26th October 1916 Operational Orders 28th October 1916 Relieved by 7th/8th K.O.S.B. 3rd January 1917 Operational Orders 3rd January 1917 March Table 4th January 1917 Moved to Vanilla Camp in Support 24th April 1917 Operational Orders   9th June 1918 Operational Order No.26   9th June 1918 Raid   26th July 1918 Operational Orders No.38 29th July 1918 Operational Orders No.40 29th July 1918 Relieved the 2nd Battalion 136 ( French ) Regt. 1st August 1918 Operational Orders No.41   31st December 1918 Strength changes 30th November to 31st December If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers? There are:5264 items tagged 8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers during the Great War 1914-1918. Pearson Thomas. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 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Announcements 13 4th May 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264114 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Thomas Pearson 8th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Thomas Pearson served with the 5th and 8th Battalions, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was discharged on the 5th of February 1918, after being wounded from the 2/7th Northumberland Fusiliers at the 74th Territorial Force Depot with a silver war badge. Brian Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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