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King's Own Scottish Borderers Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers Territorial Force: 4th (Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 2/4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 2/5th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 3/4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 3/5th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers Kitchener's New Army: 6th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 8th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 9th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 10th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 14th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers Want to know more about the King's Own Scottish Borderers? There are:7370 items tagged King's 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 King's Own Scottish Borderers during the Great War 1914-1918. Adams Edmund. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th April 1918) Affleck Thomas. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.19th April 1917) Alexander David. Pte. 2nd Btn. Ambrose William. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.28th Mar 1918) Andrews Harry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917) Ashmead William. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.3rd May 1917) Bacon John Joseph. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Baird Alexander. Pte. 7th/8th Btn. B Company. (d.14th May 1917) Benson Thomas. Pte. 1/4 Btn. (d.12th Jan 1918) Berry John. Pte (d.25 Sep 1915) Binns Reginald. Pte. 2nd Btn. Runner (d.30th July 1916) Bradley James. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.4th Aug 1916) Brewer James Alfred. L/Cpl. 10th Battalion (d.9th Aug 1916) Brown John. L/Cpl. 6th Btn. (d.27th March 1918) Brown William John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.5th February 1916) Brown William John. 2nd Battalion (d.5th February 1915) Burns Alfred. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Butler Albert. Pte. 1st Battlaion (d.1st July 1916) Cabrey Hugh. Sig. 2nd Btn. (d.9th May 1917 ) Carl Joseph. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.26th April 1915) Casey Robert. Pte. 1st & 3rd Btn. Casey Robert. Pte. 2nd Btn. Cloughley James. 1st Btn Coc Claude Cyril. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Craven John. Pte 2nd Btn (d.23rd Apr 1915) Cryer Thomas. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.24th Mar 1918) Dargo Star David. Pte. (d.10 October 1914) Davies Arthur. L/Cpl 2nd Btn (d.26th August 1918) Dixon Richard Chandler. Pte. 1st/4th Btn (d.5th Oct 1918) Docherty Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Jul 1915) Doig James. Pte. 6th Btn. Donaldson Hugh Murray. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917) Donaldson William Bisset. Pte. 1/4 Battalion (d.17th July 1915) Duffy Patrick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.5th Aug 1916) Dukes William Henry. Pte. 2nd Battalion Edgar MC Andrew. CSM 6th. Btn. (d.7th Jul 1916) Edmenson Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. Edwards Joseph. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Nov 1914) Elford Lawrence D.. Pte. 7/8th Btn. (d.11th Oct 1918) Fairbairn John. Pte. 7th/8th Battalion (d.5th Dec 1918) Farrell John James. Pte. 2nd Btn. Flanagan Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. Fox John. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.17th April 1918) Gallagher michael. Geggie DCM. Thomas. RSM. 2nd Btn. Gilbert Fred. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.24th March 1918) Gillies Murdoch. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.3rd May 1917) Gow William Rodger. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.16th April 1917) Green William Wood. Pte 2nd Battalion (d.23rd June 1917) Grieve MM. David. Pte. 2nd Btn. Hartley Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th Jul 1916) Hayman Joseph. Pte. (d.7th Nov 1914) Hewitt Joshua. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.30th Nov 1917) Hodgart William. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.17th July 1916) Hosley MID William James Seymour. Major 6th Btn. (d.25th September 1915) Hoy Alfred. Pte. 1st Battalion Hunter Alfred Cornelius. Pte. 1st Btn., A Coy. (d.18th Oct 1917) Huntley James Lancelot. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.3rd Aug 1915) Ivison James. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.12th May 1918) Jenkins Thomas. Private Kiernan Patrick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.5th May 1915) Kilbride John. Private 7th and 8th Battalions (d.23th Jul 1918) Lake Arthur James. Pte. Laurie Bruce Llewellyn. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Lewis Dawson. Sgt. 6th (Service) Battalion (d.25th Sept 1915) Lindsay James. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.1st Nov 1918) Lucas Harold. Sgt. 10th Btn. Marsden Edwin. Pte. Marshall Harry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.25th Sep 2015) Mathieson MID David. Cpl 2nd Battalion Mathieson MID David. Corporal 2nd Battalion McAllister Thomas. Sjt. 4th Btn. (d.19th Apr 1917) McCarthy Patrick. Spr. 263rd Railway Coy. McCartney James Horsley. Cpl. 6th Battalion (d.7th July 1916) McCluskey MM. James. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.25th Nov 1918) McGeary Reynolds. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.2nd May 1915) McGowan John. Pte 6th Btn McGuffie VC. Louis. Sgt. 1/5th Btn. (d.4th Oct 1918) McGuire John. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.16th Dec 1917) McGuire John. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.16th Dec 1917) McIntyre Robert. Pte. 2nd Battalion McKinley Thomas. Pte. McNally John. Pte 2nd Btn (d.3rd Oct 1917) McNaught James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.5th January 1915) Mitchell William. 2nd Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917) Moffat Thomas. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.3rd May 1917) Moodie James King. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.26th Apr 1915) Morrison Archibald James Shanks. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd May 1918) Murray John Richardson . Cpl. 1/4th Btn. (d.12th Jul 1915) Murray MM. William James Richardson. Sgt 6th Battalion Nisbet James. L/Cpl. D Coy, 6th Battalion (d.30th September 1918) Nisbet Samuel. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.2nd July 1917) Noble James Alfred. L/Cpl. 1st Battalion (d.29th April 1917) Norris George Charles. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.18th Apr 1915) O'Neill Martin. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.24th October 1918) Patterson William Grant. Pte 2nd Battalion Patterson William Grant. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. Pearce DCM. John. RSM. 1st Btn. (d.4th June 1915) Pearson Thomas. Pte. 8th Btn. Peckover Ernest Edwin. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.14th Dec 1915) Quinn James . Pte. 2nd Btn (d.15th Sept 1914) Quinn James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.14th Sep 1914) Rae John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Reid Richard Maxwell Fletcher . Pte. 6th Btn. (d.10th Dec 1917) Reid William. Pte. Rooney James. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.22nd Jul 1916) Rule MM. Andrew H.. Pte. 1st/4th Battalion (d.17th Sep 1918) Sanders Thomas. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.7th Dec 1917) Saunderson Robert Price. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.31st July 1916) Scott Military Medal and bar Thomas Wightman. Pte 6th Btn Scott William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Sept 1916) Sellek Frederick Abraham. Pte. 14th Btn. Skinner VC, DCM, CdeG. John Kendrick. CSM. 1st Btn. (d.17th Mar 1918) Slater Frederick John Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. Snowdon Herbert. Pte. 7th/8th Btn (d.9th Jul 1916) Snowdon William Hall Hall. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd Apr 1915) Somme Richard. Pte. (d.1st July 1916) Stobie John. Sgt. Street Frederick. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.23rd June 1917) Sullivan Patrick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th Sep 1916) Sutherland John. Pte. Swalwell James Frederick. Sgt. 7th Btn. Thompson Charles Edward. S/Sgt. Tinlin MID John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th April 1915) Todd Oliver. Pte. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Turner John. Pte. Walker James. 5th Btn. (d.9th Aug 1915) Walker Thomas. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.6th Sep 1915) Ward Thomas Baily. Pte. 2nd Btn. Warin John. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.26th Apr 1915) Wark William S. 6th Btn. (d.3rd May 1917) Warren Joseph Cecil. Pte. 3rd Battn Warren Joseph Cecil. Pte. Whitlie Edward. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.18th Oct 1914) Whitlie Peter. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.23rd April 1917) Wilson Alexander Kirk. Pte. 2nd Btn Wilson Charles. C.S.M. 2nd Btn. (d.Aug 1914) Wilson Richard. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Wood George Rathie. Pte. 2nd Batt. Woodcock Henry. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.13th May 1917) Woodcock Henry. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.13th May 1917) Wright William. Pte. 1/4th Btn. 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King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.1st Nov 1918) James Lindsay was killed in action 1st November 1918, aged 32. He was the son of James Lindsay, of Stewarton, Ayrshire; husband of Ellen Rafferty Lindsay, of Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire. s flynn Add to this record. 1206447 L/Cpl. John Brown 6th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.27th March 1918) John Brown was killed in action on the night of the 26-27 March 1918, he is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France. s flynn Add to this record. 1206424 michael Gallagher Kings Own Scottish Borderers My great-great uncle on my Father's side. He is Michael Gallagher, uncle to my father's mother, Bridget Gallagher Griffin. He served in the British Army, and died in service year 1919. This picture was taken in 1918. Mary Bernadette Griffin Lough Add to this record. 1206347 Sgt. Louis McGuffie VC. 1/5th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.4th Oct 1918) Louis McGuffie was killed in action on 4th of October 1918, aged 24. He is buried in the Zandvoorde British Cemetery in Belgium. Son of Mrs. Catherine McGuffie, of 1, North Main St., Wigtown, Wigtownshire. An extract from The London Gazette, dated 13th Dec., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and resourceful leadership under heavy fire near Wytschaete on 28th September, 1918. During the advance to Piccadilly Farm, he, single-handed, entered several enemy dugouts and took many prisoners, and during subsequent operations dealt similarly with dugout after dugout, forcing one officer and twenty-five other ranks to surrender. During the consolidation of the first objective he pursued and brought back several of the enemy who were slipping away, and he was also instrumental in rescuing some British soldiers who were being led off as prisoners. Later in the day, when in command of a platoon, he led it with the utmost dash and resource, capturing many prisoners. This very gallant soldier was subsequently killed by a shell. s flynn Add to this record. 1206343 Pte. Edmund Adams 2nd Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.15th April 1918) Edmund Adams formerly served with the Territorial Force, Highland Cyclists Btn. he was killed in action 15/04/1918 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. He was born in Perth, Scotland. Husband to Christina Brown Henderson and father to Edna. s flynn Add to this record. 1206325 Pte. Ernest Edwin Peckover 1st Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.14th Dec 1915) Ernest Peckover served with the 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers during WW1 and died on the 14th December 1915. He is buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. Gordon Clark Add to this record. 263656 Spr. Patrick McCarthy 263rd Railway Coy. Royal Engineers Patrick McCarthy was my great-great-uncle. He was born and reared in Limerick, Ireland, and worked for 3 years in Guinness, Dublin before emigrating to Glasgow in 1914. He joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in 1916 and deployed to France in 1917 with the Royal Engineers. Shane Doyle Add to this record. 263649 Corporal David Mathieson MID 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers My grandfather, David Mathieson, was sent to Belgium in the first contingent of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in August 1914. His unit was left with the rearguard at Mons to cover the retreat and he was captured along with his men. He then spent the rest of the war in a German POW camp. He died when I was quite young, but I reflect that he would have come back to a country he did not recognize and an Army he did not recognize. I am given to understand that, except for the men he was captured with, pretty much everyone he had served with before the war was dead. Marty Mathieson Add to this record. 261550 Cpl. John Richardson Murray 1/4th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.12th Jul 1915) John Murray was the son of a baker and confectioner, James Murray, and Jane McClure McMichan and lived at 24 Horsemarket, Kelso, Roxburghshire. He was an apprentice joiner when he volunteered to join the King's Own Scottish Borderers before WW1. Military service was in the family blood from the late 1700s and early 1800s. His unit, the 1/4th KOSB, was sent to Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula as part of the 52nd Division, and he died in one of the four landing waves on the first day, 12th July 1915. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Yvonne Hardwick Add to this record. 259864 Pte. Frederick Abraham Sellek 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Sellek was born in Withycombe on the 28th April 1896. He joined up on the 15th of May 1915 giving his adddress as 10 Park Terrace, Withycombe, Exmouth. He was single, 5' 0", 7 Stone 11 pounds, chest 34" and his occupation is listed as Gardener. He joined the 14th (Bantams) Battalion Gloucester Regimen as a Private. His Next of Kin is given as Eliza Sellek, his mother of 10 Park Terrace, Exmouth. Frederick transferred to 194th Infantry Company, Labour Corps on the 31st of January 1917 at Dieppe. Then to KSOB on the 12th of July 1918. He transferred to the Z list on 14th of March 1919 giving his home address as 80 The Village, Withycombe Exmouth. Frederick died in 1976 Add to this record. 257177 L/Cpl Arthur Davies 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.26th August 1918) Arthur Davies served with the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers in WW1. He died 26th of August 1918 aged 26 years and is buried at Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, at Mory, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah Davies of 5 Dickson St., Widnes, Lancs. Alan Davies Add to this record. 256906 Pte. John Rae 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.3rd Sep 1916) John Rae was my great Grandmother's nephew and a distant cousin of mine. John served with the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers in WW1. He was killed in action at the Somme, 3rd of September 1916 aged 20. I have no photo. Susan Taylor Add to this record. 256859 Sig. Hugh Cabrey 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.9th May 1917 ) Hugh Cabrey was killed in the Battle of Arras. K Pickles Add to this record. 255902 Pte. Thomas Hartley 1st Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.8th Jul 1916) Thomas Hartley was my Uncle. He is listed on the Edinburgh Roll of Honour. Lenny Hartley Add to this record. 255761 Pte John Craven 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.23rd Apr 1915) John Craven was the son of Adam Craven (1871-1951) and his wife Agnes McNae (or Craven). He was the eldest of 7 children. A younger brother - Francis 'Frank' Ferguson Craven was killed on 1918-09-10 at Flanders. Both John and Frank died aged 19 years. Lorna Kinnaird (Dunedin Links Genealogy) Add to this record. 255424 William Mitchell 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.4th Oct 1917) William Mitchell served with the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Add to this record. 255255 Pte John McNally 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.3rd Oct 1917) John was third born of 6 brothers to Catherine and William McNally. Keen to do his bit, he followed his two older brothers into service with KOSB during WW1. Andrew: (Argyle and Southern Highlanders) and William: (a rifleman in the Army and then Royal Navy). John was said to have a lovely singing voice and had won a singing competition in his home city of Glasgow. He was brought up in the East End of Glasgow, his eldest brother Andrew was a pretty tough character and William was an amateur boxer, John was just a young lad. He had three younger siblings who all went on to serve in WW2, Joe, Dominic and Frank. Sadly John did not make it home and records show he died aged 20 on 1917-10-03 from gun shot wounds. He was and still is very much remembered by all of his family. Evelyn Johnson Add to this record. 255052 James Cloughley 1st Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers I've been researching my family tree for some time now, and I've just found out my grandfather was a Private in the 1st Btn Kings Own Scottish Borderers. I didn't know he was even in the First World War and if possible I'd love to know more if you could even put this on to the right people so I could learn more about it. Add to this record. 254906 Pte. James Doig 6th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers James was captured on the 15th of October 1918 at Harlebeke. The Dumfries Standard reported, "Private James Doig, KOSB husband of Mrs Doig of Steeple Close, Kirkcudbright is reported as missing from 16th October. Private Doig who was a regular soldier and served in India with a territorial regiment is a native of Dunfries. He served in Egypt and Palestine, where he was wounded and was afterwards transferred to France in April. He had a brother killed at the Gallipoli landing. There are strong hopes that Private Doig is a prisoner." He was indeed a prisoner and was held in Stendal PoW camp. Stephen Richardson Add to this record. 254838 Pte. Fred Gilbert 2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.24th March 1918) My Great Uncle Fred Gilbert served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and then the Scottish Rifles. He was a good rifleman winning awards at home. He was killed near Pozieres and has no known grave. He was a big man with a determination not to come home wounded, according to family now deceased. Jill Clark Add to this record.

Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. History of the 9th (Scottish) Division John Ewing The division’s record is graphically described in this history - what Field Marshal Lord Plumer in his foreword referred to as “a record of wonderful development of fighting efficiency.” There are useful appendices giving the Order of Battle, command and staff lists with the various changes; a table showing periods spent in the line, with locations; a table of battle casualties and the VC citations. The maps are good with adequate detail for actions to be followed. More information on: History of the 9th (Scottish) Division Links Suggest a link

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