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Pte. John Fox
British Army 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(d.17th April 1918)
My great grandfather John Fox joined the Highland Light Infantry in 1915. After suffering from kidney problems and hypothermia during training he was invalided out. It seems he immediately reenlisted with the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1915. He died during skirmishes associated with the Battle of the Lys, on 17th of April 1918, and he is commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing. He left behind a wife and 13 children. I know very little of the KOSB's movements during 1918, and if anyone can point me in the right direction I would be grateful.