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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
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1206500 Pte. James Lindsay 6th Btn. 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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256859 Sig. Hugh Cabrey 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.9th May 1917 ) Hugh Cabrey was killed in the Battle of Arras.
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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.
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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)
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255424 William Mitchell 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.4th Oct 1917) William Mitchell served with the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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