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Kings Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers 10th Sep 1939 Equipment 12th Sep 1939 Training 16th Sep 1939 Reliefs 16th Sep 1939 Orders 18th Sep 1939 Exercise 19th Sep 1939 Visit 19th Sep 1939 Orders 20th Sep 1939 Orders 21st Sep 1939 Ammunition 21st Sep 1939 Advance Party 22nd Sep 1939 Road Party 22nd Sep 1939 Advance Party 23rd Sep 1939 Recce 23rd Sep 1939 Lack of Transport 24th Sep 1939 On the Move 25th Sep 1939 Billets 26th Sep 1939 Conference 26th Sep 1939 Billets 27th Sep 1939 Billets 28th Sep 1939 Reliefs 28th Sep 1939 Billets 28th Sep 1939 On the Move 29th Sep 1939 Billets 30th Sep 1939 Transport Issues 2nd Oct 1939 Orders 3rd Oct 1939 Advance Party 4th Oct 1939 Advance Parties 5th Oct 1939 Conference 5th Oct 1939 Orders 6th Oct 1939 Preparations 7th Oct 1939 Conference 8th Oct 1939 Rail Parties 9th Oct 1939 Divisional HQ 10th Oct 1939 Arrivals 11th Oct 1939 Espionage 12th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 13th Oct 1939 Reliefs 14th Oct 1939 Front Line 15th Oct 1939 Entrenching 16th Sep 1939 Orders 16th Oct 1939 Digging in 17th Oct 1939 Difficulties 18th Oct 1939 News 19th Oct 1939 Poor Weather 20th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 21st Oct 1939 Recreation 22nd Oct 1939 Recreation 23rd Oct 1939 Front Line 24th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 25th Oct 1939 Visit 26th Oct 1939 Shortages 27th Oct 1939 Conference 28th Oct 1939 Work Required 29th Oct 1939 Exercise 30th Oct 1939 Exercise 31st Oct 1939 Exercise 6th of November 1939 Inspection 14th of November 1939 Cutting of Brushwood 14th of November 1939 Preparations 16th of November 1939 Preparations 17th of November 1939 Preparations 18th of November 1939 Memorandum 18th of November 1939 Programme for Visit of Mr. Hore-Belisha to 3 Div 20th of November 1939 Defences 22nd of November 1939 Air raid 23rd of November 1939 Conference 24th of November 1939 Recce 26th of November 1939 Church parades 27th of November 1939 Conference 30th of November 1939 Bad weather 3rd December 1939 Air Raid Warning 8th December 1939 Exercise 13th December 1939 Exercise 14th December 1939 Exercise 15th December 1939 Exercise 19th December 1939 Exercise 20th December 1939 Exercise 21st December 1939 Exercise 22nd December 1939 Cleaning up 27th December 1939 Conference 29th December 1939 Visits 31st December 1939 Recce 14th January 1940 Message 16th January 1940 Preparations 18th January 1940 Orders 19th January1940 Orders 19th January1940 Instructions 30th January 1940 Orders 22nd February 1940 Exercise 23rd February 1940 Exercise 26th February 1940 Exercise 1st March 1940 Moves 1st March 1940 Instructions 1st March 1940 Orders 1st March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Operational Order 5th March 1940 Conference 6th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Orders 8th March 1940 Move 10th March 1940 Training 11th March 1940 Conference 20th March 1940 Conference 20th March 1940 Precautions 22nd March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 25th March 1940 Orders Amended 25th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 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Those known to have served with Kings Own Scottish Borderers during the Second World War 1939-1945. Akister James. Pte. Anderson J. Argent George William. Sgt. Armstrong Henry Wilson. Pte. Arnold George William. Pte. (d.11th March 1945) Balmer Henry. Pte. (d.5th Jul 1944) Beever Andy. Pte. Bell Thomas Templeton. Cpl. Black W. Black W. Blakey SJG. Boucher Edward Robert. Cpl Brown Douglas. Pte. Burton Thomas. Pte Butchart Arthur. Butler JS. Carrick W. Chisholm Andrew Souness. L/Cpl. Christie David. Pte. Colkin Billy. Pte. Colley Stanley Alexander. Pte. (d.19th July 1944) Conroy Frederick William. Pte. Coolman Albert Francis. Sgt. Cotterell William Arthur. Pte. Cowley Samuel Henry. Mjr. (d.19th July 1944) Cox B. Cox J. Craig DH. Crook Horace. Pte. Crowther Laurence. L/Cpl. Cummings D. Deward T. Dick Crawford Hamilton. Pte. (d.16th May 1944) Dobson CEH. Donnelly J. Dudgeon HP. Duke L. Dunn MiD. Richard. Sgt. Durkin WH. Fender CN. Fenton Henry. Pte. Ferguson A. Fiddes D. Fisher Thomas Kinniburgh. WOI Freedman PA. Gough GJ. Gray George A.. Lt. Hart George Briggs. Pte. Hendrie R. Hill AW. Hogg HR. Tpr. Holt Alfred. Hume A. Kay Frank. Pte. (d.10th August 1944) Kelly JN. Kennedy James. Sgt. (d.23rd February 1945) Leckie William. Pte. (d.2nd Nov 1944) Lindsay R. Tpr. Logue J. Lornie . Lovell John. Pte. Macari Joseph. Malkin CJL. Martin JCT. Martin John Michael. Cpl. (d.4th Oct 1944) Mason William. Pte. McDonald Henry William. Pte Mcdougal C. Messer George. Pte. Millar DSM. Charles. Sgt. Miller Peter. Milligan DCM & Bar John. Cpl. Minchin Henry Desmond Penkivel. Lt. (d.1st Jul 1944) Murdoch JMR. Nixon SV. Noble Robert. Corporal (d.18th Sep 1944) Norman Robert Hansel. Pte. O'Donnell John. Pte Osbourne J. Patrick James. Cftsmn. Plater George. Pte. Purcell Alexander Hendry. Pte. Purvis Joseph. Pte. (d.18th Nov 1940) Richardson James Fisher. Pte. Riddle E. Ritchie Thomas. Sgt. Roberts William Robert. Pte. Scott G. Senior J. Shackleton D. Shaw Leslie. Pte. Slaven Samuel. Steadman Jonathan Charles. Pte. Stevens Adam Topping. Tpr. Sutherland Willliam. L/Cpl. Thompson John. Pte (d.28th February 1945) Turner David Wilson. Pte. Turner RH. Turpin J. Voase Les. Walker Joseph Fleming Arundel. Colour Sgt. William Hainey. Pte. Wilson Ernest Hartley . L/Sgt Yule George Henry. Pte. (d.27th May 1940) The 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 Kings Own Scottish Borderers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge 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 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. 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. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Kings Own Scottish Borderers? There are:1940 items tagged 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 Second World War. J Turpin Kings Own Scottish Borderers J Turpin served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RH Turner Kings Own Scottish Borderers RH Turner served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. D Shackleton Kings Own Scottish Borderers D Shackleton served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Senior Kings Own Scottish Borderers J Senior served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. G Scott Kings Own Scottish Borderers G Scott served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. E Riddle Kings Own Scottish Borderers E Riddle served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Osbourne Kings Own Scottish Borderers J Osbourne served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. SV Nixon Kings Own Scottish Borderers SV Nixon served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JMR Murdoch Kings Own Scottish Borderers JMR Murdoch served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. C Mcdougal Kings Own Scottish Borderers C Mcdougal served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. 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