Personal Number: 130873 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: James Ballantyne CURRIE Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 31 May 1940...
Hi all, I am (tsk tsk) finally going through the War Diary of 102 Anti-Tank Reg't which I have had for a while but overlooked finishing reading....
hello found this site while trying to find out about my fathers time in the army like most of his generation never talked about it joined 1st...
Hi, Max Hastings (Overlord, pp.169-170) quotes excerpts from an interview (July '83) with 'Major Charles Richardson of 6th KSOB [who] came out of...
Hello, 1 officer and 10 men of 1st Bn. King'Own Scottish Borderers were aboard Liberty ship Sambut on 6th june 1944. Corporal William Graham...
Some 10 years ago I bought this grouping of medals, medal box (and sheet), dog tags and insignia. I have always believed these may have belonged...
Hi, Perhaps some kind soul could point me in the right direction with any or all of the 3 questions below. Any assistance would be most...
Evening all My dad transferred to 2RUR at the beginning of 1943 (hence 2RUR blog creation) and became "Camp Commandant" of 9th Infantry Brigade...
Hello everyone. I'm doing some research about my grandfather who went missing on 16th July 1944. He was a gunner with 13th Medium Regiment RA,...
Sad news: Bill Speakman, Altrincham's great war hero and the first person to receive a Victoria Cross from Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 90 -...
McVEIGH, PATRICK JOSEPH Rank: Private Service No: 13061504 Date of Death: 27/02/1944 Age: 31 Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd...
I'm looking for a copy of the Regimental History of the 6th KOSB's by Capt. J.R.P. Baggaley, published in 1946. Anyone?
Hi. I am trying to find about my great uncle william owen who served with the ksob and through a new gained friend of the family has told me that...
McMILLAN, ALEXANDER Rank: Private Service No: 3196519 Date of Death: 01/10/1941 Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers Grave Reference:...
Update: 8th Royal Scots movements during the Normandy Campaign (June through August) have be updated in the Battle of Normandy animation here...
im looking for some help finding anything to do with a man named Purves James Blyth of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers "KOSB" he served during...
A bit of a puzzle. My local newspaper, the Dumfries and Galloway Standard, on 18 January 1941 reported that two men had been awarded the...
Hello to you all, for want of a better suggestion, i've placed this topic here. Anyway, first things first... my name is Jonathan Dodson, born...
At the moment we, the Imphal Campaign Foundation are conducting another battlefield exploration in response to a family request about the...
PEPPERELL, ALBERT Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 2883683 Date of Death: 19/09/1944 Age: 26 Regiment/Service:...
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