1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WOUNDED IN NORMANDY
U/L/Cpl D M S Imrie
WOUNDED - NORMANDY 1944
3065511
COMPANY -
Unknown
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
Royal Scots
Date Wounded:
Friday, 18 August 1944
Location (from War Diary)
FLERS
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Possibly wounded in attack around Tinchebray/Flers area
HIS STORY
David Mitchell Speed Imrie was an unpaid Lance Corporal when he was wounded. There was no action recorded in the War Diary for the 18th of August so it is more likely he was wounded in the attack on Tinchebray two days earlier.
In the C Company reorganisation, November 1944, he was posted to 12 Platoon, B Company.
He was awarded a Commander-in-Chief's Certificate and a G.O.C.'s Commendation Card in August 1945. (Borderers' Chronicle, September 1945, p.110)
He served in Palestine after the War.
Full Name
Imrie, D
Incident Date
16 Jan 1948
Information
Entitled to the General Service Medal with Clasp awarded under Army Order 146 of 1947.
More Information
Served with the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers as an Acting Sergeant during the qualifying period.
Rank Name
Lance Corporal
Service Number
3065511
Clasps Awarded
Palestine 1945-48
At the time of his medals being awarded in 1950, he was living in Dundee, Scotland.
WAR DIARY
Friday, 18 August 1944
1st KOSB WAR DIARY - DATE OF WOUNDS
A quiet day.
In the evening the pipe band played retreat.
