1944 - 1949

The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB KILLED IN ACTION
Corporal
JAMES
WALSH
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Original Regiment joined (Based on their Service No)
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date of death
Sunday, October 22, 1944
Location (from War Diary)
HOLTHEES, Holland
Family details
James Walsh was born in 1911 in Ireland

HIS STORY
James Walsh was born in 1911 in Ireland. Prior to the War he lived in Glasgow.
He was reported wounded on the 16th July 1944 but there is a pencil entry on the list stating: "Casualty List No. 1529. Handwritten note "Missing believed Prisoner of War. C.L. 1602/33".
He died on the 22nd October 1944 in Holland.

His Findagrave entry (translated from Dutch) states:
"After heavy fighting near Holthees, he was initially reported missing and possibly as a prisoner of war. His temporary grave was found in Holthees in August 1944 and his remains were transferred to the Jonkerbosch provisional military cemetery. After the war he was given his final resting place at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery".

IN MEMORIUM
Where he rests

Memorial
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
21. A. 5.
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