1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB RESEARCHING
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Rank
First name/nick name
Surname
Major
P E C V
Doyne-Ditmas
Service No. if known
85628
Company/Platoon if known
B Coy
Research notes (if anything found)
Philip Doyne-Ditmas.
Living in 'Kempston Rural' in 1939. Officers' photo; departed on Python. Became a Major in 1952
Spent his later years in Bilborough near York. He died in 1980.
"Served with Phil in India 1946/7. A smart, cheerful and loyal officer."
Gilbert Bouglas.
Full Name
Doyne-Ditmas, P E C U
Incident Date
1 Apr 1951
Further Information
IVB/687, 07/05/1951. BM/2295/51/3.
Information
Entitled to the General Service Medal with Clasp awarded under Army Order 146 of 1947.
More Information
Served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the qualifying period.
Rank Name
Substantive Captain
Service Number
85628
Clasps Awarded
Palestine 1945-48
Service
British Army
Primary Unit
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Photographed at Lydda, November 1947, with Major Philip Harrison. (Borderers' Chronicle, March 1948, p.7)
Sources of information (*BC denotes Borderers Chronicle and month/year)
BC Dec47 / BC Mar48
Photo if found (click to view full size)
Link to more information (if any found)
