1st KOSB SPECIAL MENTIONS

Name: 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers — NW Europe 1944-45
Creator: Richard Grayling

SPECIAL MENTIONS

FRIENDS - FAMILY - CONTRIBUTORS

Friends, family and contributors relatives and some officers and men without casualty pages

Rank	First Name	Surname	Why they are here
Corporal	Thomas Wilson	Adams	One of the reasons this site was built
L/Cpl	James Pringle	Adamson	David Morrison's Best Man at Wedding
Sergeant	Gilbert	Bouglas	Sergeant who served in Dunkirk and Normandy
Private	Norman	Bowie	Son-in-law provided lots of information
Private	William Anthony	Briggs	10 Platoon, B Company
Researching	Bernard 'Barney'	Cahill	Bernard's son provided photos and anecdotes.
Lance Corporal	Harold	Collard	Pictured with the Battalion in Caen
Major	Terence Gilbert	Coverdale	Second in Command of Regiment during Normandy Campaign
Lieutenant	James Bird	Cranston	Carried out many successful patrols
Private	Roland Benjamin 'Rolly'	Cunningham	Stretcher bearer from North Shields
Civilian researcher	Jenny Anderson	Dawson	Genealogist/detective extraordinaire
Lieutenant (then Captain)	Edward Munro	Dishington	Second in command of anti-tank platoon (then CO of Support Coy)
CSM	Ernest	Docherty	Awarded the Military Medal
Captain	Anthony J	Dorrity	Son sent us 60 photos taken in Palestine
Acting Lance Corporal	John	Eadie	Pre-war Palestine – medals re-issued in South Africa
Lance Corporal	T.	Edgar	Pre-war Palestine – later wounded with the HLI
Acting Corporal	George Corstorphine	Ferguson	Pre-war Palestine – died in 1943 with the 2nd Battalion
Private	H.	Fiske	11 Platoon, B Company
Sergeant	J. C.	Forbes	On the 1940 Palestine medal list – his medal is held in a museum
Corporal / Sergeant	J.	Forrest M.M.	Carrier Platoon – awarded the Military Medal
Major	Hugh Stewart	Gillies	C Company Commander in Normandy
Major	James	Gray	2i/c of A Company on D-Day.
Corporal	William Henry	Harmon DCM	Received the DCM later in the War
Sergeant	John Frederick Richard	Hartle	Quoted in Monty's Ironsides
Private	Jeffrey Hunter	Henderson	Provided D-Day map and notes. Originally from the Black Watch
Private	Geoff	Hogg	Originally from The Border Regiment
Corporal (post Normandy)	Joseph	Hunt	Provided War Diary
Second Lieutenant (from Sergeant)	Edward Roger Fleming	Hutcheson	Commissioned in the field, January 1945
Lance Corporal	Robert Anstruther Paton	Laing M.M.	Awarded the Military Medal
Major	Ronald Edward	Laurie	Commander of B Company
Private	Arthur Vincent	Looker	Wrote In at the Deep End
Sergeant	T.J.	Mabin	Company Sergeant
Lieutenant	Godfrey Clare	McGrath	Officer in C Company
Private	James	McPhilemy	Photos, information and 'moral support' provided by relatives.
CSM	William Gibson	Melvin	Left to become RSM for 6th KOSB
Lance Corporal	Rodger	Moffet	Provided information and photos. Originally from Royal Scots
Lance Corporal	David	Morrison	Grandfather of Richard Grayling.
Private	John	Notman	Killed in Normandy whilst serving with No 4 Commando.
Researching	Jack	Ogle	Provided lots of information
Lance Corporal	David Mann Smith	Peter	David's son provided photos, publications and illustrations for the site.
Captain	Henry Andison	Richardson	In command of Carrier Platoon
Company Quartermaster Sergeant	John	Sisterson	Dunkirk 1940 and Sword Beach 1944 – his signature is on our 50 Franc Note
Private (post Normandy)	Mark	Tucker	Died saving comrade under fire
Lieutenant-Colonel	William Francis Robert	Turner	Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion from March 1945
Prob L/CPL	Unknown	Unknown	Potential friend of veteran. Survived WW2 - may have gone to Palestine.
Lance Corporal	Arthur	Walker	Served 1945–47, including Palestine
Captain	William Iain Girdwood	Wilson	Padre for the 1st Battalion
Captain	Tom Jackson	Young	Captain in B Company