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1st KOSB in Normandy Wounded list 1st KOSB Wounded List Our original list came from WIG Wilson's History of the 1st KOSB in North West Europe and totalled 42 recorded as wounded. We are working through that list and checking each and every entry. Bear with us, please. Pic Rank & Name DATE Service No Notes Capt J B Boyd Saturday, 9 December 1944 165710 Researching A/Sjt D Gallacher Saturday, 16 December 1944 3193286 Researching A/Cpl W P Armstrong Wednesday, 20 December 1944 3597005 Researching Pte F O' Brien Wednesday, 10 January 1945 3186888 Researching Pte W D Rutherford Friday, 12 January 1945 3194066 Researching Pte R G Hogg Friday, 12 January 1945 14657689 Wounded by Nebelwerfer bomb L/Sgt G.A.Freeman Friday, 12 January 1945 896465 Researching Pte G P Whittet Saturday, 27 January 1945 3193868 Researching Sgt P Connolly Sunday, 25 February, 1945 3186584 Researching Pte D Johnson Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14681685 Researching Pte F Walker Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14763278 Researching Pte R M Dunning Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14214545 Researching Pte D Marshall Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 3184516 Researching Pte E. Hawkins Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14658511 Researching Pte V R Hills Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14496609 Researching Pte H. Thomas Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 14429440 Researching Sgt T Pearson Tuesday, 27 February, 1945 3599123 Wounded in left arm. Remained on duty. Cpl W H Harmon Wednesday, 28 February, 1945 3193990 Shot in foot by comrade Pte T E Storey Wednesday, 28 February, 1945 14721738 Wounded in 1945. Killed in accident 1947 Pte R. McMillan Thursday, 01 March 1945 3192086 Researching Pte W. O'Brien Friday, 02 March 1945 14760777 Researching Pte S G Gerrlei Friday, 02 March 1945 5783320 Researching Sjt D. Phillips Friday, 02 March 1945 4199489 Researching Pte C. Ausell Friday, 02 March 1945 14438416 Researching L/Cpl Earl Draper Friday, 02 March 1945 2764313 Researching Pte Daniel Hodson Friday, 02 March 1945 1644010 Researching Pte N G Senter Saturday, 03 March 1945 14714631 Researching Pte K A Smith Saturday, 03 March 1945 14719150 Researching Pte D Rugman Thursday, 05 April 1945 14587245 Researching Pte M. Tucker Friday, 06 April 1945 14799187 Researching Maj F. Holden Saturday, 07 April 1945 265857 Researching Pte D. Houston Friday, 13 April 1945 3185484 Researching Pte R. Ganderton Friday, 13 April 1945 14737913 Researching Pte L. Whitehead Friday, 13 April 1945 14751815 Researching Pte C E Dobson Friday, 13 April 1945 2764427 Researching Pte J. Rogers Friday, 13 April 1945 14278185 Researching Pte R. Stenhouse Thursday, 19 April 1945 3597336 Researching Pte J P Evans Thursday, 19 April 1945 14801870 Researching Pte R H Grimshaw Thursday, 19 April 1945 14213863 Researching Pte W S Plant Thursday, 19 April 1945 14747837 Researching Pte H Smithey Friday, 20 April 1945 14444939 Researching Pte M J Kelly Friday, 20 April 1945 14550802 Researching Pte W Mcleish Friday, 20 April 1945 14806444 Researching Pte W G Pepperall Friday, 20 April 1945 1525063 Researching Pte A C Floyd Friday, 20 April 1945 14761787 Wounded in upper leg. Pte D C Fulton Wednesday, 25 April 1945 3065961 Researching Pte J H Grindlay Saturday, 05 March 1945 14672926 Researching

1st KOSB CANLoan Officers Image Svc No. Rank Jun 44 First names Surname Summary CDN34 Lieutenant Patrick Cecil McLaughlin Researching CDN52 Lieutenant Allister McLellan Young Wounded in June 1944. Served with KOSB until July 1945. CDN202 Lieutenant Ritchie J. R. Walker Researching CDN193 Lieutenant Robert Robertson Wounded twice in 1944 CDN35 Lieutenant L.V.P. Pattison Researching CDN501 Lieutenant Lloyd M. Huggan Researching CDN379 Lieutenant Bert A. H. Blackmore Researching CDN128 Lieutenant Harry D. Bell Researching CDN601 Lieutenant Francis F. Andrew Joined after Troarn CDN502 Lieutenant Malcolm R. Rose Killed in Action on 6th Aug 1944 CDN611 Lieutenant Willard Caseley Killed in Action on 6th Aug 1944

Pte H Smithey Previous Next Wounded In 1944-45 Share Pte H Smithey Service No. 14444939 Company: Researching Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). General Service Corps Date Wounded: Friday, 20 April 1945 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Researching Location (from War Diary) MITTELSHUCHTING, Germany Researching 1st KOSB War Diary for date of wounds At first light "A" Coy moved forward and occupied the rd jct at 654962 with only light opposition. At about 0600 hrs "B" Coy moved up through D" Coy and captured the rd and rail crossing at 660966 after some sharp fighting, taking some 20 p.w.s. Final posns were:- Bn H.Q. 661959, "A" Coy 654962, "B" Coy 660966, "C" Coy 665964, "D" Coy 661963. At 1000 hrs the 2/LINCS launched an attack on KIRCHHUCHTING 6795 from the area 667942. The Bn supporting arms carried out a diversionary fire plan for the attack. The remainder of the day was quiet and uneventful. Get in touch First name* Last name Email* Casualty Full Name or KOSB ref no. Write a message Yes, subscribe me to your newsletter. Submit

If you have a relative's service number but don't know when they joined, check the dates/numbers below to give you a rough idea of enlistment date. 3185091 14/03/1928 Cpl R. Lang 3186650 23/11/1931 Pte. J.A. Rankin 3186724 18/03/1932 Sjt James Wedderburn 3188184 27/03/1936 Pte J. Harkness 3188534 13/08/1937 L/Cpl W. H. Temple 3188821 08/11/1937 Pte W. Renwick 3189236 04/06/1938 L/Sjt Donald Ferguson 3189399 28/11/1938 Sjt G. A. Coupland 3190051 01/06/1939 L/Sjt Robert McGhie 3191260 15/09/1939 L/Sjt J.H. Bell 3192463 15/01/1940 Pte A. W. Stevenson 3192617 15/01/1940 Pte W. Dove 3193284 15/02/1940 Cpl A. W. Butchart 3193346 15/02/1940 Pte. H.V. Baxter 3193883 15/03/1940 Pte. S.D. Collow 3193943 15/03/1940 Pte R. Stark 3193963 15/03/1940 Pte W.R. Millar 3194018 15/03/1940 Pte Joseph Bell 3194026 15/03/1940 L/Cpl Edward Common 3194037 15/03/1940 Pte J. B. Hall 3194067 15/03/1940 Pte R.M. Spratt 3194193 18/04/1940 Pte J.P. Mill 3195344 20/06/1940 Pte W. Burns 3196610 12/09/1940 Pte Robert Alcorn 3197665 15/01/1942 Pte A. McWhirter *Post circa Feb 1942 they will have been issued a 'General Service Corps' No. e.g. 14211360

We were contacted via Facebook by Chalky White, whose father was Lance Corporal Noel White . Noel wearing his pal's Piper uniform He had a couple of photos of his Dad with his mates and wanted to confirm if one of them was Private Mark Tucker . Chalky said, " Dad was a Bren gunner and they came under fire and were pinned. My Dad got himself into a bit of trouble so Tucker ran to help him, he was killed pulling my Dad to cover. My Dad never got over that, ever". Since his Dad's passing, Chalky has made it his mission to find out more about Mark Tucker. He found the exact place where he was killed in Elbergen, Germany. He found the entry in the 1st KOSB War Diary for the 6th April 1945 that gave details of a patrol that came under fire. "A carrier patrol went down the line of the canal towards the railway bridge but were finally stopped by MG and Mortar fire from the farm at 715344". He also contacted a local newspaper in Liverpool to see if they would be interested in the story, or had any further information on Mark - but drew a blank. *Coincidentally, the photos that Chalky sent through were also given to us by veteran Joe Hunt , on a CD he sent a couple of years ago. *We are looking to see if we can find a connection to Noel and Joe. Richard at 1st KOSB in Normandy looked online for more clues to Mark's service but couldn't find anything new. So, as ever, we called in the 'big guns' and asked Jenny if she would be kind enough to shine a light on this. In record time, she came back with a newspaper clipping - with photo - that, we believe, confirms Mark Tucker is in both of the group photos we had in our Gallery. This meant we were able to pass this on to Chalky and update both of the group photos in the gallery. *We just need to find the identity of the chap who appears in the back of both photos! Private Mark Tucker is buried in the Sage War Cemetery in Großenkneten, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. His grave photo is here > https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18427612/mark-tucker So, another story of the benefits of joint-research! It was nice for us to be able to answer another question - and add to the detail on the site. If you can help with identifying any of the unnamed soldiers in our Gallery , please do get in touch - it's always appreciated.

'Victory in Europe' day, 1945 was spent in a small town in Germany. The War Diary for 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers on the 7th and 8th of May report the following: 7th May 1945: The Bn moved to IBBENBUREN leaving DELMENHORST at 0715 and arriving at 1430. The tracked column arrived three hours later and the Bn was settled in by 1800 hrs with positions as follows:- Bn HQ 988091; "A" Coy 991095; "B" Coy 997101; "C" Coy 988088; "D" Coy 990083; "S" Coy 038072. The Bn was comfortably established in billets and settled down to cleaning up and smartening up after eleven months and two days of fighting on the Continent. In the evening it was announced that the next day would be celebrated as "Victory in Europe" day as all GERMAN armed forces in Europe had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. 8th May 1945: "Victory in Europe" day. A Thanksgiving Service was held in IBBENBUREN Protestant Church at 0930 conducted by the Rev W.I.G. WILSON . The rest of the day was spent quietly as a holiday. The price paid for Victory in Europe. Photo of some of C Company, taken early in the War. The black crosses denote those who didn't come back.