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Sunday 18 February 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Rev WIG Wilson took the Church Service in the morning having come to the Bn for the weekend. D-Day+ 257 18 February 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Sunday 18 February 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Monday 12 February 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Officers Day held from 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs on Bn Assault river crossing. Snipers trg programme will be found under D-Day+ 251 12 February 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Monday 12 February 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

ST HUBERT Wednesday 4 October 1944 Next Next Start Location: ST HUBERT End Location: ST HUBERT Bn training. Several German rifle ranges were found, and are to be used by Coys. Patrols as usual. D-Day+ 120 4 October 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Wednesday 4 October 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Friday 2 February 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Demonstration and lecture on 17 pounder Gun mounted on Valentine Chassis. Otherwise nothing of interest to report. D-Day+ 241 2 February 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Friday 2 February 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Unknown Unknown Prob L/CPL Rank in Normandy Researching Service No. Researching Company Potential friend of veteran. Survived WW2 - may have gone to Palestine. Friend of L/CPL (Piper) D Morrison. Pic Taken in Belgium 25th May 1945 - We'd like to put a name to the face if possible so he features in our ' Unnamed Photos ' gallery page. 1/1 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Cahill Bernard 'Barney' Researching Rank in Normandy 3197013 Service No. Signals Company Bernard's son provided photos and anecdotes. Bernard 'Barney' Cahill was born in 1911 in Liverpool. He joined the regiment at Renshaw Hall in Liverpool and, when a service no ending in '13' came up, there was a bit of a scuffle as nobody wanted it. Bernard wasn't superstitious and stepped up to take it. Before Normandy he spent a lot of time in Caithness and he and his comrades were drafted in to help search for Rudolf Hess . *The Hess thing was they were turned out to search the moorlands for him as the report was he bailed out over Scotland. As it turned out, Hess was miles away from them. He remembers two men - Billy Upton and Billy Eastham - one was from Glasgow. One of them was invalided out of the army with stomach ulcers prior to going overseas. When he joined KOSB he did the trade courses and was found to be quite good at Signals, morse code etc. He told me he was sent on a Signals course in the battalion. There was him and another bloke who kept getting the high scores. It came to a head when my dad was supposed to decipher a morse code message that ended in the word CAMPAIGN but my dad wrote CHAMPAGNE and so did the other fella sitting next to him. They split them up and found the other bloke had been copying my dad. I often wondered why they sent him on so many courses, even sending him back home to do them and then rejoin the regiment later on. He travelled to Normandy on a ship called The Malayan Prince with HMS Warspite providing cover during the landings. He landed on Queen Sector of Sword beach then fought their way to Caen over the next couple of weeks. He was part of Signals platoon and his officer was called Rose - nicknamed 'Pinky'. Bernard said he 'crossed every river but the Elbe on the way to Germany. It appears my dad was so good at Signals they rebadged him to the Signals Regiment and he stayed with KOSB. He was injured with a dog bite whilst on patrol. Apparently the Germans would send dogs into the bushes to flush out patrols and one burst through the hedge and took a chunk out of his thigh. He wrote home to his sister about it saying the dog had died of lead poisoning and my aunty was worried that he had lead in him - the section ran in all directions after my dad yelped. The sgt stayed and shot it, hence the lead poisoning! After being hospitalised over the dog bite he was desperate to get back to 'the Jocks' so discharged himself to RTU so they didn't put him in the service battalions as he said you could end up anywhere once you went in there. One day, after completing another course, he was travelling back to battalion via train and passing through Belgium when the train stopped and people were singing happy l'guerre finie and popping corks! The war was over. My dad said that they were stationed in Cologne, Germany, guarding POWs who were building tennis courts when they were waiting to go home. I don't know if this rings a bell with anyone. Bernard was discharged from the Army in April 1946 at the rank of Lance Corporal and finished his time with the Royal Signals regiment. Outside of the regiment, Bernard was apparently a very good footballer. Bernard died in 1994 at the age of 83. Information provided by Bernard's son, James. Photo of Signals Platoon Signals platoon with Officer called 'Rose' nicknamed 'Pinky'. Bernard is 2nd from left in back row. Bernard Cahill (left) and mate Written on back - Lubeck, 12th July 1945. Malayan Prince From Uboat.net - Paul Johnson's collection. Link in text. Photo of Signals Platoon Signals platoon with Officer called 'Rose' nicknamed 'Pinky'. Bernard is 2nd from left in back row. 1/3 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Hartle John Frederick Richard Sergeant Rank in Normandy 3189567 Service No. D Company Quoted in Monty's Ironsides John 'Fred' Hartle was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire in March 1917 to Thomas and Esther Hartle. He married Mary J Butler in April 1943. He served with 1st KOSB in France in 1939 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He was an NCO in D Company, 9 platoon in Normandy and provided an audio interview to the Imperial War Museum which can be found here "We were there a month (Cambes). This meant patrolling in front of the Battalion position. I got to know the area quite well especially St. Contest, Lebisey and La Delivrande. Led by Captain Skinner M.M. we were out most nights on patrol and tried to sleep at the bottom of the slit trenches during the day but the constant rumble of artillery fire made it difficult. Captain Skinner and Major Donald Gray were both wounded while on patrols". Sgt Fred Hartle 1st KOSB, D Company - from Monty's Ironsides. P60. Fred's Dairy is kept in the King's Own Scottish Borderor's museum in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. He says this about the afternoon of D-Day. "We were now ordered to dig in and take up all-round protection positions. In the late afternoon, the sky forward left of our positions was filled with air-craft who flew over 6th Airborne positions dropping supplies by parachute. In the meantime, the infantry companies of the KOSB had managed to get a brew of tea. “D” Day was coming to an end and the initial surprise was wearing off. The German Army started stiffening its resistance. " https://kosb.co.uk/events-news/archive-news/d-day-the-normandy-beach-landings/ Fred was wounded on the 25th April 1945 His medals were awarded in February 1949 and he was back living in Rotherham at that time. Fred gave an interview in 1990 that is preserved on the Imperial War Museum site here Fred Hartle's commendation From the Borderers Chronicles - Sept 1945 KOSB_FredHartleMIS.jpg Fred Hartle's commendation From the Borderers Chronicles - Sept 1945 1/2 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Dishington Edward Munro Lieutenant (then Captain) Rank in Normandy 176121 Service No. Support Company Second in command of anti-tank platoon (then CO of Support Coy) Edward Munro Dishington was born in February 1917 in Belfast. His Mother's maiden name was Laverty. In his school days he won a 'trust bursary' to allow him to receive five years of education at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. (His awards are detailed in one of the photos below) He married Ann Hunter Grandage in December 1941 in Yorkshire. *Edward was the officer in charge of the re-burial of a US Airman who was shot by the SS in August 1944. You can read more about it here He was discharged from the Army in August 1946 at the rank of Major and was living in Clackmannanshire at that time. He died in a vehicle accident in January 1965, at the age of 47, in Blackburn, Lancashire. Thanks to Edward's nephew, Bill, for the extra information and photo. E M Dishington's awards and Military Service from the Roll of Honour at the Royal High School in Edinburgh From Edward's nephew on Ancestry. A 6-pounder anti-tank gun of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, part of the 9th Brigade of the British 3rd Division, along with two Sherman tanks near St-Pierre Church, 10 July 1944. By Sergeant Christie No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This photograph B 6924 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-29), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=465151 E M Dishington From Edward's nephew on Ancestry. E M Dishington's awards and Military Service from the Roll of Honour at the Royal High School in Edinburgh From Edward's nephew on Ancestry. 1/3 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Adamson James Pringle L/Cpl Rank in Normandy 3188372 Service No. Researching Company David Morrison's Best Man at Wedding James Pringle Adamson was best man at David Morrison's (Richard's Grandad) wedding in Inverness in May 1943. He married Elizabeth Telford in April 1942, in Galashiels. He was wounded in Normandy on Friday, 9th of June around Cambes/Le Mesnil. He continued to serve after the war as we have photos of him in the Middle East (See gallery) He was still playing the pipes in 1968 when he took them with him on a visit to see relatives in Australia. Looking at photos and official docs, James was most likely in the following places: *Potentially joined KOSB in 1937 (going on Service No.) Most likely from Galashiels/Hawick. 1943: Inverness. Victory Wings parade and practising beach assaults. Also David Morrisons wedding in May. 1944: Selkirk prior to moving down South for D-Day 1944: April 29th Denmead camp in the New Forest 1944: June - September, Normandy 1944: September - Belgium 1944: October - Holland 1944: November - Holland 1944: December - Holland 1945: January - Holland/Germany 1945: February - Germany 1945: March - Germany (Esserden. Rhine Crossing) 1945: April - Germany (Bremen) 1945: May - Germany (VE Day - Dortmund) 1946: Egypt and Palestine 1947: Palestine Temporary Pipe Major . *Went home on leave with D Morrison 1948: January - Jaffa and Tel Aviv After leaving the Army, James Adamson emigrated and became the Pipe Major for the Hamilton Pipe Band in New Zealand. In 1968, he moved to Australia and was the PM for the Kurri Kurri Pipe Band Special thanks for this information go to: James' son, Jamie Adamson. Aad Boode for confirmation of Pipe Major status post-war Jenny for connecting the dots David Morrison for his photographs Members of the Facebook Group - Bygone Galashiels Borderer's Chronicles through the years Galashiels April 1942. Outsite the King's Hotel, Market Street. James Pringle Adamson and Jamie Adamson at a Parade for the Queen Mother in 1966 From Jamie Adamson collection Galashiels April 1942. Outsite the King's Hotel, Market Street. 1/17 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Harmon DCM William Henry Corporal Rank in Normandy 3193990 Service No. Researching Company Received the DCM later in the War *Corporal 'Bill' Harmon was Arthur Looker 's platoon leader on D-Day. He dedicated his book, In at the Deep End, to Bill. Extract from interview posted on the BBC's People's War site by William's son, David. "We had left Cambes — our job to hold that area against seven German divisions had been successful — it allowed the USA and others to move into the Cherbourg Peninsular and port and in an advance from there created the pincer movement of the Falaise Gap. The Germans lost equipment — tanks and guns and 100,000 men. That was the initial move — then we chased them via Rouen into Paris and onwards into Belgium over the Escault canal into Holland. And by Christmas 1944 we were on the borders of Germany. The weather had held up the proceedings, preventing our Planes from getting up." You can find the full article here, which includes the details of William's time after Normandy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/54/a2870354.shtml "When C and D Companies emerged from the woods into the heather they were met by MG crossfire. L/Cpl W. Harmon of D Company crawled out into the open under heavy fire and flung two hand grenades into one MG, then rushed it firing his Sten, killed the machine gunners and immediately did the same with the next MG post." Page 120, Monty's Ironsides by Patrick Delaforce There's a photograph of Cpl Harmon receiving his DCM from Field Marshall Montgomery here Original wartime caption: Cpl. W. Harmon, 1 KOSB, receives the DCM. GIMERS MONASTERY 3RD BRITISH DIV. INVESTITURE Image: IWM (B 12778) Screenshot 2025-06-28 094048.png KOSB_WHarmon Medal Card Original wartime caption: Cpl. W. Harmon, 1 KOSB, receives the DCM. GIMERS MONASTERY 3RD BRITISH DIV. INVESTITURE Image: IWM (B 12778) 1/6 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Laurie Ronald Edward Major Rank in Normandy 121664 Service No. B Company Commander of B Company Ronald Edward Laurie was born in 1911 in Glencairn. His Mother's maiden name was Campbell. He had an entry in the London Gazette on the 15 March 1940. He married Rosemary L Fullerton in July 1941 in Newcastle. He died in October 1952 in Newcastle upon Tyne, at the age of 41 1/1 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Docherty Ernest CSM Rank in Normandy 3190523 Service No. A Company Awarded the Military Medal Ernest Docherty was born on 18th March 1910 in Crossmichael, Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland. His mother's name was Ellen. He married Jessie King and had one child, Eric. Photographed in Denmead as the 1st Bttn prepared for D-Day, Ernest fought in Normandy and onwards through Europe. Awarded the Military Medal for consistent bravery and his actions during the fighting around Overloon. Ernest Docherty MM Ernest died in 1986. large_000000 (13).jpg KOSB_EDocherty_Medals_FW.jpg large_000000 (13).jpg 1/2 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention