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Laing M.M. Robert Anstruther Paton Lance Corporal Rank in Normandy 3192547 Service No. D Company Awarded the Military Medal Robert Anstruther Paton "Bobby" Laing was born in Edinburgh in October 1917. His father died before Bobby was two years old. Fred Hartle said: "On the 19th (July 1944 - Troarn) 'word got round that the Germans had asked for a cease-fire... both sides were allowed to pick up their wounded. L/Corp Bobby Laing was a stretcher bearer and put the Red Cross satchel on his head and, together with the German stretcher bearers, tended the wounded". From Page 85 - Monty's Ironsides, by Patrick Delaforce. Bobby received the Military Medal recommendation on the 23rd of July 1944 for his actions around Troarn. His award was published in the Gazette in December 1944. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36850/supplement/5859 After the War, he married Maggie Childerly and they had two children. His medals were issued in June 1950 and he was living in Edinburgh at the time. Bobby died in October 1987 at the age of 70. His death was registered in Islington in London. British Military Medal By Hsq7278 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61987808 KOSB_RLaing_Gazette.jpg RAP_Laing_New_PSc.jpg British Military Medal By Hsq7278 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61987808 1/5 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Gillies Hugh Stewart Major Rank in Normandy 72148 Service No. C Company C Company Commander in Normandy Hugh Stewart Gillies was born in December 1915 in New Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland. His Mother's maiden name was Stewart. He was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1939. He was a keen rugby player before the war and played cricket for the KOSB team after. He married Christina Susan M Mead (WRNS) in January 1944 in Dorchester, Dorset. He was awarded the Military Medal in December 1944 and served with 1st KOSB until July 1945. There's a photograph of him being presented his M.C. by Field Marshall Montgomery here He died in August 1990 at the age of 74 and is buried in his home town's cemetery. His rank on his gravestone is given as Colonel. Gravestone photo courtesy of Barbara on FindaGrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71172143/hugh-stewart-gillies Original wartime caption: Major H.S. Gillies, 1 KOSB receives the MC. FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY AT 3RD DIV INVESTITURE Image: IWM (B 11864) Original wartime caption: Major H.S. Gillies, 1 KOSB receives the MC. FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY AT 3RD DIV INVESTITURE Image: IWM (B 11864) 1/5 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Wilson William Iain Girdwood Captain Rank in Normandy 91354 Service No. Command Company Padre for the 1st Battalion William Iain Girwood 'Wig' Wilson was born in March 1912 in Oban, Scotland. His Mother's maiden name was Clark. He studied Theology in Edinburgh and then at Marburg University in Germany. He married Madeline Hamaker of Lynchburg, Virginia (USA) in February 1939. He is listed as joining 1st KOSB on the 7th January 1940 He volunteered for Army service at the outbreak of War and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He took part in the D-Day Landings and stayed with the 1st Battalion until the end of the war. Wig Wilson may be best remembered for writing the History of the 1st Battalion KOSB during the War and we have used some of his original data to make up our Wounded lists. (We have added to and corrected any transposition errors made at the time). In 1948 he emigrated to America to be with his wife and 4 children and became a pastor in his wife's hometown. He died in October 1995 in Montana, USA, at the age of 83 and is buried in Druid ridge Cemetery. 1. Obituary from The Scotsman 4th November 1995. Group photo from our Unknown Gallery. *We believe WIG Wilson is on there and are trying to identify. Gravestone photo from FindaGrave - 'fewest' Padre Ian Wilson From Monty's Ironsides - Pg 7 ShortHistoryof1stKOSB_WWilson.jpg Wig Wilson 1942(?), Dropshire Hall on visit of Maj Gen Broadbent Padre Ian Wilson From Monty's Ironsides - Pg 7 1/7 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Moffet Rodger Lance Corporal Rank in Normandy 14214468 Service No. D Company Provided information and photos. Originally from Royal Scots Hi - my father Rodger Moffet was 1st Bt KOSB D-Coy. He got as far as Etrepagny and contracted Pleurisy (brought on from his account from being in a heavy waterlogged trench but not sure where). I have some extra information for you: Father always claimed they landed at 10:10am he was quite adamant about the time. LC Captain rammed the craft up the beach and they landed on dry sand. His Friend Jeff Henderson who was in the same Coy went back to Normandy many times in the years soon after the war and he gave us a hand drawn map of the movements in the first days as well as a long description. Dad had lots of stories some funny some very grim. His experience of the landing was that he exited the beach via a small road, there were garages on one side and what was left of a patisserie on the other, he noticed that the garages had been crudely painted red then stumbled on something, he went to kick it out the way and realised it was a boot with the foot still in it. Only then did he make sense of the scene, the patisserie window had been booby trapped and some lads from the RUR had went to grab something and were blown up – it wasn’t paint on the garages opposite. Father maintained he crossed Pegasus on D Day but then they went back (possibly St Aubin D'Arquenay as you suggest) My dad was a signaller so tended to be around Major Rennie a lot with his massive wireless pack (as a matter of fact that's why he was partially deaf) In the attack at Cambes wood Rennie's jeep took a hit, Rennie was blown clear but my father was nearby and the blast knocked him against a tree. 19th July there was heavy fighting in an attempt to take Troarn - L/Cpl H Hardman (nicknamed 'Joe' because he looked like Stalin) was killed there when he tried to dash across the town square - two bren guns providing covering fire both jammed as he was in the middle of the square - he was cut down instantly. On the eve of the assault on Troarn my father had an awful premonition (that's something considering what they had already been through) It was his good fortune that he was singled out the next morning for the detail to collect all the blankets and other items and help take them back down the line – he said many time that it almost certainly saved his life because he was convinced this was his number up. Ive spoken to many of lads that were involved at Troarn over the years and they described it as a really tough engagement with the town being taken and lost many times. The worst of the fighting was around the town square Rodger Moffet (Son) 2019 1/4 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

McGrath Godfrey Clare Lieutenant Rank in Normandy 282833 Service No. C Company Officer in C Company Godfrey Clare McGrath was born in 1912 in Wakefield, Yorkshire. His Mother's maiden name was Beaumont. In 1946 he married Florence M Cherry (or Hiley) in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He died in 1969 in Morningside, at the age of 56. 1/1 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Morrison David Lance Corporal Rank in Normandy 3188786 Service No. Researching Company Grandfather of Richard Grayling. David Morrison was born in Hawick, Scotland on April 29th 1923. He lived in Allars Bank in Hawick and would probably have attended Hawick High School. From the documents I have, he joined the 1st Bttn KOSB in around 1937 as a 'boy soldier'. He married my Grandma, Lillian Edna Thompson in 1943 in Inverness. *Fellow 1st KOSB piper, James Adamson was his best man. David served with the KOSB through Normandy, Belgium, Holland and into Bremen in Germany. He played the pipes at the funeral of a US Airman who was shot by the SS near La Chappelle Au Moine. He also went to Egypt, Gibraltar and Palestine after the war and finally left the Army in 1950 and moved to Hull, East Yorkshire. David had 3 children and worked as an insurance salesman after the war for the COOP. He helped form the City of Hull Pipe Band and then the CRS (Cooperative Retail Society) Pipe Band in the 80s. He played the pipes all over and was a regular on New Year's Eve and at weddings in the town. (He played at Judo champion Karen Briggs' wedding back in the day). He rarely spoke of the war and I can only recall a couple of things he said. Of Normandy he said, 'we were bitten to death by ruddy midges (mosquitoes) and pounded by Moaning Minnies constantly' (German Nebelwerfer rocket launchers). He told me his best mate was killed when he went back to his dugout for his hat and a mortar bomb landed on it, killing him instantly. He fought the SS and Hitler Youth and said they were young but very vicious. He rated 'Rennie' and Monty as officers and had a lot of respect for the Canadians. He showed me the scars on his back that he still had in the 80s where he'd been forced to take cover when RAF Typhoons strafed them. Fellow 1st KOSB soldier, Joe Hunt joined the regiment the day after. The photographs of 1st KOSB sequestered in Denmead/New Forest prior to the landings were taken on 29th April 1944, his 21st birthday! I keep looking out for him in them. He played the pipes for Monty when he came to their HQ in Germany after the War. Obviously, Grandad was more than 'just' a soldier. He was fiercely proud of Scotland and never lost his 'lilt'. He boxed when he was in the Army and always stayed in shape. He played the bagpipes until his 'wind' gave out and he invested in an electronic chanter. He was learning new tunes until the day he died, and practising the old favourites constantly. He taught me to play the pipes in a no-nonsense way and berated me for not practising EVERY day :-) He had 3 Grandchildren when he died in 2004 and would have found out about my first son being born if he'd waited a month or two longer. Ah well. CoopPipeBandHull_DMorrison.jpg 1/25 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Peter David Mann Smith Lance Corporal Rank in Normandy 3197668 Service No. D Company David's son provided photos, publications and illustrations for the site. 18th July 9:30PM - Troarn, Normandy Lance Corporal David Peter was leading his section around the outside edges of what they had been told was a minefield when, three or four yards in front of him, there was an explosion which he thought was an enemy bomb. He was blown back into this supposed minefield and landed on his knees, fully conscious and with no pain. He noticed his left arm was shattered and pretty 'tattered and torn'. He checked on the rest of his section and asked if they could come to his assistance. "No bloody likely!" came the reply. He took a deep breath and walked out unaided then was attended to by his comrades and a Battalion medic. He was given a shot of morphine and told to walk to the rear where there would be an aid station. After walking for a while he finally came upon two medics with a jeep who (eventually) rushed him to 'A' echelon's medical post. From there he was put in an ambulance and sent to a hospital only a few miles from the enemy lines. A surgeon removed his shattered arm and a short time after he was placed in an amphibious DUKW and transported to a medical ship bound for England. His memories of the voyage and being unloaded are hazy due to pain and medication but he does recall being carried on a stretcher and well-wishers throwing sweets and cigarettes onto his stretcher as he passed. On the 21st of July he was moved from Southampton hospital to Winchester Hospital and then, as he slowly healed, was moved to various other medical centres around the country. David Peter eventually returned home to his wife and became an insurance man to pay the bills whilst studying to be a draughtsman at night school. For many years he was the secretary of the British Legion in Leven, Scotland and was a skilled golfer. He died in 1994 and his son, Sandy, discovered an unfinished letter - which this piece is based upon. 1/7 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Hogg Geoff Private Rank in Normandy 14657689 Service No. 'C' (checking) Company Originally from The Border Regiment R G Hogg in KOSB uniform Robert Geoffrey Hogg was born in Westmorland on June 15, 1925 to Ernest E Hogg and Margaret A Fothergill who had married in 1922. He enlisted on July 15, 1943 and on April 1, 1944 was transferred to the 6th Battalion of The Border Regiment , taking part in training for D-Day with them. He landed in Normandy at 7:30 AM on D-Day on the Jig Green sector of Gold Beach. His unit stayed in Arromanches before being moved to a holding camp in Bayeux. In August 1944, some of them were transferred to the KOSB. A section of Gold Beach, Google Maps, 2025 1st KOSB War Diary for 1st August 1944 states: "A draft of 3 Offrs and 100 ORs chiefly from the Border Regt. arrived." *This will have been to reinforce the Bttn after heavy losses in Troarn 2 weeks previously. "On the afternoon of the 1st August we received a warning to prepare for a long move. Reinforcements of three officers and one hundred other ranks appeared and the day was fully occupied in sorting them out and in preparation for another battle. The Quartermaster's Department was working at full pressure to replace clothing and equipment, both sadly depleted by the events of July". WIG Wilson , A Short History of the 1st Bttn KOSB in North West Europe Shortly after they joined, the Bttn made their way towards Vire in an attempt to cut the Vire/Vassey road and link up with American forces in the area. On August 6th they successfully occupied Montisanger without opposition. However, later that day, two companies attempted another attack on positions south of a river near Pissot. They reached their first objective and pushed on but against heavy opposition, with many men killed, wounded or missing. Wounded men from The Border Regiment: Pvt E Parfett - 6th August 1944 Cpl David Scott - 6th August 1944 Pvt Robert Stenhouse - 6th August 1944 (KIA 19/4/45) Map of Vire/Vaudry area courtesy of Normandy War Guide On the 7th of August , Geoff was out on a reconnaissance mission in a platoon with Lt. Alan McQueen Don . Lt Don in Royal Armoured Corps uniform Lt. Don said to Geoff: " You will have to help me through this as I’ve had no infantry training." [Lt Don was in Intelligence and the Royal Armoured Corps previously] Geoff stayed very close to him after that. They came across a gap in the hedge and Lt Don was about to cross the gap but Geoff held him back saying there could be snipers about - but Lt Don said “ I will just have a quick look ." As soon as he did a sniper shot him through the head and he fell backwards on to Geoff. They carried his body to a shallow ditch and wanted to make a cross for him with a rifle - but being an officer he only had a sidearm which they left with him. Lt. Don has no known grave and was never found. *Another officer from the Border Regiment was also killed on the 7th August, 1944. Lt Stephen Heathcote Atkinson from Kendal in Cumbria now lies in the Saint Charles De Percy War Cemetery along with Corporal James William Burke Above IWM Interview with ex Border Regiment/1st KOSB, Private Leslie Gibson, A Company, 9 Platoon, in which he gives an account his time on Gold Beach, moving through Normandy and also the death of Corporal James Mackereth who was killed on 6th August. Also ex-Border Regiment - Cpl E Sanderson - wounded on 10th August 1944 Temporary graves in Vaudry - August 1944 - provided by the Ancien Combattantes et victims de la Guerre de Vaudry Vaudry Temporary Burials sheet - provided by the Ancien Combattantes et victims de la Guerre de Vaudry “Once Caen was cleared, the British were able to reach Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, north of Vaudry, where German troops were safely entrenched on the Perrier Ridge facing where we now live. This chateau sits right in the gap where Operation Bluecoat took place in July and August 1944.” Nick Shacklock, present owner of the Chateau De Pont de Vaudry, 2025 Chateau du Pont de Vaudry, from Nick Shacklock (current owner) After Normandy On October 22, 1944 , as a platoon of 1KOSB were checking if the enemy had withdrawn from the houses in Smakt, they were surprised by enemy machine guns concealed in the houses. One officer and 19 other ranks were presumed killed or taken prisoner with only five being able to escape. In this period 33 men were wounded, 10 were killed and 21 were missing. 1st KOSB War Diary for 22nd October 1944 There was some shelling and mortaring during the early hours of the morning. Very little enemy movement was seen. A patrol of A Coy reported at mid-day that the enemy had withdrawn his outposts just East of the railway line to the South of the village at the level crossing. During this time five 3-inch Mortars were shooting at targets selected by C Coy on their front. At 1400 hrs a platoon of A Coy tried to penetrate over the level crossing to the village, but were held up by Schu mines at the crossing. B Coy sent out 12 platoon under command of Capt TJ Young, who were to find out if the enemy had withdrawn from the houses in SMAKT. They penetrated into SMAKT without first clearing the houses, and were surprised by enemy MGs well concealed in the houses. Three men only managed to escape, and two more came back an hour or two later. The remainder (1 officer and 19 ORS) are presumed killed or prisoners. This confirmed that the enemy had not withdrawn. No patrols were carried out by us during the night. We were prepared to give the enemy a very bloody nose if he attempted a patrol. Smakt in Holland, Google Maps 2025 On November 14 , 1944 they moved back into positions west of the railway line in the area of Smakt. The take over began before first light when they took over exposed forward positions and standing patrols thought to be under enemy observation. The take over was completed, but Corporal John McGregor Drummond was killed by a sniper. Geoff was in a slit trench with Cpl Drummond whom he had known for some time before this incident. Cpl Drummond told Geoff to bail out the water in the trench while he got some straw from a nearby barn to put in the bottom of their trench, making it more comfortable. He thought he would be OK as there had been no reports of enemy activity in the area. He saw Cpl Drummond leave the barn laden with straw under both arms – then fall after hearing rifle shots. Geoff knew there was a sniper about and immediately ran for help zig zagging any snipers that may be out there as he had been trained to do, then dived into bramble bushes cutting himself all over. Smoke was sent into the area where Drummond had fallen but when the stretcher bearers went in, the sniper (who they never found) started firing through the smoke at them without success. Medics looked after Geoff and gave him some brandy. He asked how Drummond was and was told not to worry about him and that he was OK. Corporal John Drummond's details - courtesy of the Overloon War Chronicles 1st KOSB War Diary for 14th November, 1944 The take over began before first light when we took over exposed fwd posns and standing patrols thought to be under enemy observation. HQ opened at 783323 at 1100 hrs. The take over was completed by 1415 hrs. Cpl Drummond of C Coy was killed by a sniper in the Farm at 794328. The patrols were similar to those done by 2 Lincs the night before, that is D Coy standing patrol, by day and night at 797316 and C Coy Recce patrol to area of Steel Factory. Patrols reported enemy in Farm at 794328. *It was only in 2014 when Geoff’s son did some research on the history of the KOSB that he found that Cpl Drummond had died that day and is buried in Overloon Cemetery. Geoff was seriously injured in January 1945 , when he was hit by a mortar bomb and suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his leg, arm and body. He was taken to a hospital in Brussels where doctors spent the next three months attempting to remove all the pieces of clothing from his wounds while he learned to walk again. *(Later on, While talking to a section of German prisoners of war, he told the story about being blown up by a Moaning Minnie at the farmhouse near Venray. A POW spoke up and said to him: " That was me - we were testing a new version and I was told to fire a round off!” Geoff couldn't believe it!) IWM Image (above) German Nebelwerfer, nicknamed 'Moaning Minnies' by the British. Geoff was discharged from hospital on April 30 but then spent some time in various Reinforcement Holding Units and Transit Camps, still in North West Europe. He heard that they needed cooks in the Army Catering Corps so he took a cook’s course after the war ended. Geoff worked in camps at Ostend and Leuven, ending up at Oldenburg in Germany where he remained until he returned to England in 1947, having been promoted to Acting Corporal in April that year. After he was demobbed he took up work transporting army vehicles around England from an operation based at Quernmore Park. Geoff received the Legion D'Honneur in 2015 and celebrated his 100th birthday (with ex-KOSB and a piper) in 2025. Many thanks to Geoff's son, and grandson, and to the Overloon War Collection who also have a special page on Geoff https://www.overloonwarchronicles.nl/en/hogg-geoff Robert Geoffrey Hogg, 1st KOSB Geoff Hogg's 100th Birthday party Photo courtesy of Tony Mayor FB Robert Geoffrey Hogg, 1st KOSB 1/2 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Dawson Jenny Anderson Civilian researcher Rank in Normandy Number 1! Service No. Researching Company Genealogist/detective extraordinaire Jenny is an 'amateur' (her description, not mine) genealogist and, as well as researching her own family tree, also worked her magic on a book to remember the fallen of Hawick in WW1. Can I just say, this site wouldn't be half of what it is without Jenny! She has literally worked day and night to search out photographs and newspaper clippings, as well as BMD information for all ranks of the 1st KOSB. When I first started working on the 'Wounded' list I had a confusing time due to the age of the original documents and some errors contained within. Jenny went through ALL 300 entries and found full names, mother's maiden names, rugby team photographs as well as medal card signatures (for another side-project coming up) and checking to see if they were wounded/killed after Normandy. The one project I am most thankful to Jenny for is tracing a living relative of casualty Thomas Adams . After years of trying to find information on him - and a photo - she was the one who tracked down his family details and allowed me to get in touch with his nephew. *(Thomas was a Hawick boy, like my Grandad, and I wanted to see if he was my Grandad's best mate who was killed). She's performed many more miracles since then but a random interaction on Facebook led to her joining the research team (and heading it up, I think) and adding hundreds of entries to our records. Thank you, Jenny - you do indeed deserve a 'Special Mention' R Grayling December 2024. Jenny Anderson Dawson AKA Sherlock. From Pixabay Image by tookapic from Pixabay Jenny Anderson Dawson AKA Sherlock. 1/4 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

Tucker Mark Private (post Normandy) Rank in Normandy 14799187 Service No. Researching Company Died saving comrade under fire We were contacted via Facebook by Chalky White, whose father was Lance Corporal Noel White . 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 believe Mark had a younger brother who died in childbirth. RESEARCHING 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 MTucker.jpeg L_edited.jpg L_edited_edited.jpg MTucker.jpeg 1/3 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

1st KOSB Casualty List BY SVC.NO Photo Service Number Rank First Name SURNAME Date of Death Memorial/Cemetery location 11052155 Private ROBERT WRIGHT 14 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 11265619 Private NORMAN HENRY DELVES 22 October 1944 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL 1137367 Private SIDNEY ALFORD CHAMPION 01 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 122774 Captain CUTHBERT MAURICE ROPNER 11 May 1945 ALNWICK CEMETERY 124590 Major KEITH ROBERT KNOX 09 November 1946 BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY 14000177 Private ROBERT E. KINNEY 09 March 1945 SWILLINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD 14201340 Private HENRY SPROAT 14 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 14211073 Private THOMAS CONNOLLY 17 December 1944 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY 14214543 Corporal JOHN MCGREGOR DRUMMOND 14 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 14225867 Private SAMUEL BYERS FOSTER 26 May 1946 MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY 14278185 Private JOHN ROGERS 13 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 14331536 Corporal FREDERICK JOHN BUTLER 16 October 1945 BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY 1436861 Private HENRY BONFIELD 02 October 1944 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY 14386584 Private JAMES CARTLIDGE 09 March 1945 TAMWORTH CEMETERY 14405197 Corporal ROBERT GEORGE ROBERTSON 22 October 1944 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL 14429040 Private HERBERT THOMAS 27 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14438416 Private CHARLES WILLIAM ANSELL 03 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14518757 Private JOHN HENRY WHITE 10 January 1945 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY 14578744 Lance Corporal EDWARD CHARLES WILLIAM FENN 19 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 14591295 Private WILLIAM HENRY HOOK 01 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 14649742 Private DANIEL STEELE 27 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14656477 Private DOUGLAS GILLON 20 January 1945 WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY 14658481 Private ERIC MATTHEW BULMAN 13 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 14671389 Private WILLIAM BAILLIE SMITH McFADYEN 27 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14702355 Private ROY SEARLE 27 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14708168 Private RONALD HOWES 02 October 1944 MOOK WAR CEMETERY 14710793 Private RAYMOND EWART MIDDLETON 18 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 14737913 Private KENNETH WILLIAM GANDERTON 13 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 14741136 Private JOHN THOMPSON 28 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14751815 Private LIONEL WHITEHEAD 13 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 1475873 Private W BEATSON 28 June 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 14760777 Private WILLIAM PATRICK O'BRIEN 03 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14760814 Private WILLIAM ALFRED YATES 19 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14799187 Private MARK TUCKER 06 April 1945 SAGE WAR CEMETERY 14806233 Private MARTIN McDOWALL 25 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 14807140 Private JAMES FULTON 20 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 14817195 Private W MURRAY 16 July 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 14851735 Corporal ARTHUR JAMES SHIELDS 22 November 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 14893399 Private JOHN PORTEOUS 06 December 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 14991983 Private CHARLES RONALD MARSHALL 12 December 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 1537711 Private HARRY LLEWELYN 19 September 1944 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY 1617609 Private WILLIAM JOHN CLUETT 19 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 1630320 Corporal HARRY PARSONS WATKISS 19 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 1651614 Private PERCY JOHN TUCKER 03 November 1944 MIERLO WAR CEMETERY 1793427 Private ERNEST FREDERICK HAYDEN 11 June 1945 KIEL WAR CEMETERY 19022268 Private J.H.A. RIVERS 09 July 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 19036404 Private JACK NICHOLSON 14 November 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 19112328 Private W LINDSAY 08 July 1947 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 20786 Lieutenant Colonel HUBERT CHRISTOPHER HATTON-HALL 26 November 1945 PUTNEY VALE CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM 2764261 Private JOHN PROCTOR STEVENSON 19 September 1944 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY 2765552 Corporal WILLIAM TANNOCK 18 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 2823972 Private WILLIAM HOUSTON 25 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 2889190 Private HUGH WHITE 03 June 1946 DUNDEE EASTERN NECROPOLIS 2932406 Lance Corporal JOHN McKENZIE 01 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 2983589 Private GEORGE CONNELL 13 July 1945 PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY 299451 Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM MacEWAN 05 January 1945 BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY 3181127 Serjeant FRANK LUXFORD 10 June 1947 WHITHORN CEMETERY 3182401 Corporal JAMES GILMOUR 13 March 1945 EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY 3183685 Warrant Officer Class II JAMES McLEISH 24 October 1944 MIERLO WAR CEMETERY 3184584 Private DAVID SHANKLAND HOUSTON 13 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 3185068 Lance Corporal ANDREW GIBSON 07 January 1945 KIRKCALDY (DYSART) CEMETERY 3185445 Lance Serjeant THOMAS WILSON 19 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3186134 Serjeant CHARLES PERCY CLARK 20 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3186506 Corporal JAMES WALSH 22 October 1944 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY 3186572 Corporal WALTER FREDERICK PRITCHARD 17 October 1944 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY 3187050 Private JOSEPH SHEARMAN 16 May 1945 DUMFRIES (ST. MICHAEL'S) CEMETERY 3187997 Private DUNCAN ANGUS 26 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 3188278 Private ALBERT SMITH 09 August 1945 ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY 3189300 Private JAMES JOSEPH McCARTHY 16 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3189407 Private JAMES NOBLE 13 February 1945 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 3189456 Lance Corporal JOHN WOOD 22 October 1944 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY 3190919 Corporal GEORGE DORWARD PENMAN 01 June 1945 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL 3191352 Lance Corporal WILLIAM LIDDLE SHANKS 27 February 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 3191570 Lance Corporal ROBERT ALEXANDER BELL 02 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 3192086 Private ROBERT McMILLAN 26 February 1945 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY 3193825 Private WILLIAM JOHN CLARK 22 October 1944 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL 3193892 Serjeant ALEXANDER GAY GRAHAM 14 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3193977 Private ROBERT BAYLES 19 September 1944 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY 3196768 Private MICHAEL ALEXANDER LYONS 30 April 1946 GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY 3243151 Lance Serjeant DANIEL SCOBIE 14 September 1944 KASTERLEE WAR CEMETERY 3247181 Private JOHN JAMES McNALLY 02 May 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 338179 Captain WILLIAM SIMPSON GRANT 14 October 1947 ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY 3597336 Private ROBERT LEIGH STENHOUSE 19 April 1945 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 3602688 Private JAMES TOOLE 30 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3604726 Private WILLIAM LOBLEY 27 February 1945 MOOK WAR CEMETERY 3607626 Corporal GEORGE TALLON 01 November 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 3653354 Corporal ALBERT BOWLING 18 July 1945 ST. HELENS CEMETERY 3719117 Private JOHN MASTERTON 14 April 1946 DUNFERMLINE CEMETERY 4199489 Serjeant DAVID SAMUEL PHILLIPS 02 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 4272030 Corporal HENRY RICHARDSON 13 July 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 4350938 Private GEORGE THOMPSON 22 October 1944 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL 4918510 Private WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS 14 October 1944 MOOK WAR CEMETERY 5116486 Lance Corporal ARTHUR BROOKES 20 April 1945 HANOVER WAR CEMETERY 5116538 Private PERCY CHAMBERS 19 October 1944 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY 5511491 Corporal WILLIAM CHELLEY 19 June 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 56893 Captain STEPHEN LYON 19 October 1945 GALASHIELS (EASTLANDS) CEMETERY 5777912 Private PERCY FREDERICK WOODWARD 23 March 1945 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 7047484 Private JOSEPH FLANAGAN 23 May 1945 GLASNEVIN (OR PROSPECT) CEMETERY 7811128 Serjeant YVES LE FRIEC 16 February 1947 ST. PETER PORT (FOULON) CEMETERY, GUERNSEY

1st KOSB Casualty List BY NAME Photo Rank First Name SURNAME Date of Death AGE Memorial/Cemetery location Private DUNCAN ANGUS 26 April 1945 30 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private CHARLES WILLIAM ANSELL 03 March 1945 19 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private ROBERT BAYLES 19 September 1944 28 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Private W BEATSON 28 June 1947 21 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal ROBERT ALEXANDER BELL 02 March 1945 26 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private HENRY BONFIELD 02 October 1944 23 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Corporal ALBERT BOWLING 18 July 1945 30 ST. HELENS CEMETERY Lance Corporal ARTHUR BROOKES 20 April 1945 29 HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Private ERIC MATTHEW BULMAN 13 April 1945 20 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Corporal FREDERICK JOHN BUTLER 16 October 1945 21 BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY Private JAMES CARTLIDGE 09 March 1945 33 TAMWORTH CEMETERY Private PERCY CHAMBERS 19 October 1944 29 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private SIDNEY ALFORD CHAMPION 01 November 1944 21 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Corporal WILLIAM CHELLEY 19 June 1945 22 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM JOHN CLARK 22 October 1944 28 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Serjeant CHARLES PERCY CLARK 20 October 1944 28 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM JOHN CLUETT 19 October 1944 30 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private GEORGE CONNELL 13 July 1945 25 PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY Private THOMAS CONNOLLY 17 December 1944 21 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY Private NORMAN HENRY DELVES 22 October 1944 22 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Corporal JOHN MCGREGOR DRUMMOND 14 November 1944 20 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal EDWARD CHARLES WILLIAM FENN 19 October 1944 19 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private JOSEPH FLANAGAN 23 May 1945 28 GLASNEVIN (OR PROSPECT) CEMETERY Private SAMUEL BYERS FOSTER 26 May 1946 36 MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY Private JAMES FULTON 20 March 1945 18 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private KENNETH WILLIAM GANDERTON 13 April 1945 19 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal ANDREW GIBSON 07 January 1945 35 KIRKCALDY (DYSART) CEMETERY Private DOUGLAS GILLON 20 January 1945 19 WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY Corporal JAMES GILMOUR 13 March 1945 43 EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY Serjeant ALEXANDER GAY GRAHAM 14 October 1944 27 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Captain WILLIAM SIMPSON GRANT 14 October 1947 36 ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY Lieutenant Colonel HUBERT CHRISTOPHER HATTON-HALL 26 November 1945 53 PUTNEY VALE CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM Private ERNEST FREDERICK HAYDEN 11 June 1945 24 KIEL WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM HENRY HOOK 01 November 1944 19 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM HOUSTON 25 April 1945 27 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private DAVID SHANKLAND HOUSTON 13 April 1945 37 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private RONALD HOWES 02 October 1944 18 MOOK WAR CEMETERY Private ROBERT E. KINNEY 09 March 1945 21 SWILLINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Major KEITH ROBERT KNOX 09 November 1946 30 BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Serjeant YVES LE FRIEC 16 February 1947 49 ST. PETER PORT (FOULON) CEMETERY, GUERNSEY Private W LINDSAY 08 July 1947 0 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Private HARRY LLEWELYN 19 September 1944 26 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM LOBLEY 27 February 1945 31 MOOK WAR CEMETERY Serjeant FRANK LUXFORD 10 June 1947 44 WHITHORN CEMETERY Captain STEPHEN LYON 19 October 1945 58 GALASHIELS (EASTLANDS) CEMETERY Private MICHAEL ALEXANDER LYONS 30 April 1946 35 GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Private CHARLES RONALD MARSHALL 12 December 1947 21 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Private JOHN MASTERTON 14 April 1946 32 DUNFERMLINE CEMETERY Private RAYMOND EWART MIDDLETON 18 April 1945 19 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private W MURRAY 16 July 1947 0 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM MacEWAN 05 January 1945 21 BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY Private JAMES JOSEPH McCARTHY 16 October 1944 24 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private MARTIN McDOWALL 25 April 1945 18 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM BAILLIE SMITH McFADYEN 27 February 1945 19 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal JOHN McKENZIE 01 November 1944 25 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Warrant Officer Class II JAMES McLEISH 24 October 1944 34 MIERLO WAR CEMETERY Private ROBERT McMILLAN 26 February 1945 0 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Private JOHN JAMES McNALLY 02 May 1945 23 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private JACK NICHOLSON 14 November 1947 0 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Private JAMES NOBLE 13 February 1945 22 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM PATRICK O'BRIEN 03 March 1945 18 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Corporal GEORGE DORWARD PENMAN 01 June 1945 26 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Serjeant DAVID SAMUEL PHILLIPS 02 March 1945 28 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private JOHN PORTEOUS 06 December 1947 0 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Corporal WALTER FREDERICK PRITCHARD 17 October 1944 32 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY Corporal HENRY RICHARDSON 13 July 1945 24 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private J.H.A. RIVERS 09 July 1947 0 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Corporal ROBERT GEORGE ROBERTSON 22 October 1944 20 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Private JOHN ROGERS 13 April 1945 21 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Captain CUTHBERT MAURICE ROPNER 11 May 1945 40 ALNWICK CEMETERY Lance Serjeant DANIEL SCOBIE 14 September 1944 28 KASTERLEE WAR CEMETERY Private ROY SEARLE 27 February 1945 19 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal WILLIAM LIDDLE SHANKS 27 February 1945 26 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private JOSEPH SHEARMAN 16 May 1945 31 DUMFRIES (ST. MICHAEL'S) CEMETERY Corporal ARTHUR JAMES SHIELDS 22 November 1947 21 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS 14 October 1944 25 MOOK WAR CEMETERY Private ALBERT SMITH 09 August 1945 28 ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY Private HENRY SPROAT 14 November 1944 23 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private DANIEL STEELE 27 February 1945 0 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private ROBERT LEIGH STENHOUSE 19 April 1945 30 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private JOHN PROCTOR STEVENSON 19 September 1944 24 LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Corporal GEORGE TALLON 01 November 1944 21 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Corporal WILLIAM TANNOCK 18 November 1944 21 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private HERBERT THOMAS 27 February 1945 19 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private JOHN THOMPSON 28 February 1945 19 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private GEORGE THOMPSON 22 October 1944 22 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Private JAMES TOOLE 30 October 1944 28 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private MARK TUCKER 06 April 1945 18 SAGE WAR CEMETERY Private PERCY JOHN TUCKER 03 November 1944 35 MIERLO WAR CEMETERY Corporal JAMES WALSH 22 October 1944 33 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Corporal HARRY PARSONS WATKISS 19 April 1945 24 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Private HUGH WHITE 03 June 1946 0 DUNDEE EASTERN NECROPOLIS Private JOHN HENRY WHITE 10 January 1945 21 VENRAY WAR CEMETERY Private LIONEL WHITEHEAD 13 April 1945 19 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Lance Serjeant THOMAS WILSON 19 October 1944 34 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Lance Corporal JOHN WOOD 22 October 1944 24 JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Private PERCY FREDERICK WOODWARD 23 March 1945 29 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Private ROBERT WRIGHT 14 October 1944 23 OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY Private WILLIAM ALFRED YATES 19 March 1945 18 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY