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Sjt T. Amos Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Sjt T. Amos Service No. 3192101 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Monday, 12 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) War Diary states shell burst near Bn HQ View This Day If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

L/Cpl A. Dickens Previous Next Wounded In Normandy L/Cpl A. Dickens Service No. 3194244 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn. View This Day Listed as Private on Official docs If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Pte R.L. Stenhouse Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte R.L. Stenhouse Service No. 3597336 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The Border Regiment Date Wounded: Sunday, 06 August 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack around Montisanger/Le Pissot area. KIA 19/04/1945. View This Day Robert Leigh Stenhouse was born in January 1915 in Manchester, England. Son of William and Marion Stenhouse. His Mother's maiden name was George. Robert was wounded in Normandy and then sadly, killed in Germany in April 1945 - just a couple of weeks before the end of the War. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery. "OUR BELOVED SON, KILLED HELPING TO DEFEND OUR HERITAGE. O REST IN THE LORD" Pvt Stenhouse grave, courtesy of Flipside20 on FindaGrave Manchester Evening News 28th April 1945, via 'brithm' on WW2 Talk If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

L/Sjt D Ferguson Previous Next Wounded In Normandy L/Sjt D Ferguson Service No. 3189236 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Monday, 19 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Researching View This Day Rank listed as 'U/A/L/Sjt' on official casualty document. Full Sergeant when he was discharged from the Army in May 1946. At the time his medals were awared (Sept 1949) he was living in Maidenhead, Berkshire. If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Pte Fred Harper Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte Fred Harper Service No. 3195037 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn. View This Day Fred Harper was living in Hessle in Hull at the time of his medals being awarded - November 1948. If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Pte B.E. Greig Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte B.E. Greig Service No. 2878936 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The Gordon Highlanders Date Wounded: Sunday, 06 August 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack around Montisanger/Le Pissot area View This Day Benjamin Erridge Greig was born in September 1922 in Aberdeen, Scotland. His mother's maiden name was Christie. His father, Daniel was also in the Armed Forces in WW1 and was a POW at one point. (He died 6 weeks before D-day). Benjamin married Veronica Pressdee in April 1945 in Swansea, Wales. It looks like he left Scotland to sail for Canada aboard the 'Atlantic' in July 1954. His occupation is listed as 'Clerk'. He died in March 2008 in British Columbia, Canada and is buried in the Veterans Cemetery in Victoria. Grave photo from Betty and Dan on FindaGrave If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

L/Cpl W. H. Temple Previous Next Wounded In Normandy L/Cpl W. H. Temple Service No. 3188534 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Tuesday, 18 July 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded by enemy fire in advance to Troarn View This Day William Henry Temple was living in Leeds in September 1948 when his medals were awarded. He finished his service at the rank of Sergeant. *Originally listed as Private in official Wounded list. If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

A/Sgt. J. H. Brownlee Previous Next Wounded In Normandy A/Sgt. J. H. Brownlee Service No. 3192434 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Thursday, 20 July 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn. View This Day If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Pte William Tannock Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte William Tannock Service No. 2765552 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The Black Watch Date Wounded: Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'. KIA Novermber 1944 View This Day William Tannock is listed as being from Clydebank in Glasgow. Sadly, William was killed in action on the 18th November 1944. His rank at that time was Corporal in A Company. From 1st KOSB War Diary "When the QMS (Quartermasters) brought the rations up at night the truck was disticnctly audible: 'several of our platoon were killed or wounded making a run for the hot meal'. My friend Cpl Bill Tannock was hit by a mortar bomb. 'I tried to lift Bill clear of the mud but he died in my arms...' Sgt Fred Hartle, P120, Monty's Ironsides by Patrick Delaforce Grave photo courtesy of 'Fred' on Findagrave > https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18394913/william-tannock If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Cpl T.C.G. Ker Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Cpl T.C.G. Ker Service No. 3194347 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers Date Wounded: Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn. View This Day Thomas Crabb Greig Ker was born in 1916 in Stranraer, Scotland. His Mother's maiden name was Greig. He was discharged from the Army in February 1946. At the time of his medals being awarded - March 1949 - he lived in Stranraer. He married Isabel Margaret Lindsay in 1953. Thomas died in 1984 at the age of 67. If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Lt A. M. Young Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Lt A. M. Young Service No. CDN52 Company: A Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). Canadian Army Date Wounded: Friday, 09 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Cambes View This Day Lieutenant Allister McLellan Young was born in August 1913 in Manitoba, Canada. He and his family's race were described as 'Scotch' so fitting he served with a Scottish unit. Allister was a CANLoan officer, serving with the British Army. (He originally served with the Royal Canadian Medical Corps). Joined the 1st KOSB on 15 April 1944 Wounded in June and looks like didn't return to his Unit until 1st August. *There's a document saying he came back from the 32RHU (a place where reinforcements/return to units stayed until time to go back). Received the Commander-In-Chiefs Certificate in June 1945. Also the Silver Star in 1946. Left to return to Canada in July 1945. He died in 1970, aged 57. His FindaGrave page is here If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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

Pte H. V. Iles Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte H. V. Iles Service No. 4751117 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The York and Lancaster Regiment Date Wounded: Wednesday, 28 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire View This Day Henry Verdun Iles was born in June 1916. He married Gwendoline L Holding in January 1942 in Weymouth, Dorset. He was discharged from the Army in February 1945. Henry died in February 2000 and, by the looks of his medals card, it was only after his death that they were claimed. If you have any information on this soldier, please use the contact form to get in touch. Thank you. Share 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