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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

Pte E. Parfett Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte E. Parfett Service No. 3596780 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 View This Day "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 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 J.G. Fitzgerald* Previous Next Wounded In Normandy Pte J.G. Fitzgerald* Service No. 14203645 Company: Unknown Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). General Service Corps Date Wounded: Friday, 09 June 1944 Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.) Possibly wounded in attack on Cambes View This Day James Gerrard Fitzgerald was born in August 1922 in Edmonton, Essex. Father William and Mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Murfin. In the 1939 register, he is living with his parents in Uxbridge, Middlesex and his occupation is 'Public Works Labourer, Heavy'. *We have him listed as wounded on the 12th June 1944 whilst serving with the 2nd Bttn KOSB - researching. ** We have edited the record on UK Forces War Records as 2nd KOSB were in Far East/Burma in June 44. A friend in later life said, "James was a small man when I knew him probably under 5ft. He went in to be a HGV driver up to 100 tons delivering bank safes and using the crane to hoist them in". "I also remember James and Tom (his friend - researching) talking about Dunkirk*, then another story James told was coming over the top of some sand dunes and a German soldier was over the other side, they both looked at one another, the German fired but his rifle jammed, and James shot him". *However, as James has a 'General Service Corps' Service no. he may not have joined up until Feb 1942, or after. This may exclude Dunkirk service but could be action on Sword Beach. James' medals were claimed in April 1949, sent to the family address in Hillingdon/Uxbridge, Middlesex. His last Regiment served with was listed as the 'N. Hants' (Could be the Hampshire Regiment) In 1948. He married Lore Kunze in Bielefeld, Germany. *Bielefeld was only an hours drive from Ibbenburen where 1st KOSB spent May 1945/VE Day. In 1953 , James and Lore were living in the old * ATS Huts in Uxbridge. *Auxiliary Territorial Service was the women's branch of the British Army. They lived in 'Hut 6' and so we did a search... Turns out an ex-ATS called Joan Quibell wrote a diary of her time living in HUT6 during the war! She describes it as: To the Nissen hut! For three months Dora, Kathleen and I were occupants of the Potting Shed but then one day in late July our lazy life came to an end. The new Nissen huts were complete and we were ordered to pack our belongings to take up residence in Hut 6 . The huts were constructed of corrugated iron, dome-shaped, rather like an enlarged version of our Anderson shelter. Immediately inside the door was a small washroom to the left and on the right were two lavatories. Then you went through another door into the hut proper. Six beds lined either side of a central aisle and by each bed a locker. Under each bed a soldier's box. Above the beds, running the length of the hut, a narrow wooden shelf and right in the middle of the room there was a black cast-iron stove, with a chimney pipe that went up through the roof. This monstrosity was our only form of heating. It consumed coal or coke, was extremely dirty and smelly, but could, if in the mood, get red hot. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/62/a3303262.shtml After the war it seems James was still a hero... James rescuing Joan and Carol Zaworski from a fire in 1962 (We were intrigued by this story so worked out from census details where the house was and managed to find it on Google Maps. You can clearly see the ledge and the long drop.) The house in Curwen Road as it looks in present day - courtesy of Google Maps James died in Middlesex in August 1998, at the age of 74. 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 J. J. Beattie Previous Next Wounded In Normandy L/Cpl J. J. Beattie Service No. 3196376 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 John James Beattie was born in September 1911 in Carlisle, Cumbria. His Mother's maiden names was McIndoe. Previously worked on a farm and then worked at 'Mossband' which we believe was a munitions factory near Gretna, Scotland. John died in October 1979 at the age of 68. *Newspaper clipping from the Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser. August 5th, 1944. 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