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1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial W Surname Jarman Nickname/Rank 'Mucker' Match Status = Researching Name & Rank NOTHING Service No. Evidence Record in database? Next Previous

1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial R Surname Carnes/Cairns? Nickname/Rank N/A Match Status = Potential match Name & Rank Pte Robert Cairns Service No. 3191729 Evidence Researching Researching Record in database? No other Carnes/Cairns in 1st KOSB. Next Previous

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

1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial J Surname Ritchie Nickname/Rank N/A Match Status = Confirmed by signature Name & Rank Pte J. Ritchie Service No. 14214497 Evidence Only J Ritchie in KOSB recorded. Medal card sig match Wounded 18th July Troarn Record in database? https://graylingmedia.wixsite.com/1stkosbinnormandy/1st-kosb-wounded/14214497 Next Previous

Notman John Private Rank in Normandy 3189059 Service No. 1st KOSB/4 Commando Company Killed in Normandy whilst serving with No 4 Commando. John Robertson Notman King's Own Scottish Borderers & No.4 Commando Killed in Action 2 July 1944 at Le Hauger, aged 22 Resting Easy Ranville War Cemetery, France. Epitaph TREASURED ARE THE YEARS SPENT WITH THEE, SWEET THY MEMORY Family Details SON OF JOHN AND ISABELLA NOTMAN, OF ANNAN, DUMFRIESSHIRE. On the 2nd September 1939 he was transferred to 1 Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers and served overseas with the British Expeditionary Force in France. Soon after he transferred to 4 Commando. Private JOHN NOTMAN is mentioned in the history of 4 Commando Swiftly They Struck written by Murdoch C. McDougall, who was the Section officer of F Troop, and later 3 Troop, in Normandy. Murdoch C. McDougal describes the loss of one of his men following a mortar bombardement by the German forces. Although not mentioned by the name the demise of the casualty, matches the account Isabella Notman, JOHN NOTMAN's mother, was told about how her son was killed. The text also describes the courage and heroism this man had and his concern, for his fellow commandos, shown during the daring raid by 4 Commando at Dieppe in 1942... 'he was respected in the troop, the friends he had trusted him and stood by him as he did by them, and as he had been in the troop longer than most, he was accepted as a sort of institution. Returning to Normandy on D-Day 6th June 1944, 4 Commando had taken heavy casualties throughout the month. Murdoch C. McDougal recalls how, early in July, a mortar took the life of this brave man... 'This was the last bomb they sent across, and when the noise died away, the occupants of the next trench, on looking out to see where it had landed, saw a struggling figure, with clothes alight and nerves in shreds, crawling painfully towards their trench. It was the other occupant of the sentry's trench, who could only whisper: "Get him out, he's still in there." And so from the ruin of the trench, they dug him out. The first bomb had been close, the second had crushed the walls of the trench, and as it was doing so the third had struck the branches of the hedge overhead. The splinters had scythed downwards at an angle, some striking and igniting the phospherous grenades on the lip of the trench, exploding the thirty-sixes, and some had hurtled through the entrance of the trench itself. Only by exploding where it did could this have happened, and it was just bad luck that he was crouching inside the trench with his back to the door. He was still alive when we dug him out, but only just. And as we lay him gently on his face on the grass of the orchard, and sent for the doc and ambulance jeep, he whispered jeeringly at us: "Let me die, ye bastards, let me die, ye're wasting yer time. " And as we lifted him and placed him on the stretcher on the jeep, he died. Private JOHN NOTMAN was killed in action at Hameau Oger (also known as Hauger or Hoger), near Amfréville, on Sunday 2nd July 1944. 1/5 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

About the 1st KOSB in Normandy website. Who we are and why we built it. References, Links and further reading Further reading. In at the Deep End by Arthur V Looker A Short History of the 1st Bttn KOSB in North West Europe by WIG Wilson Monty's Ironsides by Patrick Delaforce All The Blue Bonnets by Robert Woollcombe The King's Own Scottish Borderers: A Concise History by Trevor Royle Forgotten Voices of D-Day by Roderick Bailey Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge by Carl Shilleto Assault Division by Norman Scarfe Links: 1 Overloon War Chronicles 1st KOSB in Normandy FindaGrave (Virtual Cemetery for 1st KOSB) 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles in Normandy Photo by Stewart Beattie, 1st KOSB

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

Coverdale Terence Gilbert Major Rank in Normandy Researching Service No. Command Company Second in Command of Regiment during Normandy Campaign Terence Gilbert Coverdale was born in October 1917 in Hartlepool, Durham. His father's name was Gilbert. He joined the KOSB from Sandhurst Military College in 1938 and was a keen cricketer, playing for numerous teams, as well as an accomplished Rugby player. He was a Captain during the BEF's time in France during the early part of the war and was Mentioned in Despatches after the Dunkirk evacuation. In January 1941 he married Nancy Margaret Loudon in Fleet Street, London. His Best Man was Captain T D Sanderson . During the Normandy Campaign he was a Major and Second in Command of the Battalion, and was in charge for a time after G D Renny was wounded. He retired from the Army in 1952 as a Lieutenant-Colonel after 16 years with the Regiment. His last two and a half years were commanding the KOSB depot at Berwick. He died in August 2002 and is buried in Hambleton, Yorkshire. Photo credits: Portrait from The Berwick Advertiser, September 27, 1951 Wedding photo from The Yorkshire Post, February 6th, 1941 Gravestone photo from FindAGrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174920987/terence-gilbert-coverdale#add-to-vc KOSB_TGCoverdale.png KOSB_TGCoverdale_FaGrave.jpeg 1/5 Previous Special Mention Share Next Special Mention

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CANLoan Officers with 1st KOSB CDN501 Lloyd M. Huggan Rank in June 1944 Lieutenant Date joined 1st KOSB 2 July 1944 Researching Was an instructor in a training centre before being installed as one of the instructors in Camp Sussex , NB. Joined KOSB 2nd July 1944. Wounded 26 September 1944 CANLOAN album CWM 20020022-001_36 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum Previous Next 1/1