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Adamson Highest Rank Pipe Major 3188372 Service No. James Pringle Researching Company Served throughout the War then in Middle East 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 on Sword Beach on D-Day. 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 Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image Add a Title Describe your image

About the 1st KOSB in Normandy website. Who we are and why we built it. About Who we are and why we have built this site We have been interested in the D-Day landings and the Normandy Campaign for many years and in 2014 setup a social media campaign to raise public awareness of the upcoming 70th Anniversary. D-Day Stripes was born and encouraged people to change their social media profile photo to a DDAY70 image for the month of June 2014. This went really well and led us to meet the founders of the Fallen Heroes of Normandy archive. Due to this meeting we were invited to join them for a week in 2015 at the Memorial Pegasus museum in Benouville, Normandy. Whilst there we were honoured to meet some of the remaining veterans of the campaign, and visit some of the many cemeteries and museums throughout the region. Whilst assisting with the Fallen Heroes of Normandy campaign, Richard became interested in finding out more of those who served with his Grandfather in the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He spent many hours on genealogy websites, social media and government portals trying to put faces to names and see if there were any stories left untold that could be collated for future generations. This site is our attempt to pay tribute to those brave souls who fell in Normandy and also give special mentions to those who survived and have contributed their time and recollections to preserve the story of the 1st Battalion KOSB KOSB_PiperDMorrisonUnknownDate KOSB Book Cover USCoastGuardJackHamlin2014 KOSB_PiperDMorrisonUnknownDate 1/31 Richard, Data monkey Grandson of two Normandy veterans, Richard works on data and photo collection and attempts to meet deadlines! Ryan, Web Developer Ryan is our intern Junior Web Developer. He helps create the layouts and occasionally gets stuck into some data input. Sarah, Everything else Sarah has worked with Veterans throughout her career in care and has helped compile their stories for future generations. Get in touch Let us know about anything to do with this site, the information and photographs included First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting!

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES Photo credit - Researching La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves. The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach – especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter. 49.2902°N 0.3771°W near Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France Description courtesy of Wikipedia Previous Grave Marker RANK First Name Surname AGE Date of Death Photographs Private ROBERT TURNBULL ARMSTRONG 20 Friday, 09 June 1944 Warrant Officer Class II JOHN ATKINSON 32 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Private ANDREW BELL 28 Monday, 12 June 1944 Private ROBERT MOFFAT BELL 28 Monday, 12 June 1944 Lance Corporal ROBERT BLYTH 21 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Corporal WILLIAM R. CAMERON 28 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Private DAVID BEATTIE CLABBY 24 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Private ERNEST CRAMPTON 30 Sunday, 09 July 1944 Private ROBERT CUNNINGHAM 24 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Private JAMES DAVIDSON 18 Sunday, 09 July 1944 Private JAMES MCDONALD DAVIDSON 21 Thursday, 15 June 1944 Private DAVID DONALDSON 26 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Corporal EWEN ROBERTSON EMSLIE 25 Monday, 24 July 1944 Lance Serjeant PETER GAVAGHAN 33 Monday, 12 June 1944 Serjeant THOMAS HALL 36 Wednesday, 28 June 1944 Private ZEPHANIAH 'Seth' HARRIS 19 Saturday, 10 June 1944 Private JAMES HARVEY 20 Sunday, 09 July 1944 Private ANDREW MENTIER HILSON 25 Saturday, 10 June 1944 Private JAMES HIGHAM IRVINE 20 Thursday, 06 July 1944 Private JAMES C KYLE 22 Saturday, 10 June 1944 Private RUPERT GEORGE LOGAN 28 Tuesday, 27 June 1944 Private JOHN STUART MACKMURDIE 19 Monday, 12 June 1944 Lance Corporal WILLIAM FOREST MALLEN 33 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Private JOHN WILFRED MAUGHAN 25 Friday, 09 June 1944 Lance Corporal DAVID MITCHELL 21 Monday, 19 June 1944 Private JOHN McINTYRE 28 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Private SAMUEL WALKER McKNIGHT 27 Monday, 12 June 1944 Private JAMES McPHILEMY 20 Saturday, 17 June 1944 Private WILLIAM GALLAGHER O'DONNELL 21 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Private GORDON OAKES 20 Tuesday, 27 June 1944 Private FRANCIS JAMES OATES 24 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Private ALFRED DENIS RAWLINS 19 Tuesday, 04 July 1944 Lance Corporal WILLIAM SLOAN 27 Monday, 19 June 1944 Private HUGH MURRAY SORE 26 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Private ROBERT STEWART 28 Monday, 12 June 1944 Serjeant GEORGE WALSH 34 Thursday, 20 July 1944 Private THOMAS WILLIAM WHITE 21 Tuesday, 27 June 1944 Next

1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial C Surname Reed77 Nickname/Rank N/A Match Status = Potential Match with name and Service No. Name & Rank Private Charles Chalmers Reed Service No. 3065977 Evidence Medal card not signed. Living in Paisley, Scotland when medals issued in 1952. Service No. Match. (Common practice with common surnames to tag last 2 digits of S. No. onto end of name) Record in database? Next Previous

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE Photo credit - Researching Ryes War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers located close to the commune of Bazenville, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Bayeux, Normandy, France. The graveyard contains 653 Commonwealth war graves, one Polish and 335 German war graves. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 49.3002°N 0.6008°W near Bazenville, Calvados, France Description courtesy of Wikipedia Previous Grave Marker RANK First Name Surname AGE Date of Death Photographs Captain JAMES ROYNON-JONES 25 Sunday, 11 June 1944 Private CECIL SELBY 20 Sunday, 11 June 1944 Next

1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial Unknown1 Surname Pake Nickname/Rank N/A Match Status = Confirmed by signature Name & Rank Corporal William Pake Service No. 3185122 Evidence Service no is '122 on some docs and '722 on others. Wounded on 24th July Record in database? https://graylingmedia.wixsite.com/1stkosbinnormandy/1st-kosb-wounded/3185722 Next Previous

Private Casualty Information Private MATHIE WALLACE WAINWRIGHT Service Number Age Date of death 3197674 21 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Company: Unknown Son of John James Wainwright and Elizabeth Wainwright, of Dumfries. His brother, John James, (Royal Corps of Signals) was a POW of the Japanese after the fall of Singapore. He died in Malaya in July 1943. War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Troarn His sergeant-major wrote that he was 'killed by a bomb splinter'. Extract from War Diary on the date of death: The attack on enemy positions forward of TROARN was continued. "C" Coy were to take Station at 158677 and "A" Coy the X roads 161676. Both attacks were met with heavy cross fire from MG's and though supported by tanks had to withdraw with heavy casualties. Bn resumed former positions and later in day heavy shelling and mortaring caused casualties. The Commanding Officer ( Lt. Col G. D. Renny ) having been previously wounded, left under orders from Brigadier and Major TG Coverdale took over command of the Bn. Casualties in the Bn during these two days fighting were 12 Officers and 140 Other Ranks. *Newspaper clipping from the Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser. August 5th, 1944. APPEAL FOR INFORMATION - PLEASE USE CONTACT FORM ON HOME PAGE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASUALTY Share In Memorium Memorial BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY I. E. 6. View Cemetery Photo Credits: FindaGrave - VetteheadRacer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56104247/mathie-wallace-wainwright

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Lieutenant Casualty Information Lieutenant STEPHEN HEATHCOTE ATKINSON Service Number Age Date of death 302147 23 Monday, 07 August 1944 Company: Unknown Born in April 1919 in Kendal, Cumbria. Mother's maiden name was Procter. Married to Ethel May Atkinson of Windermere. War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The Border Regiment 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Pissot Originally from The Border Regiment. Announcement in London Gazette on 21st January 1944. Before the war, Stephen worked as a Joiner Apprentice. He was attached to the 1st KOSB and joined them on the 1st of August 1944. "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 Extract from War Diary on date of death: Patrols were sent out and reported enemy still occupying position of previous day. Enemy shelling and mortaring of Bn area occurred at midday. A later patrol reported no enemy in wood 684335. Further shelling and mortar fire occurred later in the day. One casualty. Bn left for conc area after advance party from the Suffolk Regt arrived, and the take over was done Coy by Coy. Vaudry Temporary Burials sheet - provided by the Ancien Combattantes et victims de la Guerre de Vaudry Share In Memorium Memorial SAINT-CHARLES-DE-PERCY WAR CEMETERY III. C. 2. View Cemetery Photo Credits: FindaGrave - Len https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56461608/stephen-heathcote-atkinson

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Researching COMPANY: D C.O. June 1944: Major Alistair John Rennie 2 i/c Capt. J. T. Skinner M.M. Wounded 6 July 44 Lieut. K. N. Drinkall Wounded 13 June 44 Lieut. P. Pattison Lieut. N. Chalmers Wounded 7 Aug 44 *Capt. C.S.M. C.S.M. C. Gaston Wounded 16 June 44 From Official War Diary: 11th June 1944: 'D' Coy captured a prisoner identified as a Cpl of 12 SS Div (Hitler Jugend) & killed two others of a patrol that was near their forward posns. 14th June: 'D' Coy reported landing of paratroops (unidentified) 15th June 1944: 'D' Coy brought in a prisoner, shot at whilst passing in motor-cycle combination. Valuable documents were found & sent to Div. 10th July 1944. CAEN. An OP was established overlooking the river. "C" & "D" Coys patrolled forward to the river ORNE and met heavy fire from South bank. 18th July 1944. The advance to TROARN was commenced and after reaching SANNERVILLE "D" & "B" Companies pushed forward encountering enemy MGs, whilst enemy shelling continued. 23rd July 1944. One platoon of "D" Company moved forward towards 2 RUR to take up position North of railway line. Four deserters from 346 Fus Bn came in through "D" Company lines. 27th July 1944. "D" & "B" Companies sent out patrols. 30th July 1944. An OP was established in "D" Company area to report on enemy shelling and mortar fire. 6th August 1944. The 'O' Group moved to S.L. at 0815 and the attack with "C" Coy on left and "D" Coy on right commenced at 0845 hrs. Researching Previous Media Newspaper article - post Normandy. 1/7 Company Pipe tune: Unknown (Link to Blue Bonnets O'er The Border) NEXT

Private Casualty Information Private DAVID BEATTIE CLABBY Service Number Age Date of death 3192159 24 Wednesday, 21 June 1944 Company: Unknown Born 1919 - David Beatty Clabby in Colinton. Mother's maiden name - McCrae. Married Margaret Smyth in 1939 - St Andrew (Edinburgh) CURRENTLY RESEARCHING War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Cambes According to the War Diary for the date of his death. "Approx 15 enemy shells fell in Bn area (CAMBES) damaging buildings and causing casualties. 5 ORs were killed and 11 wounded" REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - PLEASE USE CONTACT FORM ON HOME PAGE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASUALTY Share In Memorium Memorial LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES IV. F. 5. View Cemetery Photo Credits: Researching https://rgrayling.wixsite.com/1stkosbinnormandy/post/photoinformationcredits