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Researching COMPANY: HQ C.O. June 1944: Captain G.E. Barker 1st KOSB sailed for France, on the 4th of June, 1944 from Cosham, near Portsmouth. I checked this with my dad's own war diary. They came ashore at approx. 11am, which would make them the 2nd wave. Diane Kane - daughter of 1st KOSB veteran, Eric Ewing, Signals Platoon, HQ Company (He was a signaller, runner and dispatch rider) Captain George Edward Barker Captain Barker received the Military Cross in June 1945 and was Acting Major at that time. He was discharged from the Army in March 1947 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was living in Sheffield. Researching Researching Previous Media 1/1 Company Pipe tune: The Cock O' The North NEXT

Private Casualty Information Private DAVID ARNOLD Service Number Age Date of death 3192183 21 Sunday, 09 June 1940 Company: Unknown Born Jan 15th 1919, at Ivanhoe Cottage, Templand. Son of Katherine Arnold, Domestic Servant and stepson of Thomas Lithgow, of Templand, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. Catherine/Katherine married Thomas in 1923. New information received states that David had a twin brother, John. Personal Inscription: SLEEP ON, DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). The King's Own Scottish Borderors 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Dunkirk withdrawal 1st KOSB War Diary for 1st June 1940. "Rear party clear of defensive line, and majority of Bn. embarked at LA PANNE" (*Potenially DE PANNE - east of Dunkirk) The Battalion had been in Belgium (Louvain) since May 11th, withdrew to Brussels and then over the Escaut canal. David must have missed the boat at Dunkirk and was heading cross-country to embark elsewhere. He made a journey of over 150 miles before he died. 1st KOSB embarkation point near Dunkirk - to David's final resting place in Mauquenchy near Dieppe, Approx 240KM by road. Courtesy of Google Maps. There's a link to a story from the People's War site that shows how difficult it may have been to get passage on a ship out of Dunkirk > https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/21/a2317321.shtml *The soldier in the story is potentially John Sisterson , one of the signatures on the 50 Franc note signed the night before D-Day. RESEARCH INTO ACTIONS IN JUNE 1940 In order to try and find out why Pvt Arnold ended up in Mauquenchy, we've tried to track other units and other War Records from that time. We found that one of David's comrades was captured on the 8th of June 1940 near Forges in France. POW Questionnaire - Pvt George Flanders Johnson, 3189613 We've also looked at the War graves from the same area and time. The closest graveyard is Sigy-en-Bray (7.5KM away) which contains CWGC graves for 9 British Servicemen. Most of them are classed as 'Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps' which is a group of men who were above the normal age range for 'fighting men'. These men mostly died the day before David Arnold - 8th June - so he may have been part of a 'rag tag' group who were hearding North to the coast at Dieppe, or to St Valery where the Scottish Divisions had landed. https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/sigy-en-bray-communal-cemetery.htm You can see on the map that Forges, Mauquenchy and Sigy-en-Bray are not too far apart. Opinion is, in the case of the Pioneers at least, that they were told to make for St Nazaire on the East Coast. David and Pvt Johnson were potentially heading in the same direction. Google maps showing proximity of Forges, Sigy and Mauquenchy. Casualty Information Casualty List No. 420 dated 24th Jan 1941. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 287 as Missing. Casualty List No. 287 dated 21st Aug 1940. Original source records Date of Casualty as 10/05/1940-16/06/1940. Mauquenchy village, present day - with the Cemetery marked. Courtesy of Google Maps David's grave stone stands in the village cemetery. Phot Courtesy of CWGC David's medal card was sent to Mrs C Lithgow (his step-father's surname) in Lockerbie. (We believe this is 'Catherine/Katherine - his mother). The address still exists in Templand, North of Lockerbie If you have any information on this soldier, please do get in touch using our contact form. Share In Memorium Memorial MAUQUENCHY CHURCHYARD Row 8, Grave 103. View Cemetery Photo Credits: Johan Pauwels https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/mauquenchy-churchyard.html

Private Casualty Information Private WILLIAM ARMITAGE Service Number Age Date of death 14002720 20 Wednesday, 07 June 1944 Company: Unknown Son of William and Emma Armitage, of Hyde Park, Leeds, Yorkshire. War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). General Service Corps 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Cambes Extract from War Diary on Date of Death: "Led by 'C' Coy the move to the wood just to the North East of LE MESNIL was accomplished. Consolidation was carried out. In the evening some casualties were caused by enemy mortar fire." APPEAL FOR INFORMATION - PLEASE USE CONTACT FORM ON HOME PAGE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASUALTY Share In Memorium Memorial HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY 1. C. 21. View Cemetery Photo Credits: FindaGrave - Linda https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56490673/william-armitage#add-to-vc

Major Casualty Information Major SAMUEL HENRY COWLEY Service Number Age Date of death 149280 33 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Company: Unknown SON OF HORACE AND ETHEL COWLEY; HUSBAND OF VIOLET MAY COWLEY, OF HARROW, MIDDLESEX. His son, also named Samuel Henry Cowley, was born 6 weeks after his death. War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). Officer 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Troarn Major SAMUEL HENRY COWLEY was killed on Wednesday 19th July 1944, having just been recently been transferred from 9 Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, to 1 Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borders. Residence or Entered Service From: HARROW, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM 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. 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. A. 14. View Cemetery Photo Credits: Samuel Henry Cowley, Son of Major SAMUEL HENRY COWLEY. FindaGrave - VetteheadRacer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56102722/samuel-henry-cowley#add-to-vc

Friends, family and contributors to the site Friends, family and contributors relatives and some officers and men without casualty pages Special Mentions Photo Rank First Name Surname Summary Corporal Thomas Wilson Adams One of the reasons this site was built L/Cpl James Pringle Adamson David Morrison's Best Man at Wedding Private Norman Bowie Son-in-law provided lots of information Researching Bernard 'Barney' Cahill Bernard's son provided photos and anecdotes. Major Terence Gilbert Coverdale Second in Command of Regiment during Normandy Campaign Lieutenant James Bird Cranston Carried out many successful patrols Civilian researcher Jenny Anderson Dawson Genealogist/detective extraordinaire Lieutenant (then Captain) Edward Munro Dishington Second in command of anti-tank platoon (then CO of Support Coy) CSM Ernest Docherty Awarded the Military Medal Major Hugh Stewart Gillies C Company Commander in Normandy Corporal William Henry Harmon DCM Received the DCM later in the War Sergeant John Frederick Richard Hartle Quoted in Monty's Ironsides Private Jeffrey Hunter Henderson Provided D-Day map and notes. Originally from the Black Watch Private Geoff Hogg Originally from The Border Regiment Corporal (post Normandy) Joseph Hunt Provided War Diary Lance Corporal Robert Anstruther Paton Laing M.M. Awarded the Military Medal Major Ronald Edward Laurie Commander of B Company Private Arthur Vincent Looker Wrote In at the Deep End Lieutenant Godfrey Clare McGrath Officer in C Company Private James McPhilemy Photos, information and 'moral support' provided by relatives. Lance Corporal Rodger Moffet Provided information and photos. Originally from Royal Scots Lance Corporal David Morrison Grandfather of Richard Grayling. Private John Notman Killed in Normandy whilst serving with No 4 Commando. Researching Jack Ogle Provided lots of information Lance Corporal David Mann Smith Peter David's son provided photos, publications and illustrations for the site. Captain Henry Andison Richardson In command of Carrier Platoon Private (post Normandy) Mark Tucker Died saving comrade under fire Prob L/CPL Unknown Unknown Potential friend of veteran. Survived WW2 - may have gone to Palestine. Captain William Iain Girdwood Wilson Padre for the 1st Battalion

BAYEUX MEMORIAL BAYEUX MEMORIAL Photo credit - Marc Quilliet BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, which was completed in 1952, contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also over 500 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German. The BAYEUX MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. 1945 Bd Fabian Ware, 14400 Bayeux, France Description courtesy of Wikipedia Previous Grave Marker RANK First Name Surname AGE Date of Death Photographs Private WILLIAM TIERNEY BALMER 21 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private ARTHUR CARROLL 20 Tuesday, 06 June 1944 Lance Corporal JOHN DICKINSON 28 Tuesday, 06 June 1944 Lieutenant ALAN MCQUEEN DON 20 Monday, 07 August 1944 Private EDWARD HOWARD 34 Tuesday, 18 July 1944 Lieutenant ERIC WILFRED KEFFORD 29 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Corporal JAMES MACKERETH 29 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Corporal JOHN McGARVIE 36 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private GEORGE DUNCAN HERRON McPHERSON 21 Sunday, 11 June 1944 Private CYRIL ARTHUR NORRIS 24 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Lance Corporal FRANCIS OWENS 21 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Next

Lieutenant Casualty Information Lieutenant JONN EDWARD RAINES Service Number Age Date of death 293251 21 Wednesday, 05 July 1944 Company: Unknown Listed as: Name 'John' Raines [J E Raines] Rank: Lieutenant Birth Place: Cheshire War Service details: Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regt) 1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary) Cambes Entry from War Diary, 4th July 1944 ""C" Coy sent out raid to GALMANCHE. Party A was successful and overran an enemy platoon or section posn. Lieut Raines, the officer commanding this party was killed. The party was rallied and brought back very ably by Cpl Cameron. No prisoners taken as enemy ran away but several enemy casualties claimed. " Lt Raines Casualty listing fram Ancestry.com Share In Memorium Memorial HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY 4. C. 7. View Cemetery Photo Credits: FindaGrave - Thierry Briere https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56491311/jonn-edward-raines

Private Casualty Information Private ARNOLD PALLISER Service Number Age Date of death 3193158 27 Wednesday, 19 July 1944 Company: Unknown Son of Mary Emily Palliser, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. 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 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. 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. F. 5. View Cemetery Photo Credits: FindaGrave - VetteheadRacer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56103754/arnold-palliser#add-to-vc

CANLoan Officers with 1st KOSB CDN35 L.V.P. Pattison Rank in June 1944 Lieutenant Date joined 1st KOSB Researching Wounded 26 July 1944. War Diary entry from date of wounds: Recce patrol returned with report of a possible enemy listening post at 156679. Enemy shelling and mortaring was more severe than usual, especially between midday and tea time. Lt Col JFM MacDonald arrived to take over command of the Bn. CANLOAN album CWM 20020022-001_44 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum Previous Next 1/1

1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature Signature details: Initial D.B. Surname Cameron Nickname/Rank N/A Match Status = Confirmed by signature Name & Rank SGT D B Cameron Service No. 3194195 Evidence SGT D B Cameron mentioned in Borderers Chronicles. Mentioned in Dispatches in The Gazette March 1945. Discharged from the Army in January 1946. Living in Edinburgh at time of claiming his medals. Sgt David Bell 'Davey' Cameron - signals. Record in database? Next Previous

SAINT-CHARLES-DE-PERCY WAR CEMETERY SAINT-CHARLES-DE-PERCY WAR CEMETERY Photo credit - Researching Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers located 1 km (0.62 mi) west of the village of Saint-Charles-de-Percy, some 44 km (27 mi) south-west of Caen in Normandy. The cemetery contains 703 identified Commonwealth war graves and is the southernmost British cemetery in Normandy 49.9250°N 0.7878°W near Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery, Normandy, France Description courtesy of Wikipedia Previous Grave Marker RANK First Name Surname AGE Date of Death Photographs Lieutenant STEPHEN HEATHCOTE ATKINSON 23 Monday, 07 August 1944 Private STANLEY ALBERT BASHAM 19 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Lieutenant WILLARD STANTON CASELEY 35 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private CHARLES DELAFUENTE 19 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private JOHN GRAHAM 19 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private HARRY HOLBROOK 19 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private BASIL ROY OTTAWAY 20 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private ROBERT TAYLOR 21 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Private WILLIAM WHITELEY 19 Sunday, 06 August 1944 Next