Group photo of D Company, 1st KOSB prior to Normandy landings

Ten days before D-Day, 37 officers were listed on the 1st KOSB's Field Return — men who had trained together and were about to land on Sword Beach. Three months later, on 2 September 1944 as the battalion prepared to leave Normandy, 32 officers appeared on the roll.

The training took place from 21 August 1944, using a Class 9 FBE bridge, a Class 9 Close Support Raft and six Storm Boats — all part of the operational allotment, which could not be replaced if damaged. A month later, these skills would be put to the test for real when the battalion crossed the Meuse-Escaut Canal in September 1944.

We were contacted via Facebook by Chalky White, whose father was Lance Corporal Noel White. He had a couple of photos of his Dad with his mates and wanted to confirm if one of them was Private Mark Tucker.

'Victory in Europe' day, 1945 was spent in a small town in Germany. The War Diary for 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers on the 7th and 8th of May report the following:

Prior to the D-Day landings, the 1st KOSB were stationed in Denmead in the New Forest. The day the official War Office Photographer (Sgt...

Many years ago (most likely the 80s) I went through my Grandad's photo album with him and scrawled a couple of dates/place names on the pages. I hadn't done it with this photo so knew nothing about it. My only clue was that the piper is also in my Grandad's Wedding Photo - and I presumed he was the Best Man.

August 19441st KOSB, 'played the pipes in honour of an American airman shot by the SS'.

One of our contributors, Rob Bowie, sent us some images of a 50 Franc French bank note that was signed by members of 1st KOSB's Signals...

To help the British Army boost their number of officers during World War 2, the Canadian Army set up a scheme whereby they would loan...

We have dedicated numerous hours to gather a complete roster of individuals who perished in Normandy, as well as what we believe to be a...

We are in the process of preparing credits, thank you's and links to the information we have been given, or found online and will update to reflect as soon as we can. GROUP PHOTO We are compiling a list of information sources, as we go. So far we have used information from: The Fallen Heroes of Normandy Archive Ancestry.co.uk Findagrave.com Personal collections from relatives on our Special Mention page cwgc.org (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) Normandy War Guide Paul Sca