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King's Own Scottish Borderers

The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), 52nd Lowland Regiment, and 51st Highland Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. However, after just a few months the battalion merged with the Royal Scots Battalion to form the Royal Scots Borderers.

Not to be confused with King's Own Royal Border Regiment.

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1689 – 1 August 2006

 Kingdom of Scotland (1689–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–2006)

 British Army

Line Infantry

One battalion

Scottish Division

Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed

In Veritate Religionis Confido (I put my trust in the truth of religion)
Nisi Dominus Frustra (Without the Lord, everything is in vain)

Minden – 1 August

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, CI, GCVO, GBE[1]

John Cooper (Operation Banner, 1993–97)

Leslie (trews)
Royal Stewart (pipers kilts and plaids)

King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum[edit]

The King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum is located in Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed.[26]

(1695); Minden (1759); Egmont-op-Zee (1799); Egypt (1801); Martinique (1809); Afghanistan (1878–80); Chitral (1895); Tirah (1897–98); Paardeberg, Second Boer War (1899–1902).

Namur

: Mons, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914, Ypres 1915, Ypres 1917, Ypres 1918, Loos, Somme 1916, Somme 1918, Arras 1917, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Hindenburg Line, Gallipoli, Gaza.

World War I

: Dunkirk, Sword Beach, Odon, Caen, Arnhem, Flushing, Rhine, Bremen, Burma Campaign (Ngakyedauk Pass, Imphal, Irrawaddy).

World War II

(1951–52); Gulf War (1991).

Kowang-San

The battle honours are:[3]


Civic honours are:

1937: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, CI, GCVO, GBE

[1]

The colonel-in-chief was:

1688–1694: Lt-Gen.

David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven

1694–1711: Lt-Gen. James Maitland

1711–1715: Brig-Gen. William Breton

1715–1721: F.M.

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon

1721–1732:

Brig-Gen. John Middleton

1732–1745: Gen. , KT

John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes

1745–1746: Brig-Gen.

Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill

1746–1747: Lt-Gen.

John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford

1747–1752: Gen.

William Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure

John Talbot Coke, second-in-command of the KOSB in the Sudan campaign, who went on to be a general officer in the Second Boer War

John Talbot Coke, second-in-command of the KOSB in the Sudan campaign, who went on to be a general officer in the Second Boer War

Sergeant Bill Speakman, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Korean War.

Sergeant Bill Speakman, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Korean War.

Cap badge, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Cap badge, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Cap badge, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Cap badge, King's Own Scottish Borderers

King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial, North Bridge Edinburgh

King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial, North Bridge Edinburgh

Royle, Trevor (2008). The King's Own Scottish Borderers: A Concise History. : Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-091-9 (Link on Google Books)

Edinburgh

For operational details see

Second World War 60th Anniversary

(archived 16 February 2012)

6th Bn., King's Own Scottish Borderers Historical Reenactment Unit

KOSB WWII historical reenactment unit

(archived 28 June 2014)

King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum