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| unit_name1 = 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| unit_name1_end_date = 1915
 
| unit_name1_end_date = 1915
 
| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Renumbering of territorial battalions.
 
| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Renumbering of territorial battalions.
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| unit_name2 = 1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
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| unit_name2 = 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers<ref>{{RefJames|69}}</ref>
 
| unit_name2_start_date = 1915
 
| unit_name2_start_date = 1915
 
| unit_name2_end_date = unknown
 
| unit_name2_end_date = unknown

Revision as of 11:48, 12 March 2015

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1/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 1915
Reason for change: Renumbering of territorial battalions.
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers[1]
Name2 Start: 1915
Name2 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: King's Own Scottish Borderers, UK
Parent level:
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 155th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/03/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 103rd Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1918
End date: 31/03/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 1st Lowland Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1919
End date: 31/08/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Gallipoli
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 31/01/1916
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 01/02/1916
Date left: 31/03/1918
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/04/1918
Date left: 31/08/1919
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

Unit histories

  • George Francis Scott Elliot, War History of the 5th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, (Dumfries: Dinwiddie, 1928).

Other official documents

Other sources

References

  1. ↑ Template:RefJames
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