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Revision as of 11:45, 12 March 2015
2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army | |
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Years active: | unknown – unknown |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Service: | British Army |
Branch: | Regular Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1,000 |
Sources for overview: | |
Created: | unknown. |
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Name1: | 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers[1] |
Name1 Start: | unknown |
Name1 End: | unknown |
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Alternate names: | |
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Disbanded: | unknown. |
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | King's Own Scottish Borderers, UK |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | unknown |
End date: | unknown |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 13th Infantry Brigade, UK |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/08/1914 |
End date: | 31/05/1919 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
Date entered: | 01/08/1914 |
Date left: | 30/11/1917 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | Italy |
Date entered: | 01/12/1917 |
Date left: | 31/03/1918 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
Date entered: | 1/4/1918 |
Date left: | 31/05/1919 |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Thomas H. Gibbon
Template:RefLives was an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1914 he was attached to this battalion as medical officer, and wrote a letter about his experiences in the early weeks of the war:
- Page images at the Wellcome Library
- Original document held at the Army Medical Services Museum, Keogh Barracks. Reference: RAMC/535.
The letter mentions being attached to the "K O S Bs" and mobilising in Dublin, which is only consistent with this battalion. The only medal card for a medical officer called T.H. Gibbon states that he was attached to this battalion.
Related media
- Photo of Template:RefLives (service number 8074), who was captured in France while serving with this battalion in August 1914.
- Photo of Template:RefLives (service number 15522), who was killed while serving with this battalion on 3rd September 1916.
Official sources
Unit war diaries
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
- Template:RefLives, linking soldiers from this and other battalions who were in action at Falfemont Farm on 3rd September 1916.