Established in 1689, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers has a long rich history serving both home and abroad.
David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and 2nd Earl of Melville, was born in May 1660 in Fife…
War broke out with France in 1754 when the British had attacked French positions in North America. At the same…
At the outbreak of war in August 1914, the two Regular Battalions and the two Territorial Battalions (4th and 5th)…
Between the two World Wars the 1st Battalion served in India and Chanak (1922), Malta and Palestine both in (1936).…
After the war, 6th and 7th Battalions KOSB were disbanded in 1946, and subsequently the 2nd Battalion KOSB in 1947.…
Insignia of the Regiment has develop through time and has predominantly been associated with the City of Edinburgh where we…
Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott, sister of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch, a former CO of the 4th Battalion, was born…
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