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- Early History: 1689 to 1900
  Established in 1689, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers has a long rich history serving both home and abroad.
- The Earl of Leven
  David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and 2nd Earl of Melville, was born in May 1660 in Fife…
- Minden
  War broke out with France in 1754 when the British had attacked French positions in North America. At the same…
- World War One
  At the outbreak of war in August 1914, the two Regular Battalions and the two Territorial Battalions (4th and 5th)…
- World War Two
  Between the two World Wars the 1st Battalion served in India and Chanak (1922), Malta and Palestine both in (1936).…
- Post World War Two
  After the war, 6th and 7th Battalions KOSB were disbanded in 1946, and subsequently the 2nd Battalion KOSB in 1947.…
- Insignia
  Insignia of the Regiment has develop through time and has predominantly been associated with the City of Edinburgh where we…
- Colonel-in-Chief
  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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Sgt John Stewart Barr

It is with the greatest regret that I must inform you of the death of Sgt John Stewart Barr who died last week aged 92. John, a Korean veteran and proud Borderer served with 1 KOSB in Malaya and Berlin in the 1950-60s. Funeral arrangements will be promulgated when known.

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