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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 ...
Arnhem area showing the designated drop and landing zones King George VI inspects men of the 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Airborne Division, in the North Midlands, 1944. After service in the Mediterranean the brigade returned to Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire , where it was reinforced by the arrival of the 7th Battalion, King ...
The 7th Brigade formed part of the 7th Division under the command of Major-general Kenneth MacKenzie. It consisted of: 2nd Battalion, 25th (the King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot [3] 2nd Battalion, 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot [4] 2nd Battalion, 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) [5]
1st Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)] – (1959–2006) 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers – (1689–2006) 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) – (1881–2006) 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) – (1961–1994)
2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (28 May 1942 – 14 July 1943) 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (15 July – 3 December 1943) 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (29 July – 2 November 1943) 13th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (11 August 1943 – 17 January 1944)
5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (from 12 February 1945) 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from 14 March 1945) Divisional troops 52nd Divisional artillery, Royal Artillery. 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (left 3 June 1942) 79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 8 June, rejoined 1 July 1940)
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (left February 1918) 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (merged with the 8th Battalion in May 1916, renamed the 7th/8th Battalion, left May 1916) 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (merged with the 7th Battalion in May 1916)