The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Battalions of the Regular Army
1st Battalion
August 1914 : in Lucknow, India.
Returned to England on 28 December 1914 and came under orders of 87th Brigade, 29th Division. Moved to Rugby.
Sailed
from Avonmouth on 18 March 1915 and landed at Cape Helles on Gallipoli 25 April 1915.
8 January 1916 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Alexandra in Egypt.
18 March 1916 : arrived at Marseilles for service in France.
2nd Battalion
August 1914 : in Dublin. Part of
13th Brigade, 5th Division.
Landed at Le Havre 15 August 1914.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion
August 1914 : in Dumfries. A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the
war. Moved on 9 August 1914 to Portland
and Weymouth. Moved to Edinburgh in April 1915 and to Ireland in December
1917, initially going to Templemore. From May 1918 was at Claremorris.
Battalions of the Territorial Force
1/4th (Border) Battalion
August 1914 : in Galashiels. Part
of South Scottish Brigade, Lowland Division. Moved to Cambusbarron (Stirling).
11 May 1915 : formation became 155th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division.
Sailed
from Liverpool on 24 May 1915 for service at Gallipoli. Landed 14 June 1915.
January 1916: moved via Mudros to Egypt.
17 April 1918 : moved with Division and landed at Marseilles for service in France.
1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion
August 1914 : in Dumfries. Part
of South Scottish Brigade, Lowland Division. Moved to Bannockburn (Stirling).
11 May 1915 : formation became 155th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division.
Sailed
from Liverpool on 24 May 1915 for service at Gallipoli. Landed 6 June 1915.
January 1916: moved via Mudros to Egypt.
17 April 1918 : moved with Division and landed at Marseilles for service in France.
28 June
1918 : transferred to 103rd Brigade, 34th Division.
2/4th (Border) Battalion
Formed at
Galashiels in September 1914 as a home service ("second line") unit.
January 1915
: attached to 194th Brigade, 65th
Division. Moved to Hawick in August
1915.
November 1915
: with 2/5th Bn, formed 14th Battalion.
January 1916
: absorbed in
2/5th Bn.
2/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion
Formed at
Galashiels in September 1914 as a home service ("second line")
unit.
January 1915
: attached to 194th Brigade, 65th Division. Moved
to Rumbling Bridge in August 1915 and on to Falkirk in November 1915.
November 1915
: with 2/4th Bn, formed 14th Battalion.
January 1916
: absorbed the 2/4th Bn.
Moved
to Chelmsford in February 1916 and on to Ireland in January 1917, initially
at Ballykinler. Moved to the Curragh in July 1917 and disbanded there
on 15 May 1918.
3/4th and 3/5th Battalions
Formed in January and March 1915,
in Galashiels and Dumfries respectively, as a depot/training
units. Moved to Ripon in early 1916.
8 April 1916 : became 4th and
5th Reserve Bns.
1 September 1916 :4th absorbed 5th Reserve Bn at Catterick.
Moved
to Dunfermline in October 1917 for duty with Forth Garrison.
Battalions of the New Armies
6th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Berwick-on-Tweed in August
1914 as part of K1 and attached to 28th Brigade in 9th
(Scottish) Division.
Moved to Bordon and in March 1915 went on to
Bramshott. Landed at Boulogne 12 May 1915.
6 May 1916 : transferred to 27th Brigade in same Division.
7th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Berwick-on-Tweed in September
1914 as part of K2 and attached to 46th Brigade in 15th
(Scottish) Division. Moved to Bordon and in February 1915 went into
billets at Winchester. Moved to Park House and Chisledon Camps (Salisbury
Plain) in April 1915.
Landed at Boulogne 10 July 1917.
28 May 1916 : in Bethune, merged with 8th Bn to form 7/8th.
8th (Service) Battalion
Record same as 7th Bn.
9th (Reserve) Battalion
Formed at Portland in November
1914 as a Service Battalion of K4 and attached to 102nd Brigade, original
34th Division.
Moved to Dorchester in February 1915 but went
on to Stobs in June and Catterick in October 1915.
10 April 1915 : became a Reserve
battalion and moved to Kinghorn.
1 September 1916 : converted into 53rd Training Reserve Battalion of 12th Reserve Brigade.
10th (Service) Battalion
Formed at France on 11 June 1918
when the 9th Garrison Guard Bn was renamed the 10th (Garrison) Bn. Attached
to 120th Brigade, 40th Division
By 13 July 1918 : renamed 10th (Service) Bn.
Other Battalions
14th Battalion
The short-lived temporary
name of the merged 2/4th and 2/5th Battalions, between November 1915
and January 1916.
