King's Own Scottish Borderers
The regiment was raised on 18 March 1689 by David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James VII.The regiment was judged to have performed well and was granted the privilege of recruiting by beat of drum in the City of Edinburgh without prior permission of the provost.[6] The 3rd (Militia) battalion was embodied in January 1900 for service in the Second Boer War, and 998 officers and men embarked for South Africa on the SS Kildon Castle two months later.The troops attacked "hostile but unarmed" protesters with rifle fire and bayonets - resulting in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to in excess of 30 more.[13] A detachment of the battalion was responsible for killing four and wounding 38 unarmed civilians during an altercation with a crowd on the day of the Howth gun-running in July 1914.After being evacuated from Gallipoli in January 1916 they moved to Egypt and then took part in the Third Battle of Gaza in November 1917[14] before landing at Marseille in April 1918 for service on the Western Front.[14] One of its heaviest losses during the war was at the ill-fated Battle of Arnhem in which the 7th Battalion, as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade of 1st Airborne Division, suffered 90% casualties in September 1944;[17] they defended the perimeter in Oosterbeek against 2nd SS Panzer Corps.Within a year of its return to the UK in May 1965, the regiment was again deployed overseas in response to Indonesia's aggression in Borneo against newly formed Malaysia.[20] The regiment was at first deployed in Hong Kong, replacing a Gurkha battalion sent to Borneo, then to the Jungle Warfare School at Kota Tinggi in Malaysia in August 1965.[20] It was subsequently regularly posted to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner during the Troubles and suffered casualties during the 1989 Derryard attack which killed two of its men.
King's Own Royal Border RegimentKingdom of ScotlandKingdom of Great BritainUnited KingdomBritish ArmyLine InfantryScottish DivisionBerwick BarracksBerwick-upon-TweedMinden Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, CI, GCVO, GBEJohn CooperOperation BannerregimentRoyal ScotsRoyal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)52nd Lowland Regiment51st Highland RegimentRoyal Regiment of ScotlandRoyal Scots BorderersDavid Melville, 3rd Earl of LevenDavid Leslie, 3rd Earl of LevenJacobiteJames VIIBattle of KilliecrankieWilliamiteJohn Graham, 1st Viscount DundeeBonnie DundeeEdinburghBattle of FontenoyBattle of CullodenBattle of MindenSussexBattle of AlexandriaScottish BordersCardwell ReformsFulford BarracksChilders reformsMilitiaDumfriesSecond Anglo-Afghan WarPeshawarSecond Boer WarSouth AfricaTerritorial ForceSpecial ReserveBachelor's Walk massacreDublinBachelor's WalkLucknowCape HellesGallipoli87th Brigade29th DivisionAlexandriaMarseilleWestern FrontBattle of the SommeBattle of PasschendaeleBattle of LysBattle of CambraiHome Rule Crisis13th Brigade5th Divisionan altercation with a crowdHowth gun-runningLe HavreBattle of MonsBattle of Le CateauFirst Battle of the AisneSecond Battle of YpresBattle of Vimy Ridge155th Brigade52nd (Lowland) DivisionThird Battle of GazaKing George VBoulogne-sur-Mer28th Brigade9th (Scottish) DivisionBattle of LoosBattle of Arras46th Brigade15th (Scottish) DivisionBattle of Pilckem RidgeSecond Battle of the SommeSecond Battle of the MarneOperation 'Charnwood'between the warsBritish EmpireSecond World War9th Brigade3rd Infantry DivisionBritish Expeditionary ForceDunkirk evacuationNormandy landingsBattle for Caen89th Brigade7th Indian Infantry DivisionBurma CampaignBattle of the Admin BoxBattle of ImphalSaint-MaloCherbourgOperation InfatuateBremenUniversal Carriers44th BrigadeBattle of Arnhem1st Airlanding Brigade1st Airborne DivisionOosterbeek2nd SS Panzer CorpsBritish Mandate of PalestineUnited NationsFirst Battle of Maryang SanKorean WarBill SpeakmanVictoria CrossSecond Battle of Maryang-sanMalayan EmergencyRadfan CampaignFederation of South ArabiaIndonesia