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K.O.S.B.
..................(killed) got his commis-
ion on July ...
....................(killed) was gazetted in Octo-
ber....
* The Field
5 May, 1917* [hand written]
Capt. W.F.Cochrane.
Capt. William Francis Cochrane. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has fallen in action, was the managing director
of A.N. Cochrane and Brothers Limited, tweed manufacturers,
....... and an ex-president of the South of Scotland
Chamber of Commerce. A good all-round sportsman, he was
a ....... member of the Gala F.C. fifteen, and a skilful lawn
...... player, while he was on occasion a prize winner in
the.... distance handicaps of the Scottish Border A.A.A. of
which he was in 1898 one of the founders. He was an
officer in the local Volunteer and Territorial Forces for many
years and offered himself for active service on the outbreak
of war.
Lieut. R.B. Anderson.
Lieut. Robert Ballantine Anderson. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has been killed in action, aged twenty-seven,
was the third of five sons of Mr R.B. Anderson, of Glenburn
Hill, Jedburgh, all of whom were in active service. Lieut.
Anderson, who was by profession a writer to the signet, was
educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University,
and after leaving the former proved himself an exceptionally
useful outside in the Edinburgh Academical's fifteen. Half
back in 1909-10 and 1910-11, he played at back and wing
three quarter alternately in 1911-12, and closed his football
career in the following season, when he went back, wing, three-
quarter, or half back as was required.
* The Spere
5th May 1917.* [handwritten]
ROLL OF HONOUR
photograph
2nd Lieutenant
H.E.E. Yarrow
King's Own Scottish Bor-
derers. He was granted a
commission in 1915
* The Scotsman
5th May 1917* [handwritten]
K.O.S.B.
Sec. Lt. W.P. Campell, who has been reported
killed in action, was a divinity student at EDIN-
BURGH University. He finished his curriculum in
1915, and intended to proceed to the mission field.
Sec. Lt. W.A.Howard(killed) received his com-
mission in February 1917.
*The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic
5th May 1917.* [handwritten]
PHOTOGRAPH
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
Lt.-Col. G.B.F. SMYTH, D.S.O. (wounded) who
was born in 1885, entered the Royal Engineers in
1905, becoming Captain in 1914, and Major in June
1916. He was previously wounded, and received the
D.S.O. in 1914 for services at the front.
Major W.T. FORREST, K.O.S.B., who was
previously reported killed, is now reported wounded
and missing. Major Forrest is the noted Rugby
footballer. In civilian life he was a partner with
his father in the firm of Messrs Forrest & Sons,
gunsmiths and fishing tackle manufacturers,
Square, KELSO.
*The Glasgow Herald
14th. May 1917 *[handwritten]
K.O.S.B.
Mr. ROBERT ANDREW GIBB- Killed, Sec Lt Gibb
was the youngest son of Mr John Gibb, 49 West
Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, and was 25 years of age.
He served in Gallipoli as staff sergeant-major in the
Army Service Corps. Obtaining a commission in 1915
he went to the front in December last. He was
educated at James Gillespie's School, and was a
journalist, with experience in Ayr. Dumfries. Newton-
Stewart, and latterly in London.
*The Glasgow Herald.
18th May.1917 *[handwritten]
KING'S DOWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
Mr J.S. FORSYTH (killed) was the youngest [....]
of Mr John Forsyth, 31 Stanley Street, Aberdeen.
He was in Edinburgh when the war broke out and
being a Territorial was called up. He had previously
been wounded in action. and had only been back to
the front for about a fortnight when he was killed.
Mr C.C. WATT:- Killed. Second Lieutenant. Charles
Cecil Watt, K.O.S.B., killed in action on May 8. was
the older son of the Rev. Charles J. Watt. minister
of Polwarth. At the outbreak of the war he was
studying at Edinburgh University, where he was a
member of the O.T.C., and the best rifle shot of his
year. He was 22 years of age.
*The Glasgow Bulletin
21st May, 1917*[handwritten]
AN EDINBURGH OFFICER.
PHOTOGRAPH
Second Lieutenant John Clark Moore,
K.O.S.B., who has been killed in action, was
21 years of age, and the second son of Mr and
Mrs Thomas Moore, 13 Leamington Terrace,
Edinburgh. and grandson of the late Major
Moore, Douglas. Lanarkshire, He was educated
at Lanark Grammar School. and prior to the
outbreak of war was employed by the Century
Insurance Company, Edinburgh.
PHOTOGRAPH
-
K.O.S.B.
..................(killed) got his commis-
ion on July ...
....................(killed) was gazetted in Octo-
ber....
* The Field
5 May, 1917* [hand written]
Capt. W.F.Cochrane.
Capt. William Francis Cochrane. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has fallen in action, was the managing director
of A.N. Cochrane and Brothers Limited, tweed manufacturers,
....... and an ex-president of the South of Scotland
Chamber of Commerce. A good all-round sportsman, he was
a ....... member of the Gala F.C. fifteen, and a skilful lawn
...... player, while he was on occasion a prize winner in
the.... distance handicaps of the Scottish Border A.A.A. of
which he was in 1898 one of the founders. He was an
officer in the local Volunteer and Territorial Forces for many
years and offered himself for active service on the outbreak
of war.
Lieut. R.B. Anderson.
Lieut. Robert Ballantine Anderson. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has been killed in action, aged twenty-seven,
was the third of five sons of Mr R.B. Anderson, of Glenburn
Hill, Jedburgh, all of whom were in active service. Lieut.
Anderson, who was by profession a writer to the signet, was
educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University,
and after leaving the former proved himself an exceptionally
useful outside in the Edinburgh Academical's fifteen. Half
back in 1909-10 and 1910-11, he played at back and wing
three quarter alternately in 1911-12, and closed his football
career in the following season, when he went back, wing, three-
quarter, or half back as was required.
* The Spere
5th May 1917.* [handwritten]
ROLL OF HONOUR
photograph
2nd Lieutenant
H.E.E. Yarrow
King's Own Scottish Bor-
derers. He was granted a
commission in 1915
* The Scotsman
5th May 1917* [handwritten]
K.O.S.B.
Sec. Lt. W.P. Campell, who has been reported
killed in action, was a divinity student at EDIN-
BURGH University. He finished his curriculum in
1915, and intended to proceed to the mission field.
Sec. Lt. W.A.Howard(killed) received his com-
mission in February 1917.
*The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic
5th May 1917.* [handwritten]
PHOTOGRAPH
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
Lt.-Col. G.B.F. SMYTH, D.S.O. (wounded) who
was born in 1885, entered the Royal Engineers in
1905, becoming Captain in 1914, and Major in June
1916. He was previously wounded, and received the
D.S.O. in 1914 for services at the front.
Major W.T. FORREST, K.O.S.B., who was
previously reported killed, is now reported wounded
and missing. Major Forrest is the noted Rugby
footballer. In civilian life he was a partner with
his father in the firm of Messrs Forrest & Sons,
gunsmiths and fishing tackle manufacturers,
Square, KELSO.
-
K.O.S.B.
..................(killed) got his commis-
ion on July ...
....................(killed) was gazetted in Octo-
ber....
The Field
5 May, 1917
Capt. W.F.Cochrane.
Capt. William Francis Cochrane. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has fallen in action, was the managing director
of A.N. Cochrane and Brothers Limited, tweed manufacturers,
....... and an ex-president of the South of Scotland
Chamber of Commerce. A good all-round sportsman, he was
a ....... member of the Gala F.C. fifteen, and a skilful lawn
...... player, while he was on occasion a prize winner in
the.... distance handicaps of the Scottish Border A.A.A. of
which he was in 1898 one of the founders. He was an
officer in the local Volunteer and Territorial Forces for many
years and offered himself for active service on the outbreak
of war.
Lieut. R.B. Anderson.
Lieut. Robert Ballantine Anderson. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has been killed in action, aged twenty-seven,
was the third of five sons of Mr R.B. Anderson, of Glenburn
Hill, Jedburgh, all of whom were in active service. Lieut.
Anderson, who was by profession a writer to the signet, was
educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University,
and after leaving the former proved himself an exceptionally
useful outside in the Edinburgh Academical's fifteen. Half
back in 1909-10 and 1910-11, he played at back and wing
three quarter alternately in 1911-12, and closed his football
career in the following season, when he went back, wing, three-
quarter, or half back as was required.
The Spere
5th May 1917.
ROLL OF HONOUR
photograph
2nd Lieutenant
H.E.E. Yarrow
King's Own Scottish Bor-
derers. He was granted a
commission in 1915
The Scotsman
5th May 1917
K.O.S.B.
Sec. Lt. W.P. Campell, who has been reported
killed in action, was a divinity student at EDIN-
BURGH University. He finished his curriculum in
1915, and intended to proceed to the mission field.
Sec. Lt. W.A.Howard(killed) received his com-
mission in February 1917.
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic
5th May 1917.
PHOTOGRAPH
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
Lt.-Col. G.B.F. SMYTH, D.S.O. (wounded) who
was born in 1885, entered the Royal Engineers in
1905, becoming Captain in 1914, and Major in June
1916. He was previously wounded, and received the
D.S.O. in 1914 for services at the front.
Major W.T. FORREST, K.O.S.B., who was
previously reported killed, is now reported wounded
and missing. Major Forrest is the noted Rugby
footballer. In civilian life he was a partner with
his father in the firm of Messrs Forrest & Sons,
gunsmiths and fishing tackle manufacturers,
Square, KELSO.
-
K.O.S.B.
..................(killed) got his commis-
ion on July ...
....................(killed) was gazetted in Octo-
ber....
The Field
5 May, 1917
Capt. W.F.Cochrane.
Capt. William Francis Cochrane. King's Own Scottish
Borderers, who has fallen in action, was the managing director
of A.N. Cochrane and Brothers Limited, tweed manufacturers,
.......
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