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War History of the 5th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers [1928, British Army]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at the University of Michigan https://books.google.com/books?id=MS3FAAAAMAAJ Note some pages are missing from the beginning of the book, from the Preface and Content sections. It appears from the list of Illustrations, that the Battalion served at Gallipoli, in Egypt and Palestine, and on the Western Front. https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/kings-own-scottish-borderers/ advises 1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion August 1914 : in Dumfries. Part of South Scottish Brigade, Lowland Division. Moved to Bannockburn (Stirling) and Tillicoultry. 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. 2/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion Formed at Dumfries in September 1914 as a home service (“second line”) unit. January 1915 : came under orders of 194th Brigade, 65th Division. Moved to Rumbling Bri

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