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Officers of The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1939-1945

 

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Blacklock, E N	? -	2nd Lt. 15.06.1932? Lt. 15.06.1935 T/Capt. 06.04.1944	15.06.1932?     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army (01.1937) - (01.1939) 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 24.08.1939     mobilized
Bullen-Smith, David Charles	23.10.1898 - 1970	2nd Lt. 16.08.1916 A/Capt. 05.12.1917-10.07.1919 Lt. 16.02.1918 Capt. 16.05.1928 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 10.06.1940-09.09.1940 T/Lt.Col. 10.09.1940-08.12.1941 WS/Lt.Col. 09.12.1941 A/Col. 09.06.1941-08.12.1941 T/Col. 09.12.1941-30.05.1943 WS/Col. 31.05.1943 Col. 15.05.1944, seniority 31.05.1943 A/Brig. 09.06.1941-08.12.1941 T/Brig. 09.12.1941-30.05.1943 & 14.08.1944-[01.1946?] A/Maj.Gen 31.05.1942-30.05.1943 T/Maj.Gen 31.05.1943-25.07.1944 Hon. Maj.Gen. 24.07.1946  (retd) MC WW I ? British War Medal; Victory Medal; NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Medal and Clasp	Education: psc 16.08.1916     commissioned, The  King's Own Scottish Borderers 1917 - 1918 served European War (France & Belgium, 12.1917-17.04.1918 & 20.10.1918-11.11.1918; wounded) 17.06.1925 - 16.06.1928 Adjutant, ... The  King's Own Scottish Borderers 30.08.1928 - 29.08.1932 Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College 23.05.1937 - 27.10.1938 Staff Captain, ... (India) 28.10.1938 - 02.09.1939 Brigade Major, ... (India) 03.09.1939 - 02.04.1940 Brigade Major, ... (British Expeditionery Force) 03.04.1940 - 09.06.1940 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), 3rd Infantry Division (British Expeditionery Force, UK) 1940 -   Chief of Staff, 3rd Infantry Division (France) 1940 -   General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), 3rd Infantry Division (UK) 1940 - 1941 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borderers 09.06.1941 - 18.11.1941 Commander, 219th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) (UK) 24.11.1941 - 13.05.1942  Commandant, Senior Officers' School 14.05.1942 - 14.08.1943 General Officer Commanding, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (UK) 21.08.1943 - 26.07.1944 General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Sicily, UK, NW Europe)

 

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Hankey, John Basil Alers "Jack"	29.11.1901 -	2nd Lt. 31.08.1922 Lt. 31.08.1924 Capt. 01.09.1936 Maj. 31.08.1939 A/Lt.Col. 08.01.1941 T/Lt.Col. 08.04.1941 Hon. Lt.Col. 03.11.1946  (retd) DSO 21.06.1945 ? OBE ? ? MID 09.08.1945 ?	31.08.1922     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 16.09.1932 - 15.09.1935 Adjutant, ... Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 26.01.1936 - 16.10.1939 Adjutant, 4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 17.10.1939 - 07.01.1941 Second-in-Command, 4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 08.01.1941 - 05.06.1942 Commanding Officer, 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Reconnaissance Battalion, renamed: 06.06.1942 - 31.12.1943 Commanding Officer, 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment, renamed: 01.01.1944 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, 52nd (Lowland) Reconnaissance Regiment, RAC 09.1945 - 1946? Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers

 

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Lake, Basil Charles	07.04.1889 -	2nd Lt. 24.03.1909 Lt.Col. 08.05.1936 Col. 26.08.1939, seniority 08.05.1939 retd 14.06.1940 Hon. Brig. 15.01.1945 DSO 1919 ? MID WW I ? 1914 Star & Bar; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine Medal & Clasp; War & Defence Medals (1937); Coronation Medal; Order of the Crown (Italy)	Education: Clifton College 24.03.1909     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers       served Great War in France & Italy (wounded twice) 08.05.1936 - (01.1939) Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (3.9.1939) - 03.11.1939 Commander, 44th Infantry Brigade

 

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Machin, Lionel Frederick Married (1923) Constance ("Consie") Marion Gough; second time (1968) Lois Edith Barstow.	17.08.1893 - 03.04.1974	2nd Lt. 17.02.1915 T/Lt. 23.08.1915-21.01.1916 Lt. 25.01.1916 T/Capt. 22.01.1916-07.08.1917 Capt. 01.12.1923 A/Maj. 08.08.1917-14.09.1917 Maj. 06.05.1936 A/Lt.Col. 01.09.1939-30.11.1939 T/Lt.Col. 01.12.1939-31.07.1942 Lt.Col. 01.08.1942  (supernumerary 01.08.1945) (retd 28.03.1947) MC WW I ? MID 04.01.1917 ? 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp	17.02.1915     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers       served the Great War (France & Belgium, 25.05.1915-02.12.1917 & 03.04.1918-11.11.1918; Italy, 03.12.1917-02.04.1918) (MC) 26.03.1926 - 25.03.1930 Adjutant, Territorial Army 28.03.1940 - 16.07.1942 Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Maxwell, J H	? -	2nd Lt. 01.04.1939 WS/Lt. 01.01.1941	01.04.1939     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army (5th Battalion) 24.08.1939     mobilized (>04.1941)   (<04.1944) transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps - Territorial Army (04.1944)     serving under the Air Ministry
Meek, A L	? -	2nd Lt. 07.06.1939 WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 16.07.1942 Hon. Capt. 1945/46  (reld)	07.06.1939     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized (1939)     7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (04.1944)     garisson Adjutant

 

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Napier, Sir William Francis Cyril James Hamilton; 13th Lord Napier, cr. 1627; 4th Baron Ettrick, cr. 1872; 10th Baronet of Thirlestane, cr. 1666 before 1941 known as: Hon. W.F.C.J.H. Napier, Master of Napier since 1941 known as: the Lord Napier and Ettrick eldest son of 12th Baron Napier and 3rd Ettrick and Hon. Clarice Jessie E. (died 1951), 3rd daughter of 9th Baron Belhaven and Stenton; succeeded father, 1941; sits as Baron Ettrick; married 1928, Muir, daughter of Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st and last Bt; four sons.	09.09.1900 Ettrick, Selkirk - 23.08.1954 Ettrick, Selkirk	2nd Lt. 1920 Capt. 08.05.1932 [Regular Army Reserve of Officers] Maj. 12.05.1934 Lt.Col. 02.09.1939  (retd 1946) TD ? ?	Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1920     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army (01.1937) - (01.1939) 4th (Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Territorial) 24.08.1939     mobilized 1939 - 1941 Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 20.04.1943 - 1944 Assistant Atjutant General, War Office Member Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland), 1930-. DL and JP Selkirkshire; County Councillor for Selkirkshire, 1946-1948; Pres. Border Area Council, British Legion, Scotland; Joint Hon. Sec. Scottish Peers Association

 

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Reid, Robert Payton	31.07.1897 - 01.11.1971 Witham, Essex	2nd Lt. 22.12.1915 Lt. 01.07.1917 Capt. 01.12.1927 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 10.8.1940-09.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 10.11.1940-15.10.1941 & 30.03.1942-21.08.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 22.08.1945 Lt.Col. 01.08.1945 A/Col. 22.02.1945-21.08.1945 T/Col 22.8.1945) Hon. Col. 27.01.1948  (retd) DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal, Palestine 1936-1939 Medal and Clasp	22.12.1915     commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [13802] 1916 - 1919 served in the Great War (22.08.1916-18.08.1917 & 22.9.1918-11.11.1918 France & Belgium); wounded; acting Captain 5th Battalion (30.01.1919-04.04.1919) 1919     served with 2nd Battalion Thr King's Own Scottish Borderers (Devonport, UK) 24.12.1920 - 20.12.1925 employed with the King's African Rifles (temporary Captain 01.10.1923) (East Africa) interbellum     served with 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Egypt, Hong Kong) (1937)     served with 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Malta, Palestine) 11.07.1937 - 09.08.1940 specially employed as Adjutant, The King's Own Malta Regiment (retaining the rank of Major in that regiment) 08.1940 - 01.1942 regimental service (?) 26.01.1942 - 29.03.1942 Second-in-Command, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) 30.03.1942 - 12.10.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) [04.07.1942-18.07.1942 acting Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade (UK)] 12.10.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK, Arnhem; DSO) [11.12.1944-14.12.1944 acting Commander, 1st Airlanding Brigade (UK)] 1946 - 25.04.1947 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (India, Burma)
Richardson, Charles Walter Philipps	08.01.1905 - 11.02.1993	2nd Lt. 30.08.1924 Lt. 30.08.1926 Capt. 30.04.1937 A/Maj. 01.05.1941-31.07.1941 T/Maj. 01.08.1941-29.08.1941 Maj. 30.08.1941 A/Lt.Col. 160.7.1944-15.10.1944 T/Lt.Col. 16.10.1944-09.08.1946 WS/Lt.Col. 10.08.1946 Lt.Col. 27.01.1948 (supernumerary 27.01.1951) A/Col. 05.11.1945-08.12.1945 & 15.03.1946-09.08.1946 T/Col. 10.08.1946-12.05.1948 & 04.07.1949-08.02.1951 Col. 09.02.1951 A/Brig. 05.11.1945-08.12.1945 T/Brig. 27.04.1952-26.03.1955 Brig. 27.03.1955  (retd 22.04.1957) DSO 07.06.1945 ? DSO 21.06.1945 ? MID 08.04.1949 ? Chevalier, Order of Leopold with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium; 25.9.1947); King Haakon VII Liberty Medal (Norway; 25.3.1949)	Education: psc 30.08.1924     commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers        served in Egypt, China and India 01.05.1941   05.01.1942 Chief Instructor 19.01.1942 06.08.1942 - - 28.02.1942 28.01.1943 Brigade Major, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 16.07.1944 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 13.07.1945 - 24.07.1945 acting Commander, 44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) 05.11.1945 - 08.12.1945 Brigade Commander 05.02.1946 - 14.03.1946 Chief Instructor 15.03.1946 - 31.12.1946 Assistant Commandant, School of Infantry, Warminster 01.01.1947 - 12.05.1948 Commandant, Tactical Wing, School of Infantry, Warminster 13.05.1948 - 03.07.1949 GSO1, Singapore District (despatches, Malaya, 1948) 04.07.1949 - 07.06.1951 Deputy Commandant, Malay Regiment 02.07.1951 - 14.04.1952 Director of Amphibious Warfare (Training), Amphibious Warfare HQ 27.04.1952 - 18.12.1954 Commander, 158th Infantry Brigade (TA) 01.02.1955 - 1957 Deputy Commander, HQ Lowland District

 

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Sandeman, Robert John	20.04.1898 -	2nd Lt. 16.08.1916 Lt. 16.02.1918 A/Capt. 13.11.1918-08.04.1919 Capt. 30.08.1928 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 08.01.1941-07.04.1941 T/Lt.Col. 08.04.1941-26.05.1941 Hon. Lt.Col. 12.06.1947  (retd) British War Medal; Victory Medal	16.08.1916     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 19.08.1917 - 22.03.1918 served in France 13.11.1918 - 08.04.1919 Captain, Lanark Yeomanry 19.05.1920 - 29.04.1922 employed with WAFF 08.01.1941 - 26.05.1941 Commanding Officer, 15th (Scottish) Battalion Reconnaissance Corps 20.06.1945     regimental service, KOSB
Saunders, R	? -	2nd Lt. 22.11.1931? Lt. 22.11.1934 Capt. 19.05.1939 T/Maj. 10.01.1946	22.11.1931?     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army (01.1937) - (01.1939) 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 24.08.1939     mobilized
Sellon, Robert Dundas	01.06.1907 Merstham, Surrey - 07.1974 Swanmore, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 08.09.1928, seniority 01.03.1928 Lt. 01.03.1931 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 14.02.1941-13.05.1941 T/Maj. 14.05.1941-24.02.1942 & 02.04.1942-25.10.1942 & 24.02.1943-28.02.1945 Maj. 01.03.1945 A/Lt.Col. 01.02.1945-30.04.1945 T/Lt.Col. 01.05.1945 Hon. Lt.Col. 23.10.1948  (retd)	01.03.1928     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers (from the General List, Territorial Army) 16.09.1935 - 15.09.1938 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 01.01.1939 - 13.02.1941 specially employed (Adjutant to 13.02.1941) 28.12.1944 - 28.11.1945 Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Shillington, John Graham	18.12.1900 -	2nd Lt. 16.07.1920 Lt. 16.07.1922 Capt. 15.12.1934 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 14.07.1941-13.10.1941 T/Lt.Col. 14.10.1941-14.11.1944 & 10.40.1945-... Hon. Lt.Col. 04.07.1947  (retd) DSO 19.10.1944 ?	16.07.1920     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 29.10.1934 - 14.12.1938 Adjutant, 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (TA) 14.10.1941 - 16.07.1944 Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (wounded)
Stormonth Darling, Sir James Carlisle "Jamie" Son of late Robert Stormonth Darling, Writer to the Signet, Rosebank, Kelso, Roxburghshire, and late Beryl Madeleine Sayer, Battle, Sussex; married 1948, Mary Finella, BEM 1945, DL, daughter of late Lt.­Gen. Sir James Gammell, KCB, DSO, MC; one son two daughters.	18.07.1918 - 17.04.2000 [Dirleton, East Lothian ?]	2nd Lt. 01.10.1938 Lt. Capt. Maj. A/Lt.Col. T/Lt.Col. Hon. Lt.Col. - Kt 1983 ? CBE 1972 ? MC 1945 ? TD ? ?   WS ? ?	Education: Winchester College; Christ Church, Oxford; BA 1939, MA 1972; Edinburgh University; LLB 1949 01.10.1938     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army 1939 - 1941 service in KOSB 09.01.1941 - 30.09.1945 52nd (L) Reconnaissance Regt, RAC 01.10.1945 - 31.03.1946 Commanding Officer, 52nd (L) Reconnaissance Regt, RAC   Admitted Writer to the Signet, 1949. Member, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), 1958-. Mem., Ancient Monuments Bd for Scotland, 1983-1993. Dir, Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assce Soc., 1981-1989. Vice-President: Scotland's Gardens Scheme, 1983-; Scottish Conservation Projects Trust, 1989- (Pres., 1984-1989); Trustee: Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust, 1983-; Edinburgh Old Town Charitable Trust, 1990- (Chm., 1985-1991); Vice­Chm. and Trustee, Scotland's Churches Scheme, 1994-; Chm., Edinburgh Old Town Trust, 1985-1991. Patron: Edinburgh Green Belt Trust, 1993-; Woodland Trust, 1993-. Hon. FRIAS 1982. DUniv Stirling, 1983; Hon. LLD Aberdeen, 1984. Vice­President Emeritus, The National Trust for Scotland, since 1986 (Secretary, 1949-1971, then Director, 1971-1983, as chief executive).

 

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Walker, G G	? -	2nd Lt. Lt. Capt. Maj. A/Lt.Col. T/Lt.Col. Hon. Lt.Col.	commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers       Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Territorial)