Photographs and history of the King's Own Scottish
Borderers
Pipers of the King's Own Scottish Borderers at Aldershot (1898)
GUSTAVUS HAMILTON BLENKINSOPP COULSON,
D.S.O. (Lieutenant and Adjutant) King?s
Own Scottish Borderers (7th Mounted Infantry)On May 18th 1901, while engaged with his corps in fighting a
rear guard action, Lieutenant Coulson, who had rallied his men and saved a Maxim
gun from falling into the enemy?s hands, saw that the horse of Corporal
Cranmer had been shot, leaving his rider powerless to hkeep up with the rest of
his troop, and in imminent danger of being killed by the Boers, wgho were
rapidly approaching.Despite the
heavy fire brought to bear upon him, this young officer rode to his corporal,
took him upon his own horse qand rode back towards his men.Hardly had they succeeded in getting any distance before the horse was
hsot, and falling threw both men to the ground, whereupon Lieutenant Coulson
ordered Cranmer to mount and ride for safety, adding that he would look after
himself and do the best he could.Cranmer
succeeded in mounting the horse, which had not been severely wounded as at first
appeared, and reached the column in safety.Lieutenant Coulson?s position, however, was momentarily becoming more
serious; seeing which, Corporal E. Shaw, of the Lincolns (7th Mounted
Infantry), rode back to him and took him upon his horse, being himself almost at
once shot through the body, Lieutenant Coulson also being badly hit at the samr
time.Their wounds caused both men
to fall from the horse, that of Lieutenant and Adjutant coulson proving fatal.Though this gallant young soldier never lived to wear the Victoria Cross
he had so nobly won, the decoration was handed to his relatives after his death.Lieutenant Coulson was the only son of H. J. W.
Coulson of Newbrough Hall, Northumberland, and great grandson of Colonel
Blenkinsopp Coulson, of Blenkinsopp Castle, Northumberland-one of a family of
distinguished soldiers. He was born at Wimbeldon, surrey on April 1st
1879, educated at Winchetser, and joined the 4th Battalion (Princess
of Wales) Yorkshire Regiment, but left it when twenty years of age to enter the
Scottish Borderers (July 1899).In
the following January he proceeded on active service to South Africa, gaining
the medal and five clasps and the D.S.O.On
many occasions (the Gazette states) he behaved with great coolness and gallantry
under fire, being mentioned in despatches by both Lords Roberts and Kithener.The act for which the Victoria Cross was awarded him was performed under
the immediate command of Major F. C. Lloyd (of the Lincolns) and Colonel T. D.
Pilcher, C.B., A.D.C. (now 2nd Bedfordshire).
Corporal S G Jardine CGC by David Rowlands.
B Company, 1st Battalion The Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Al Uzayr, Iraq, 9th August 2003.
Item Code : DHM1486
Corporal S G Jardine CGC by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
Lance-Corporal M. Parker Holding Turks At Bay In A Mine Gallery.
The emergency in which Lance- Corporal Parker, of the 5th Kings Own Scottish Borderers, proved his prowess was as unexpected as formidable. Parker and his men was on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 14th September 1915, constructing under the Turkish trenches a mine gallery, which suddenly broke into a hostile gallery. A weird subterranean contest then began. Parker held off the Turks with his rifle though they fired on him and threw bombs at him. Then he was driven out by fumes, but returned and filled up the breach so that a charge might be laid and the enemy's works destroyed. He was awarded the D.C.M.
Item Code : DTE0008
Lance-Corporal M. Parker Holding Turks At Bay In A Mine Gallery. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
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Corporal wheeler dragging a wounded cyclist scout into the shelter of a ditch under the enemys fire.
On October 17th 1915, corporal Harold Ernest Wheeler, of the 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers, had just ridden with a patrol, consisting of a Lance Corporal and ten men of the 5th Divisional Cyclist Company, into the village of Lorgies in anticipation that it had been evacuated by the enemy, when, to their surprise, the Germans opened fire in them from some houses. Corporal wheeler thereupon ordered the patrol to retire, but after going a short distance he saw that one of the men had been hit and was lying in the roadway. Going back at great risk to he, dragged the wounded man into the shelter of a ditch by the roadside and the rejoined the rest of the patrol.
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The K.O.S.B. in the Great War by Captain Stair Gillon.
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Raising the Regiment - The Kings Own Scottish Borderers. March 1689 by Terence Cuneo
Originally the 25th Foot, the regiment was raised in Edinburgh on 18th March 1689 by David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven, for the defence of the city against the Jacobites during the Glorious Revolution that brought William of Orange to England. Records show that the regiment was completely recruited to a strength of 1,000 men within the space of two hours. They were soon required for active service and at the battle of Killiecrankie underwent their baptism of fire against the rebel Highlanders led by Claverhouse. Recognition of the fighting spirit of Levens Edinburgh Regiment came at once in the spontaneous conferment on it, by the Provost of Edinburgh, of the exclusive privilege to recruit by beat of drum in the city on any day, except Sunday, without first asking the permission of the Lord Provost. A further privilege was conferred later, which remains to this day, of marching through the City of Edinburgh with bayonets fixed and Colours flying. In 1782 the historic title of The Edinbu.........
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