King's Own Scottish Borderers
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. | 4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Galashiels, and concurrently amalgamated with 6th Battalion | . |
. | A Company at Melrose | . |
. | B Company at Hawick | . |
. | C Company at Selkirk | . |
. | D Company at Duns | . |
1961 | Amalgamated with 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, to form 4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers | . |
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. | 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Dumfries and concurrently amalgamated with 7th Battalion | . |
. | A Company at Annan | . |
. | B Company at Stranraer | . |
. | C Company at Castle Douglas | . |
. | D Company at Sanqhar | . |
1961 | Amalgamated with 4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, to form 4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers | . |
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. | 4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers | . |
1961 | Formed with HQ at Galashiels by amalgamation of 4th (The Border) Battalion and 5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, constituting the T.A. infantry for Berwickshire, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Wigtown | . |
. | A Company at ? | . |
. | B Company at ? | . |
. | C Company at ? | . |
. | D Company at ? | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as two units: | . |
. | C Company (The King's Own Scottish Borderers), 52nd Lowland Volunteers, formed in TAVR II at Dumfries | . |
. | 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers formed in TAVR III with HQ at Dumfries | . |
. | A Company at Galashiels | . |
. | B Company at Stranraer | . |
1969.04.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre at Dumfries, sponsored by 52nd Lowland Volunteers | . |
1971.04.01 | Reorganised as two companies: | . |
. | C Company (The King's Own Scottish Borderers), 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers at Dumfries | . |
. | No. 3 (The King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers at Galashiels with det at Dumfries, formed from cadre; consolidated at Galashiels later | . |
1992.04.01 | 2nd Bn reorganised with a view to becoming TA bn of proposed merger of The Royal Scots and The King's Own Scottish Borderers (merger subsequently rescinded): | . |
. | HQ Company and Support Group, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers at Motherwell and Bathgate, reorganisation of No. 4 Coy (rebadged from Cameronians to KOSB, less new pln at Bathgate badged Royal Scots) | . |
. | B (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers at Galashiels, redesignation part of No. 3 Company | . |
. | C (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers , consolidated at Dumfries, amalgamation of Dumfries elements of No. 3 Company and C Company, 1st Battalion | . |
199? | Company at Motherwell re-roled as rifle company and redesignated D (Cameronians) Company, except for the Assault Pioneer Pln | . |
1995.06.03 | Battalion redesignated The Lowland Volunteers | . |
<1997> | D (Cameronians) Company at Motherwell rebadged as D (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Coy | . |
1999.07.01 | D (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company, 52nd Lowland Regiment | . |
. | Formed at Galashiels with Mortar Pln at Dumfries, formed by amalgamation of B Coy and C Coy, The Lowland Volunteers; (battalion formed by amalgamation with 3rd Bn, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, less D Coy broken up between other companies) | . |
2001 | Mortar Pl at Dumfries transferred early 2001 to B Coy retaining KOSB affiliation | . |
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