9074 Pte Alfred Mess, 2nd KOSB

9074 Private Alfred Mess of the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers was killed in action on the 12th october 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Officers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6170 Pte William Rennie, 2nd Bn, KOSB

6170 Private William Rennie of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, was killed in action on the 20th December 1914. William, serving with H Company, was 26 years old at the time of his death. He was born in Annan, Dumfrieshire and enlisted at Dumfries.

William's number dates to around August 1908 and belongs to the series issued to men joining the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion of the KOSB. He almost certainly transferred to the 2nd Battalion in the autumn of 1914 and, retaining his 3rd Battalion number, arrived in France on the 26th October that year.

William was the son of William and Agnes Rennie, of Fish Green Lodge, Auchencairn, Castle Douglas. He has no known grave, and like so many others who fell in the Ypres salient, is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

19940 Pte Alexander Grahamslaw, 7/8th King's Own Scottish Borderers

19940 Pte Alexander Grahamslaw of the 7/8th King's Own Scottish Borderers was killed in action on 23rd July 1918. Soldiers Died in The Great War records that he lived in Broughshaw, Antrim (now Northern Ireland) and enlisted at Ballymena, County Antrim. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds little, only that he is buried in Vauxbin French National Cemetery; grave reference I.C.3.

Alexander's army service number indicates that he joined the KOSB in May 1915 and his medal index card notes that he first arrived overseas on 25th November that year. The location 2b is recorded on his card, referring to Gallipoli. The 7/8th KOSB was not formed until June 1916 and so Alexander must have initially served in Gallipoli with another KOSB battalion.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War