King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical)

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British Army regiment infantry regiment line infantry regiment

The King's Own Scottish Borderers was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its long service from the late 17th century through two World Wars and numerous colonial campaigns.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment → infantry regiment → line infantry regiment →
alsoKnownAs	KOSB →
associatedWithRegion	Scottish Borders →
associatedWithTown	Berwick-upon-Tweed →
battleHonour	Anzio → Bladensburg → El Alamein → Gallipoli 1915 → Namur 1695 → Normandy Landing → Passchendaele → Relief of Ladysmith → Rhine → Sevastopol → Somme 1916 → Waterloo → Ypres 1917 →
branch	British Army →
country	United Kingdom →
dateFounded	1689-03-18 →
disbanded	2006-08-01 →
dissolved	2006 →
garrison	Berwick-upon-Tweed → Dreghorn Barracks →
inception	1689 →
mergedInto	Royal Regiment of Scotland →
militaryBranch	Infantry →
motto	In veritate religionis confido →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	In the truth of religion I confide →
nickname	Kosbies →
participatedIn	Crimean War → First World War → Korean War → Malayan Emergency → Napoleonic Wars → Nine Years' War → Second Boer War → Second World War → The Troubles → War of the Spanish Succession →
partOf	King's Division → Scottish Division →
precededBy	25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot →
regimentalColour	Royal blue facings →
regimentalDepot	Berwick-upon-Tweed →
regimentalMarch	Blue Bonnets Over the Border →
successor	1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Minden →	commemoratedBy
King's Own Scottish Borderers ("25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot") →	precededBy
1st Airlanding Brigade ("7th (Galloway) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers") →	subordinateUnit