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the Kings Own Scottish Borderers1

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Pedigree
Last Edited: 17 Jun 2020

Military Service

  • Military Service*: John Moffat Adamson mining engineer served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers on 3 October 1915 and served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. His regimental number was 20920 and he was a private. The first theatre of war he served in was the Balkans and he was awarded all three WW1 medals - the 1915 star, the British War medal and the Victory Medal (affectionately referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after comic strip characters of the 1920s).1,2

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls; Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 1114.
    1st KOSB regiment Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. [Nov 2014]
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Medal Card Source Information: Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Army Medal Office. WWI Medal Index Cards. In the care of The Western Front Association website.[Nov 2014]