Old travel Blog photograph of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers at Caigton Camp by Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Territorial Force, was established on 1st April 1908 by the amalgamation of the 3rd, Dumfries Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers and the Galloway, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown, Volunteer Rifle Corps Stranraer. The battalion was renamed the 5th Dumfries and Galloway Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers in March 1909 and it was under this title that the battalion offered itself for service overseas on the outbreak of the First World War.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
No comments:
Post a Comment