News and site updates

15th March 2010: Added the story and photo of 2nd Lieut Thomas Gormley, please see other KOSB. Thank you to his grand-daughter for sending me photos and many other items of interest.

6th November 2009: DGFHS confirm invitation: Researching WW1 Soldiers: The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1914-1918, King's Arms Hotel, Castle Douglas on Sat 11th September at 2.0pm

13th October 2009: Invited by Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society to give a talk on the King's Own Scottish Borderers as part of its 2010 syllabus

23rd July 2009: Dr David Devereux, Stewartry Museum, published a complimentary review in his monthly column for the Galloway News. A local resident has posted the review on the Scottish War Memorials Project web site.

27th June 2009: I attended the Family History Fair held at Dumfries Academy and spent a very busy day helping people with queries about their ancestors' service during the First World War. Due to the number of follow-up searches requiring a summer visit to the National Archives in London and other commitments, most queries will be responded to in August.

23rd April 2009: the Auchencairn 1914-1918 project has been written up and the book, Answering the Call, is now available to order. For further information please refer to the linked page.

7th April 2009: over the last few days I have added a number of photos and summaries to the 'Those who served' pages:

Most of the new content is based on photos and family information submitted by relatives. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to these projects to date. Contributions are always warmly welcomed - please get in touch.

30th March 2009: starting to add more content to the 'Those who served' pages in the KOSB and Stewartry RoH sections - beginning with 1/5th KOSB men.

29th March 2009: the Auchencairn 1914-1918 project has been written up and the book, Answering the Call, is at the printers. It will be available by early May.