Researched: Glasgow's Stephen Fitzsimons. A regular from 1900 to 1920, with KOSB to 1917 and Labour Corps afterwards. Quite a story. Boer War veteran, two Good Conduct Badges, wound on Somme in July 1916, two serious prison sentences and a rare "Bad" character reference! #ww1 #kosb #somme

On Armistice Day here’s a repost of my blog post remembering a great-granddad’s WW1 service. He was a plumber and beadle (church officer) from Melrose in the Scottish Borders, and enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/remembering-great-granddads-ww1-service-100-years-after-he-enlisted/ #WW1 #ArmisticeDay #ScottishBorders #Roxburghshire #Geneadons #KingsOwnScottishBorderers #KOSB #Army