Constituted 17.06.1939 as a duplicate of the 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Territorial Army). Disbanded 28.11.1945.
| Commanding Officer | ||
| 17.06.1939 | Lt.Col. The Earl of Galloway | |
| 28.03.1940 | Lt.Col. L.F. Machin | |
| 17.07.1942 | Lt.Col. G. Ilderton | |
| 12.10.1943 | Lt.Col. R.P. Reid | |
| 28.12.1944 | Lt.Col. R.D. Sellon |
| Second-in-Command | ||
| (09.1939) | Maj. J.S.A'D. Coke |
| Battalion HQ | ||
|
Adjutant |
(09.1944) | Capt. D. Clayhills [Henderson] |
| Regimental Medical Officer (RMO) | (09.1944) | Capt. B. Devlin |
| Chaplain | (09.1944) | Capt. the Rev. J.G. Morrison |
| Forward Observation Officer | (09.1944) | Capt. J.W. Walker |
| Intelligence Officer (IO) | (09.1944) | Lt. A. MacKenzie |
| Loading Officer | (09.1944) | Lt. R.F. Wilson |
| HQ Company | ||
| Officer Commanding (OC) | (09.1944) | Maj. A.V. Cochran |
| Signals Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. W.J.M. Lamond |
| Pioneer Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. J. Chrystal |
| Support Company | ||
|
Officer Commanding (OC) |
(09.1944) | Maj. H.R. Hill |
| Mortar Group | Capt. G.W. Steer | |
| 1 Platoon | Lt. C.M. Pelissier | |
| 2 Platoon | Lt. A.K. Crighton | |
| Medium Machine Gun Group | Capt. J.W. Coulthard | |
| 1 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.W. Robertson-Durham |
| 2 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. T.E. Donaldson |
| Anti-Tank Group | (09.1944) | Capt. R. Bannatyne |
| 1 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A. Hannah |
| 2 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.D.L. Sharples |
| A Company | ||
|
Officer
Commanding (OC) |
(09.1944) | Maj. R.G. Buchanan |
| Second-in-Command | (09.1944) | Capt. J.F. McCourt (Canloan) |
| 1 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. L. Kane (Canloan) |
| 2 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. D.A. Cameron (Canloan) |
| 3 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. G.S. MacDonald (Canloan) |
| 4 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. J.H. Strang |
| B Company | ||
|
Officer
Commanding (OC) |
(09.1944) | Maj. M.B. Forman |
| Second-in-Command | (09.1944) | Capt. J.S. Dundas |
| 5 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.D.M. Murray |
| 6 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. E.R.E. Carter (Canloan) |
| 7 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. C. Doig |
| 8 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. C.J. Ashley |
| C Company | ||
|
Officer
Commanding (OC) |
(09.1944) | Maj. G.M. Dinwiddie |
| Second-in-Command | (09.1944) | Capt. J.S. Livingstone |
| 9 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.R. Hunter |
| 10 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.E.F. Wayte (Canloan) |
| 11 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. M.L. Kaufmann (Canloan) |
| 12 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. J.W. Taylor (Canloan) |
| D Company | ||
|
Officer
Commanding (OC) |
(09.1944) | Maj. C.G. Sheriff |
| Second-in-Command | (09.1944) | Capt. G.C. Gourlay |
| 13 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. J.M. Hunter |
| 14 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. W.G. Beddoe |
| 15 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. A.E. Kipping (Canloan) |
| 16 Platoon | (09.1944) | Lt. P.B. Mason (Canloan) |
Served under:
| 44th Infantry Brigade | 03.09.1939-05.10.1942 |
| 228th Independent Infantry Brigade | 12.10.1942-14.07.1943 |
| 207th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) | 15.07.1943-03.12.1943 |
| 1st Airlanding Brigade | 10.12.1943-31.08.1945 |
Literature
Links| Title | Off at last : an illustrated history of the 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1939-1945 |
| Author | Robert Sigmond
Robert N. Sigmond (born 1950) is a volunteer at the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek, (privately) publishing mainly on the Battle of Arnhem |
| Foreword | Lt.-Col. G.M. Dinwiddie |
| Published | Renkum : R. Sigmond, 1997 |
| Printed | Ede : Veenman Drukkers |
| Collation | 221 pages; photographs throughout; 28 x 22 cm |
| Appendices | commanding officers, orders of battle, roll call Nijmegen (26.9.1944), awards, nominal list (17.9.1944), roll of honour, sources & bibliography, index |
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