The King's Own Scottish Borderers,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batt.
3rd Batt. The Scottish Borderers Militia.
"In veritate Religionis confido."
"Nisi Dominus frustra."
The Castle of Edinburgh. The White Horse.
The Royal Crest. (upper)
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1689-1751. The Edinburgh Regiment of Foot; also Leven's Foot.
1751-82. The 25th (Edinburgh) Regiment of Foot.
1782-1805. The 25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
1805-87. The 25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot.
1887 (from). The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Killiecrankie.
1691. Athlone.
1691. Galway.
1691. Limerick.
1692-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1727. Gibraltar.
1743-47. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1758-63. Germany.
*1759. Minden.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1761. Kirk Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1782-83. Gibraltar.
1794. Toulon.
1794. Corsica.
1799. Helder.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Alexandria.
*1809. Martinique.
1815. Martinique.
1815. Guadaloupe.
*1878-80. Afghanistan.
1889. Soudan (Gemazieh).
*1895. Chitral.
*1897-8. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet, with deep Yellow facings (1689-1805); Scarlet and Blue facings (from 1805).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Royal Crest," with Motto, "In veritate Religionis confido" (conferred in 1805 by George III. on change of Title). Also "The Castle of Edinburgh," with Motto, "Nisi Dominus frustra" (the Regiment was raised to defend the City of Edinburgh). Also "The White Horse" (of Hanover), with Motto, "Nec aspera terrent." Also "The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801).
Nickname.—"The K.O.B.s" (its initials); also "The Botherers," and "The Kokky-Olly Birds."
Notes.—Said to have been raised to the number of 800 men in two hours. It captured two standards at Val (1747).
Bibliography.—Records of The King's Own Borderers, or Old Edinburgh Regiment. By Captain R. T. Higgins. [London: Chapman and Hall. 1873.]