PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS AND GALLIPOLI DAY (14 July 2015)

Motion Details

That this House notes that 12 July 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of what is known as Gallipoli Day, when more than 300 officers and men of the King's Own Scottish Borderers were killed, with 42 of them from the town of Kelso; laments the fact that this was the biggest loss of the lives of Borderers in battle in a single day's combat since Flodden in 1513; recognises how devastating this loss was for the local community; further notes that one of those who died that day was Piper James Kerr, the great, great uncle of the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk; praises the Provost of Kelso for raising funds for a new tablet in memory of the fallen at the town's war memorial; remembers with respect and humility all those who died on that day; and expresses the hope that never again will Borderers fall in their masses in battle on foreign shores.

Sponsored by:
Calum Kerr (Scottish National Party)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
38
81%
 
 
Conservative
3
6%
 
 
Labour
3
6%
 
 
Independent
2
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (47 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Lab
Mr David Anderson
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Ian Blackford
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
SNP
Philip Boswell
SNP
Deidre Brock
SNP
Alan Brown
Con
Dr Lisa Cameron
SNP
Joanna Cherry
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Martyn Day
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
SNP
Marion Fellows
SNP
Stephen Gethins
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
SNP
Patricia Gibson
SNP
Patrick Grady
SNP
Peter Grant
SNP
Neil Gray
SNP
Drew Hendry
SNP
George Kerevan
SNP
Calum Kerr (Sponsor)
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Ind
Natalie McGarry
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
SNP
John McNally
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
SNP
Carol Monaghan
SNP
Dr Paul Monaghan
SNP
Roger Mullin
SNP
Gavin Newlands
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
SNP
Steven Paterson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
SNP
Alex Salmond
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
SNP
Chris Stephens
SNP
Alison Thewliss
SNP
Owen Thompson
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Corri Wilson

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