They were then both members of 44 Brigade, 15 (Scottish) Division, along with 8/KOSB and 12/HLI. It was during this battle that Piper-Sergeant Daniel Laidlaw (7 KOSB) won the Victoria Cross.
Kippermate,
Actually, it was the 46th Brigade that 7 KOSB and 10 Scottish Rifles were part of, not the 44th.
The 7 KOSB and 10 Scottish Rifles were the two lead units of the 46th Brigade, i.e the unlucky poor sods to be first over the top at 6.30am on the 25th. These two battalions were next to each other in the trenches, either side of the Vermelles Road, the 7 KOSB on the north side of the road, 10 Scottish Rifles on the south side. The objective for these two battalions was the Loos Road Redoubt in the German lines, about 500 yards in front of them.
When the command to go went out, nobody moved and it was Daniel Laidlaw on the encouragement of his CO, 2nd Lt. M.Young that went over the top and started walking into no-mans land piping as he went. The lads of the KOSB and Scottish Rifles followed suit, meticulously keeping their dressing as they went into the unknown......
By the end of the next day, 7 KOSB had lost 20 officers and 611 OR, and 10 Scottish Rifles had lost 21 Officers and 464 OR.