General Service Medal clasp Northern Ireland & Iraq Medal no clasp all named 25088688 PTE C A MALONE KOSB & Accumulation Campaign Service Medal (marked silver) named 25088688 LCPL C A MALONE KOSB.
His enlistment number is 1998 period.In December 1989, the KOSB suffered casualties during a major Provisional IRA attack on a vehicle checkpoint in County Fermanagh. Two soldiers died in the incident.
In May 2003 the Battalion was deployed again to southern Iraq in Operation Telic2 to help maintain law and order in the aftermath of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. As well as providing a measure of security and stability in the Maysan Province, the battalion helped out in the frequent crises brought about by shortages of fuel, water and electricity, and in the general task of reconstruction.
There were constant fire fights with gangs of insurgents, and at the end of their tour in November 2003, the Battalion had added an OBE, a CGC an MC and five mentions in dispatches to the list of regimental honours and awards. It was also this campaign that saw the last Borderer to be killed in action, on 27 August 2003.
In March 2006, the regiment became The King’s Own Scottish Borderers Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. On the 1st August of that year, the Royal Scots and KOSB Battalions merged to form the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS).
