December 13, 2020 In June 1914 a young man with a pistol killed the blameless Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his equally innocuous spouse, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenburg. On July 26 1914 the King’s Own Scottish Borderers discharged their rifles at unarmed civilians in Dublin, killing three and wounding thirty two. Nine days later the Regiment, together with the Crown Forces of Britain and her Empire were in alliance with the young gunman against the peace of the world. The officer who gave the order to fire had expressed his hatred of the Irish a few days before proving it. Neither he nor his subordinates were punished.