As part of 60th Division, Ogilby's battalion saw considerable action in Palestine (where its soldiers accounted for two of the three Victoria Crosses won by men of the London Scottish) and made an important contribution to carrying the British line forward from Beersheba to Jerusalem. After the Battle of Jerusalem the battalion, headed by its pipes, was the first to enter the city as a formed body. General Chetwode later recalled it was the first unit of XX Corps to regain parade smartness after shaking off the mud through which it had to fight during the final stage of the battle.