The B.E.F. [ Content Tag ]
Below is a list of the history pages, personal accounts, extracts and photos that have been tagged with a reference to 'The B.E.F.'...
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1. [ history ]
Overview
In Brief
A very brief overview of the history of the 51st Highland Division.
2. [ pow ]
Road to St. Valéry
Jan 1938 - June 1940
Corp. Jack Kidd's experience from joining the Territorial Army in January 1938 to his capture at St. Valéry-en-caux in June 1940.
3. [ pow ]
volunteering - capture
1939 - 1940
From Henry Owens' volunteering in 1939 to his capture at St. Valery in 1940
4. [ history ]
The B.E.F.
Jan - Jun 1940
The 51st Highland Division landed in Le Havre in January 1940 as part of the British Expeditionary Force [B.E.F.] On 28th March they were deployed into the defensive line relieving the French 21st Division between Bailleul and Armentiéres...
1. [ extract ]
Order of Battle - 51HD
The B.E.F. 1940
Order of Battle of the 51st Highland Division in the B.E.F. 1940
2. [ account ]
Movements leaving Lille
April 1940
Account of the "Movements of 51 Div. and Attached Tps. since leaving Lille Area" [April 1940].
Provided by Mr Michael Thomson of Perth who provided various artefacts from his Uncle, Major David K Thomson, who was in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) in the Divisional Supply Regiment.
3. [ account ]
"Ark" Force - The Defense of Le Harve
June 1940
The defense of Le Havre from Arques-la-Bataille. (The B.E.F. June 1940)
2. [ photo ]
Map of Somme-Bresle, 1940
1940
Sketch map of the Somme - Bresle in Northern France, 1940.
3. [ photo ]
Periscope, Fort de Sainghain
1940
THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (BEF) IN FRANCE 1939-1940
51st Highland Division in the Maginot Line: A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders looks through a periscope in the Fort de Sainghain.
4. [ photo ]
Scout carriers
19th March 1940
THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE 1940
Scout carriers of 51st Highland Division with Light Tank Mk VIs of 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry visible in the background, 19 March 1940.
5. [ photo ]
Holding a position in the River Bresle area
6 - 8 June 1940
THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE 1940
Men of the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, holding a position in the River Bresle area, 6 - 8 June 1940.