Order of Battle on Embarkation
January 1940
Major General V.M. Fortune, CB, DSO
1st Bn. The Lothians & Border Horse (Yeomanry)
152nd Brigade: Brigadier H.W.V. Stewart, DSO
6th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders
4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders
4th Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
153rd Brigade: Brigadier G. T. Burnet, MC
4th Bn. The Black Watch
6th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders
5th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders
154th Brigade: Brigadier A.CL. Stanley-Clarke DSO
6th Bn. The Black Watch
7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
8th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Royal Artillery: CRA. Brigadier H.CH. Eden, MC
75th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
76th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
77th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers: CRE. Lt Col H M Smail, TD
236th Field Company, Royal Engineers
237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
238th Field Company, Royal Engineers
239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals: Lt Col T.P.E. Murray 51st Divisional Signals Company
Royal Army Medical Corps: AD.M.S., Lt Col D.P. Levack
152nd Field Ambulance
153rd Field Ambulance
154th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Service Corps: Lt Col T. Harris-Hunter TD
Divisional Ammunition Company.
Divisional Petrol Company Divisional Supply Column.
Attached troops
51st Medium Regiment, RA
1st RH.A (less one Battery)
97th Field Regiment,
RA (one Battery)
213th Army Field Company, RE.
1st Bn Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (Machine-Gunners)
7th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine-Gunners)
6th Bn The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pioneers)
7th Bn The Norfolk Regiment (Pioneers)
Sections of the RAOC and the RASC.
Division History References :
Descriptions and short histories of the Units and Battalions of the 51st Highland Division
From the "call out" of the TA in late 1938 to embarkation at Southampton for Le Havre in January 1940.