Order of Battle - 51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION
The B.E.F. 1940
Major General V.M. Fortune, CB, DSO
Lt Col H Swinburn, GSO1
1st Bn. The Lothians & Border Horse (Yeomanry)
152nd Brigade: Brigadier H.W.V. Stewart, DSO
2nd 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
1st Bn. The Gordon Highlanders
5th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders
154th Brigade: Brigadier A.CL. Stanley-Clarke DSO
1st Bn. The Black Watch
7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
8th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Royal Artillery: CR.A., Brigadier H.CH. Eden, MC
17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
75th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers: CRE., Lt Col H M Smail, TD
26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
236th Field Company, Royal Engineers
237th 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 RHA (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 Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Royal Army Service Corps
Division History References :
Descriptions and short histories of the Units and Battalions of the 51st Highland Division
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...