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Originally commissioned in 2007 by the
Highland Division (Ross Bequest) Fund,
ownership of the website was handed to the
Museum of The Royal Regiment of Scotland
with effect of 1st January 2019.

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Website Historian - Brigadier (Ret'd) C S Grant OBE

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  • Divisional History
    • Overview
      In Brief
    • WWI
      1914 - 1919
      • Mobilization, Battles & Engagements
        1914 - 1919
      • Battle of the Somme
        Jul - Aug 1916
      • Battle of Ancre
        Nov 1916
      • Battle of Arras
        Apr 1917
      • The 3rd Ypres
        Jul - Nov 1917
      • Attack at Poelcappelle
        Sep 1917
      • Battle of Cambrai
        Nov 1917
      • The German Offensive
        Mar 1918
      • Battles of the Marne
        Jul 2018
      • Second Battles of Arras
        Aug 1918
      • Last Month of the War
        Oct 1918
      • Victoria Crosses
        Awarded WWI
    • Mobilisation & WWII
      Late 1938 - Jan 1940
    • The B.E.F.
      Jan - Jun 1940
    • St. Valéry
      June 1940
    • Reformation
      1940 - 1942
    • North Africa
      Aug 1942 - May 1943
      • Arrival in Egypt
        Aug 1942
      • Battle of El Alamein
        Oct 1942
      • In Pursuit
        Nov 1942 - Jan 1943
      • Tripoli
        Jan 1943
      • Medenine
        Mar 1943
      • The Mareth Line
        March 1943
      • Wadi Akarit
        Apr 1943
      • Concluding Operations
        Apr 1943
    • Sicily - Op. Huskey
      Jun 1943 - Nov 1943
      • Prep. for Op. Huskey
        July 1943
      • The Landing
        10th July 1943
      • VIZZINI and FRANCOFONTE
        13th - 15th July 1943
      • Battle for Gerbini
        18th-21st July 1943
      • Sferro Hills
        Jul/Aug 1943
      • After Sferro
        Aug-Sep 1943
      • Major General Wimberley
        Departure from 51HD
      • Departure
        Nov 1943
    • Normandy
      Nov 1943 - Jul 1944
      • The Landing
        Early June 1944
      • The Triangle
        June-July 1944
    • The Breakout
      Aug 1944
      • Operation Totalise
        6-10 Aug 1944
    • Return to St. Valéry
      Sep 1944
    • The Low Countries
      Oct - Dec 1944
      • Operation Colin
        23rd Oct 1944
      • The "Island"
        4-6th Nov 1944
      • Operation Ascot
        14th Nov 1944
      • Operation Noah
        Nov-Dec 1944
    • Ardennes
      Battle of the Bulge
      Dec 1944 - Jan 1945
      • Ronchamps
        10th Jan 1945
      • La Roche
        10th Jan 1945
      • Subsequent Operations
        12-15th Jan 1945
    • Reichswald
      Op. Veritable
      Feb 1945
      • The Plan
        8th Feb 1945
      • Hekkens
        10-11 Feb 1945
      • Goch
        19th Feb 1945
      • Concluding Operations
        24-27 Feb 1945
    • Rhine Crossing
      Operation Plunder
      Mar 1945
    • Victory in Europe
      Apr - May 1945
    • Post War Years
      1946 - 1967
  • POW Accounts
    • WWII POW Experiences
      An Introduction
    • Corp. Jack Kidd
      Jan 1938 - Early 1945
      • Road to St. Valéry
        Jan 1938 - June 1940
      • to the POW Camp
        Summer 1940
      • POW Processing
        1940
      • Thousand Mile March
        Late 1944 - Early 1945
    • Gunner Henry Owens
      June 1939 - May 1945
      • volunteering - capture
        1939 - 1940
      • March into Captivity
        Summer 1940
      • The POW Camps
        1940 - 1945
      • Stalag XXa
        1940
      • Stalag XXa Camp 52
        1940 - 1942
      • Stalag XXb, Marienburg
        1942 - 1944
      • Camp 946 and 210
        Elbing 1944-1945
      • Long (Baltic) March
        Jan-May 1945
      • After Liberation
        date unknown
    • Johnnie Matheson
      5 Escape Attempts
    • George Drummond
      1939 - 1946
    • Harry Knox
      POW Comedy Shows
    • Gunner Daniel Stevens
      Jun 40 - May 44
  • Battalions
    • Battalions
      Intro & Video
    • Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
      A brief history
    • Black Watch
      A brief history
    • Gordon Highlanders
      A brief history
    • Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
      A brief history
    • Seaforth Highlanders
      A brief history
    • Royal Artillery
      WWII
    • Reconnaissance Regiment
      WWII
    • Pipes and Drums
      A brief history
      • 5/7th Gordon Highlanders
        Regaining Drum
    • 8th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
      A brief history
    • 9th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
      A brief history
    • RASC
      RASC
    • Tactical Numbers & Colours
  • Memorials
    • Memorials
      Section Intro
    • Sferro, Sicily
    • St. Valéry
      Stained Glass Window
    • St. Valéry
      Memorial Stone
    • Highland Division Tapestry
    • La Roche Memorial
    • Stalag XXb, Marienburg
    • 51(H) Recce Reg
      Stained Glass Window
    • North Inch Memorial
      Perth
    • Beaumont-Hamel
      Beaumont-Hamel
    • Ypres
      Black Watch Corner
    • Captain Derek Lang Path
      Veules-les-Roses
    • Black Watch Museum Gardens
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    • 152 Inf. Brig. HQ at "CASTLE EMBOURG"
      December 1944
    • R.A.S.C., Officers' Training Coy
      December 1939
    • 152 Brigade in Sicily
      August 1943
    • Palthe's Rhine Crossing
      Mar '45
    • At rest nr Mook
      March '45
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