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Main sections
Divisional History Pages
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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
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Mobilization, Battles & Engagements
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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 -
Sicily - Op. Huskey
Jun 1943 - Nov 1943 -
Normandy
Nov 1943 - Jul 1944 -
The Breakout
Aug 1944 -
Return to St. Valéry
Sep 1944 -
The Low Countries
Oct - Dec 1944 -
Ardennes
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 1944 - Jan 1945 -
Reichswald
Op. Veritable
Feb 1945 -
Rhine Crossing
Operation Plunder
Mar 1945 -
Victory in Europe
Apr - May 1945 -
Post War Years
1946 - 1967
POW Experience / Personal Accounts
Battalions / Units History Pages
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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 -
8th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
A brief history -
9th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
A brief history -
RASC
RASC - Tactical Numbers & Colours
Memorial Pages
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Memorials
Section Intro - Sferro, Sicily
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St. Valéry
Stained Glass Window -
St. Valéry
Memorial Stone - Highland Division Tapestry
- La Roche Memorial
- Stalag XXb, Marienburg
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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
Accounts / Extracts
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128TH (HIGHLAND) FIELD REGIMENT R.A.
A Short History, 1908-1946 -
Pte. MacPherson Diary Extract, Feb - Mar 1916
9th Royal Scots Join 51st Highland Division -
Pte. MacPherson Diary Extract, Somme, July 1916
Attack on High Wood -
Pte. MacPherson Account of 154 Brigade at Beaumont Hamel
12-14 Nov 1916 -
Sgt. William Gosling
Awarded VC, 5th April 1917 -
Pte. MacPherson Account Battle of Arras
15th to 24th April 1917 -
Pvt. George McIntosh
Awarded VC, 31st July 1917 -
Sergeant Alexander Flemming Edwards
Awarded VC, 31st July - 1st August 1917 -
Lance Corporal Robert McBEATH
Awarded VC 20th November 1917 -
Sgt. John Meickle
Awarded VC, 20th July 1918 -
Lieutenant William D Bissett
Awarded VC, 25th October 1918 -
Cease Fire
11th Nov 1918 -
Brigadier James Oliver
A short biography from 'The Red Hackle' -
Raising the Camerons
1938 -1940 -
204 & 242 Oban Anti-Tank Battery
A brief history from 1939 - 1945 - CORP. JACK KIDD : THE ROAD TO ST.VALeRY-EN-CAUX
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1 Gordons Deploy to the Saar
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
George Clare
525 (Ammunition) Company, Royal Army Service Corps. -
Movements of 51(H) Div. leaving Lille Area
April 1940 -
Lt. Col. Honeyman's Account of 1st Black Watch Withdrawal from St. Valery
24th May to 13th June 1940 -
War Diary of Captain R.A.A.S. Macrae
27 May - 10 Jun 1940 -
The move to the Somme
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
Medical History of 500 British Wounded POW
June 1940 to June 1941 -
Attack on the Grand Bois
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
Tom Garside's Account of Escaping St. Valery
June 1940 -
Capt. J.D. Inglis' Account of C Coy.'s Capture
June 1940 -
Withdrawal from the Somme
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
The Bresle position, June 7/8th 1940
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
Ark Force and Arques-la-Bataille
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
"Ark" Force - The Defense of Le Harve
June 1940 -
Major Grant Diary (Scans)
9th - 12th June 1940 -
Major Grant's Diary
9th - 12th June 1940 -
Edward G. Rankmore, POW Diary Extracts
12-20 June and 26-29 Nov 1940 -
1 Gordons, St. Valery
Journal extract, Capt. Taylor, Intel. Officer 1 Gordons -
War Diary of Captain R.A.A.S. Macrae
11/12th June 1940, St. Valery -
‘D’ Coy 7th Royal Norfolk
Accounts of capture, St. Valery, June 11/12th 1940 -
2/Lt Richard Broad's Escape
Account from Churchill's Sacrifice by Saul David -
Action Off St. Valery-en-Caux
June 1940 -
Major Mackintosh Walker’s Escape
Diary extract, Jun/Jul/Aug 1940 -
An account of the retreat to St. Valéry by Bombardier W.H. Prandle
15th July 1940 - 51ST (H) RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT
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El Alamein - A Gunner's View
Personal Account By Captain J T Lang -
Notes on Battle of El Alamein
North Africa, 1942 -
El Alamein - A personal account by Col. J. Sym DSO
Oct/Nov 42 -
Major (tmp. Lieutenant Col.) James Oliver : DSO Citation
October 1942, North Africa -
51st (H) Recce. Reg. at El Alamein
24th October 1942 -
Operation Supercharge
El Alamein, North Africa, October 1942 -
7th Argylls at Wadi Akarit
Account of the Battle by Captain Cameron -
Two personal accounts of the 61st Anti-Tank Reg. at Wadi Akarit
April 1943 -
Defense of Point 198 on Roumana Ridge, Wadi Akarit
6th April 1943 -
MAJOR ANDREWS 5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS Account of WADI AKARIT
6th April 1943 -
A Medic's View at Wadi Akarit
6th April 1943 -
Gunner Trigg Photos
61st Anti-Tank Reg, North Africa, 1943 -
154 Brigade - Sicily Landing
Sicily, July 1943 -
61ST ANTI-TANK Regiment IN SICILY Campaign
July 1943 -
Capture at Gerbini, 20th July 1943
Account of Dell Porchetta, 7th Argyll & Sutherlands -
Account of Battles in Sicily Campaign from 128th Field Reg. R.A.
31st July 1943 -
Gerbini Battle, 154 Brigade Commander's Account
Sicily, 14th August 1943 -
PIOBAIREACHD
51st Highland Division Newsletter -
Account of Operation Totalise
Gordon Highlanders War Diary, August 1944 -
Operation "Totalise" account by Major A McKinnon
Normandy, August 1944 -
Major General Rennie's Address
St. Valéry, Sept 1944 -
THE ATTACK ON LE HAVRE
September 1944 -
154 Brigade at Dunkirk
Sept - Oct 1944 -
Attack on St. Michels Gestel and Vught
October 1944 -
CROSSING OF AFTERWATINGS CANAL
5th Black Watch, Nov 1944 -
GOC's letter to CO 5th Camerons
Operation Ascot, Low Countries, 19 Nov 1944 -
Account By Major Pilcher, Officer Commanding C Company, 5th Black Watch.
The Ardennes, January 1945 -
Account By Private Tom Renouf - Attack on Hubermont
The Ardennes, January 1945 -
2nd Seaforth Account of the Reichswald Battles
February 1945 -
Attack on Goch, 5 Black Watch, from "The Spirit of Angus"
Goch, Reichswald, 18th February 1945 -
The Capture of Goch, 1st Gordons
Goch, Reichswald, 18th February 1945 -
Capture of Goch and concluding stages of Operation Veritable
Goch, Reichswald, 20th - 28th Feb 1945 -
153 Brigade - Operation Plunder - the Rhine Crossing
March 1945 -
154 Brigade - Operation Plunder - The Crossing of the Rhine
March 1945 -
"Town Clearing" - Clearing Gennep and Goch
Operation Plunder, Rhine Crossing, March 1945 -
Extracts from Op Plunder Planning Notes
Rhine Crossing, March 1945 -
Account of Rhine Crossing by Albert Bellamy
March 1945 -
Main HQ comment on "Town Clearing"
Gennep / Goch, Rhine Crossing, March 1945 -
5/7th Gordons - Operation Plunder
Rhine Crossing, 17th - 28th March 1945 -
152 Brigade - Operation Plunder - Attack on Groin
Late March 1945 -
Attack on Groin, 5th Seaforth
Late March 1945 -
Appreciation of Major General Rennie
The Rhine Crossing, March 1945 -
Advance to Bremen - Div COMD's Policy
10th April 1945 -
154 Brigade - Final Brigade Operations
1st - 5th May 1945 -
127(HD) FIELD REGIMENT RA 1942 - 1945
from the Nile to the Weser
Operation Orders Extracts
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Instructions & Fire Plan, Op. Orders 149
1/6th Black Watch, Beaumont Hamel, Nov 1916 -
Operation Orders No.149
1/6th Black Watch, Beaumont Hamel, 13 Nov 1916 -
Ark Force Orders
9th June 1940 -
Operation Order No. 76
Sferro, Sicily, 24th July 1943 -
Extract from Operation Order No. 1 - Overlord
Normandy Landing, June 1944 -
5th Camerons Op. Order No. 1
Normandy, 17th July 1944 -
Operation Noah
5 CAMERONS OP. ORDER NO.15 -
152 Brigade Operation Order No. 12 - OPERATION 'VERITABLE'
Reichswald, 4th February 1945 -
Op Instr. No 60, May 1945
3 May 1945
Other Extracts (inc. Order of Battle)
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2nd Attack on High Wood
Extract -
152 BRIGADE’S ATTACK ON BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Extract from "The Spirit of the Troops is Excellent" by Derek Bird -
6th Seaforth Attack nr. Roclincourt, Battle of Arras
9th/10th April 1917 -
3rd Ypres & Seaforth Highlanders
July 1917 -
A man of D Company
Account of The 3rd Ypres -
3rd Ypres & The Gordon Highlanders
August 1917 -
The Gordons at Cambrai
Nov 1917 -
6th Seaforth at the Bois de Courton
20 - 27 July 1918 -
6th Black Watch Awarded Croix de Guerre
1918 -
The Gordons and Greenland Hill
26-29 Aug 1918 -
51st Highland Division Brigade Commanders
1940 - 1945 -
Order of Battle - 51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION
The B.E.F. 1940 -
Order of Battle on Embarkation
January 1940 -
The Battle for Abbeville and the German Counter Attack
Extract from Mike Drinkall's "A Londoner in the 51st HD" -
The Battle of Abbeville
3rd - 6th June 1940 -
4th Camerons Attack at Huchenneville
04 June 1940 -
51 Division & French - Attack on Abbeville Bridgehead
4th June 1940 -
1st Gordons Attack on The Grand Bois
04 Jun 1940 -
7th Argylls & Sutherland Highlanders at Franleu
5th - 7th June 1940 -
The Black Watch at St. Valery
Extract from Capt. Bradford's account -
Attempt to Evacuate St. Valery
Report from C. in C. Portsmouth, 13 Jun '40 -
Driver MacAskill's evacuation with Arc Force
154 Inf. RASC, June 1940 -
Account of Artillery at El Alamein
Extract from "The Quiet Gunner At War" by R. Gorle MC RA -
5th Camerons Company Piper, Donald Macpherson, El Alamein
October 42 -
Account of El Alamein by Driver MacAskill
154 INF BDE.COY.RASC -
Lt.-Col. Lorne Campbell Victoria Cross Citation
8th June 1943 -
Order of Battle for Op Huskey
Sicily, July 1943 -
Signals' Return to St. Valery
1-3 September 44 -
1 Gordons at Rees
Operation Plunder, 24-26 Mar 1945 -
McNair's Howitzers
Operation Plunder, Mar 1945 -
Last days of the war for the 51st Highland Division and the German surrender
7-12 May 1945