Below is a list of the history pages, personal accounts, extracts and photos that have been tagged with a reference to 'Mobilisation'...
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Corp. Jack Kidd's experience from joining the Territorial Army in January 1938 to his capture at St. Valéry-en-caux in June 1940.
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From the "call out" of the TA in late 1938 to embarkation at Southampton for Le Havre in January 1940.
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From Henry Owens' volunteering in 1939 to his capture at St. Valery in 1940
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Thank you to James Gillies for sending us this photograph. The photograph is framed and retains its original caption along with a note of each Officer in the lineup. The caption reads: 51st Highland Division, R.A.S.C., Officers' Training Company. December 1939.
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From the "call out" of the TA in late 1938 to embarkation at Southampton for Le Havre in January 1940. Extract from 'Return to St. Valéry' by Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang. Lieutenant General Lang was Adjutant of 4th Camerons in 1939 when the decision was made to double the size of the TA.
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An extract from the War Diary of Capt. J.P.P. Taylor who was the Intelligence Officer of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlands. Covers the period from beginning of September to end October 1939.
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Extract from 'Return to St. Valéry' by Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang
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The massed Pipes and Drums of the 51st Highland Division in Aldershot in 1939 - from the collection of Pipe Major A Duthie, formerly The Black Watch.
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Massed Pipes and Drums of the 51st Highland Division in Aldershot in 1939 - from the collection of Pipe Major A Duthie, formerly The Black Watch.
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Men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, trying on gas masks, November 1939.