Memorials to the men of the 51st Highland Division
This section covers the memorials to the 51st Highland Division.
Like other areas of the website it is currently incomplete and will gradually be added to, providing a description and photograph of each memorial as and when we're able to.
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Memorial to the 51st Highland Division at Sferro Hill, Sicily. 4th November 1943, on Sferro Hill, in the presence of representatives of the 51st Highland Division this stone Celtic Cross was unveiled. A service entitled "51st Highland Division - Dedication of Memorial" was held. The total casualties of the Division in the campaign had been 124 Officers and 1312 other ranks.
This window, dedicated in June 1990, is a gift from the highland cities and towns of Scotland and commemorates fifty years of their special association with the people and township of St. Valéry en Caux with Inverness and began in the difficult circumstances of 1940 when the German army converged on the town and the combined allied forces comprising the French 9 St Corps and the 51st Highland Division.
Memorial Stone and inscription to the fallen of the 51st Highland Division at St. Valéry-en-caux
The Highland Division Tapestry, designed by Alan Herriot, and bought by funds raised by the 51st Highland Division Veterans Association was unveiled by Brigadier Mel Jamieson, the Lord Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross on 8 June 2008.
Memorial dedicated to the men of the 51st Highland Division who fell in the operation to take La Roche as part of the Ardennes offensive in January 1945.
The Memorial at Stalag XXb, Marienburg (now Malbork) unveiled in September 2009
Stained glass memorial window in Nairn Old Parish Church, dedicated to the 51st (Highland) Reconnaissance Regiment and Captain Leslie A Meek.
The Memorial of little Dutch girl welcoming a Highland liberator with a posy.
Unveiled by Marshal Foch at Beaumont-Hamel (Somme), on Sunday, 28th September 1924
Memorial statue of a Black Watch soldier unveiled at Ypres, Belgium, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI in 1914 and the First Battle of Ypres.
Dedication of the path up the cliff from of Vueles-les-Roses, near St. Valery, to Captain Derek Lang. The path was opened by Sarah Hunt, daughter of Sir Derek, in June 2015