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1. [ history ]
WWI
1914 - 1919
A brief outline of 51st (Highland) Division in the First World War 1914 - 1919
2. [ history ]
Battle of the Somme
Jul - Aug 1916
During the Battle of the Somme, High wood had been taken by 7th Dragoon Guards and Deccan Horse but part had subsequently been retaken by the Germans. The division was ordered into the line on 21 July that evening. With less than twenty four hours to prepare, on 22 July 1916 the Division was ordered to attack High Wood...
3. [ history ]
Battle of Ancre
Nov 1916
A description of the battle of Ancre in November 1916 which, for the 51st Highland Division, will be remembered as the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.
4. [ history ]
Battle of Arras
Apr 1917
The 51st Highland Division in the Battle of Arras during the First World War, April 1917
5. [ history ]
Mobilisation & WWII
Late 1938 - Jan 1940
From the "call out" of the TA in late 1938 to embarkation at Southampton for Le Havre in January 1940.
6. [ history ]
Reformation
1940 - 1942
After St. Valery, the remainder of the 51st Highland Division joined the 9th Highland Division, a territorial 2nd line duplicate of the 51HD (amongst other smaller Battalions) to form the new 51st (Highland) Infantry Division. This reformed division had the following orders of Battle...
7. [ history ]
Arrival in Egypt
Aug 1942
In June 1942 the 51st Highland Division moved by train to a variety of ports, and embarked for an unknown destination. They moved around Africa leaving Durban on the 16th July and disembarked on 14th August 1942 at the entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Tewfik...
8. [ history ]
Battle of El Alamein
Oct 1942
Montgomery was determined to attack the enemy using his infantry to create a gap and then push the armour through the gap created. The area for this was not the weaker sector in the south but the stronger part of the enemy position in the North. 30 Corps were to execute this attaching on a frontage four divisions wide...
9. [ history ]
In Pursuit
Nov 1942 - Jan 1943
After El Alamein the 51st Highland Division were in pursuit of Rommel and the retreating forces from Tubruk to Misurata
10. [ history ]
Tripoli
Jan 1943
The 51st Highland Division moved along the cost with the New Zealand Division and 7th Armoured Division carrying out a flanking attack. Failure to succeed in occupying Tripoli would cause Montgomery to have to fall back...
11. [ history ]
Medenine
Mar 1943
Rommel's next defensive line after retreating from Tripoli was close to Medenine, a narrow point between the coast and the Matmata hills.
12. [ history ]
Wadi Akarit
Apr 1943
The battle of Wadi Akarit took place in a narrow coastline strip between the sea and the coastal towns of Gabes and El Hamma. Between these was the Gabes gap. The Wadi Akarit ran across the gap at the coastal end and to the Roumana Ridge inland and to the west. This area was the objective for the 51st Highland Division...
13. [ history ]
The Landing
10th July 1943
Initial phase of Op. Huskey - the landing at Sicily, 10th July 1943
14. [ history ]
VIZZINI and FRANCOFONTE
13th - 15th July 1943
Details of the action at VIZZINI and FRANCOFONTE, Sicily, 13th - 15th July 1943
15. [ history ]
Battle for Gerbini
18th-21st July 1943
The Battle for Gerbini took place between 18 - 21st July 1943.
16. [ history ]
Sferro Hills
Jul/Aug 1943
Description of the Battle for the Sferro Hills, late July - early August 1943
17. [ history ]
After Sferro
Aug-Sep 1943
A description of events after the Battle for the Sferro Hills, Aug-Sep 1943
18. [ history ]
Normandy
Nov 1943 - Jul 1944
The 51st Highland Division landing took place to the west of the Ornnemouth in the 1st Corps area and crossed the River Orne. The operations in the following weeks were some of the worst the Division had experienced...
19. [ history ]
The Landing
Early June 1944
A summary of the landing of the Brigades at Normandy between 5th June - 10th June 1944
20. [ history ]
The Triangle
June-July 1944
after initial operations by 5th Black Watch against the area of Douvres, 153 Brigade followed by 152 Brigade crossed the Orne to operated to the east of the Orne and north east of Caen centred on an area known as the Triangle...
21. [ history ]
Operation Totalise
6-10 Aug 1944
The 51st Highland Division was placed under command of the Canadian Corps and on 6th August moved forward to begin the operation called Operation Totalise. The attack began on the night of the 7th August and when the operation ended on the 10th August the 51st Highland Division had secured all its objectives.
22. [ history ]
Return to St. Valéry
Sep 1944
With the "Breakout" battle complete the 51st Highland Division has several days to recover before the advance continued. From Lisieux they advanced East crossing the Seine dealing with the enemy rear guard. The intention was to isolate the port of Le Havre... and on to St. Valéry.
23. [ history ]
The Low Countries
Oct - Dec 1944
In late September 1944 the 51st Highland Division moved east through France and into Belgium to relive the 15th Scottish Division on a line from St Odenrode to Eindhoven protecting the supply corridor to Nijmegen... The next phase of the campaign was to establish Antwerp as an operating port and clear the Germans south of the River Maas...
24. [ history ]
Operation Colin
23rd Oct 1944
51st Highland Division with 7th Armoured, 15th Scottish, 33rd Armoured and 53rd Welsh Divisions formed the 12th Corps charged with this task. The Battle of Maas, Operation Colin, would start on the 23rd October for the Division. On the previous day 53rd Welsh and 7th Armoured Divisions would clear the area to the east between Zuid Willems Canal and s'Hertogenbosck and the day after the 51st Highland Division attack, 15th Scottish Division on the left would capture Tilburg and push north.
25. [ history ]
The "Island"
4-6th Nov 1944
The 53rd Division had been task with the operation to clear the "Island" were moved to support the US sector against a German counterattack and the task was given to 51st Highland Division. The "Island" was west of s'Hertogenbosch and was about six miles long and four miles deep formed between the Afwaterings canal and the River Maas.
26. [ history ]
Operation Ascot
14th Nov 1944
Enemy counter attack against the US, which had required the 53rd Division to be retasked, had been restricted but they had established a bridgehead across the River Maas, between Venlo and Roermond, threatening Eindhoven. To push the Germans back over the Maas was the next task and this was named Operation Ascot.
27. [ history ]
Ardennes
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 1944 - Jan 1945
Just before Christmas 1944 the GOC took his commanders to carry out a reconnaissance for the next phase of operations - clearing the Germans from the River Maas to the River Rhine, which would commence in the new year. However, news of the German counter attack in the Ardennes (which became known as the Battle of the Bulge) now changed the plans and 51st Highland Division were ordered south...
28. [ history ]
La Roche
10th Jan 1945
With the successful advance of 152 Brigade to Ronchamps the Divisional right flank was secure and all was ready for the assault by 154 Brigade down the Ourthe valley to La Roche.
29. [ history ]
Subsequent Operations
12-15th Jan 1945
By 12th January the 51st Highland Division found that the opposition had become more determined. The reason for this was that the Division now threatened the main German withdrawal route of Champion - Erneuville - Ortho - Filly.
30. [ history ]
Reichswald
Op. Veritable
Feb 1945
After the defeat of the German Ardennes offensive the 51st Highland Division returned to Holland to recommence offensive operations. Operation Veritable was the code name for the operation which would clear the Germans from the ground between the parallel rivers of the Maas and the Rhine and drive them back over the latter.
31. [ history ]
The Plan
8th Feb 1945
Op Veritable was the code name for the allied operation to drive the Germans from the ground between the River Maas and the River Rhine. The Canadians and British would break out from the Nijmegen bridgehead clearing southeast down between the two rivers to link up with the US forces who would cross the Maas to the south and swing north.
32. [ history ]
Hekkens
10-11 Feb 1945
The town of Hekkens on the southern edge of the Reichswald lay on the important intersection of the Gennep-Cleve and Kessel-Goch roads. It was also on the Siegfried Line and was therefore heavily defended with pill boxes. The town also sat on the proposed corps axis and therefore had to be cleared.
33. [ history ]
Rhine Crossing
Operation Plunder
Mar 1945
The Operation to cross the Rhine was to be called Operation Plunder. The Plan for Operation Plunder was to cross on a two corps front with 51st Highland division on the left leading 30 Corps. The Divisional objectives on the other side of the Rhine were Honnepel and Rees.
34. [ history ]
Victory in Europe
Apr - May 1945
After a brief rest in Isselburg orders were received on the 3rd April for the 51st Highland Division to concentrate at Enschede. The Divisional advance from Enschede would be to Salzbergenm, Lingen, to Quakenbruck, Vetchta, Wildeshausen, Delmenhorst, Bremen and finally Bremerhaven. Germany was now collapsing...
1. [ extract ]
High Wood, Capt. Ross
Extract
Description of the 2nd attack on High wood on 30th July 1916. Extract from "The Fifty First in France" by Capt. RR Ross, Gordon Highlanders, published in 1918.
2. [ account ]
Pte. MacPherson, Beaumont Hamel
12-14 Nov 1916
Personal account from the Diary of Pte. MacPherson, 9th Royal Scots, of 154 Brigade during the attack on Beaumont Hamel between the 12th - 14th November 1916
3. [ extract ]
6th Seaforth, Roclincourt, Battle of Arras
9th/10th April 1917
An extract from "The Spirit of the troops is Excellent" by Derek Bird detailing the attack by the 6th Seaforth on trenches near Roclincourt during the Battle of Arras on the 9th/10th April 1917.
4. [ account ]
Pte. MacPherson, Battle of Arras
15th to 24th April 1917
Personal account from Pte. MacPherson, 9th Royal Scots, 154 Brigade, of the Battle of Arras betweem 15th - 24th April 1917.
5. [ extract ]
Divison Brigade Commanders WW2
1940 - 1945
Battalions and Commanders within 152, 153 and 154 Brigades during France 1940, North Africa 1942-43, Sicily 1943 and North West Europe 1944-45, sourced from "Battalion" by Alastair Borthwick.
6. [ extract ]
Order of Battle - 51HD
The B.E.F. 1940
Order of Battle of the 51st Highland Division in the B.E.F. 1940
7. [ extract ]
Order of Battle on Embarkation
January 1940
Extract from 'Return to St. Valéry' by Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang
8. [ account ]
Movements leaving Lille
April 1940
Account of the "Movements of 51 Div. and Attached Tps. since leaving Lille Area" [April 1940].
Provided by Mr Michael Thomson of Perth who provided various artefacts from his Uncle, Major David K Thomson, who was in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) in the Divisional Supply Regiment.
9. [ extract ]
The Battle of Abbeville
3rd - 6th June 1940
Description of the attack on Abbeville, from 'The Highland Division' by Eric Linklater.
10. [ extract ]
Attack on Abbeville Bridgehead
4th June 1940
Extract relating to the Attack on Abbeville Bridgehead on 4 Jun 1940 from "THE FIGHTING IN THE SAAR AND SOUTH OF THE SOMME" prepared by the Historical Section of the Cabinet.
11. [ op order ]
Ark Force Orders
9th June 1940
Copy of the exact order given to "ARK" Force on the 9th June 1940. Taken from the Historical Section of the Cabinet Account of the defence of Le Havre.
12. [ account ]
"Ark" Force - The Defense of Le Harve
June 1940
The defense of Le Havre from Arques-la-Bataille. (The B.E.F. June 1940)
13. [ extract ]
Evacuation, Driver MacAskill
154 Inf. RASC, June 1940
An extract from Driver MacAskill’s Memories of Service with 154 Inf RASC detailing his evacuation from Cherbourg, 13th June 1940.
14. [ account ]
Notes on Battle of El Alamein
North Africa, 1942
Detailed notes on the Battle of El Alamein from the 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. (North Africa, October, 1942)
15. [ account ]
7th Argylls at Wadi Akarit
Account of the Battle by Captain Cameron
Description of the The Battle of Wadi Akarit, taken from "The History of the 7th Argylls" by Captain Ian C Cameron
16. [ account ]
MAJOR ANDREWS, 5TH SEAFORTH, WADI AKARIT
6th April 1943
An account of the operation to take a ridge called Djebel Roumana at Wadi Akarit on 6th April 1943. This account is taken from "OPERATION SCIPIO - THE 8TH ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF THE WADI AKARIT" by kind permission of the author B. S. Barnes.
17. [ account ]
154 Brigade - Sicily Landing
Sicily, July 1943
Account of the Sicily landing, July 1943.
18. [ account ]
61ST ANTI-TANK Reg. IN SICILY
July 1943
An extract of detail from the record of 61st (Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery in the Sicily Campaign, July 1943
19. [ op order ]
Op. Order No. 76 (Sferro, Sicily)
Sferro, Sicily, 24th July 1943
51st Highland Division Operation Order No. 76, Sferro, Sicily (24th July 1943)
20. [ extract ]
Order of Battle for Op Huskey
Sicily, July 1943
Division structure for Operation Huskey (Sicily, July 1943)
21. [ account ]
Sicily - 128th Field Reg. Account
31st July 1943
A description from the History of 128th (Highland) Field Regiment R.A of the BATTLES FOR GERBINI, SFERRO HILLS, CATANIA PLAIN AND BIANCAVILLA.
22. [ account ]
Gerbini Battle 154 BDE Combs Account
Sicily, 14th August 1943
Account of the action during the Battle of Gerbini between 20/21st July 1943 by Brigadier T Rennie - Brigadier Commander 154 Infantry Brigade. (written 14th August 1943)
23. [ account ]
Op. Totalise, Gordon Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders War Diary, August 1944
Extract from 5th/7th Gordons War Diary, August 1944. Detailing Operation Totalise in Normandy.
24. [ account ]
Major General Rennie's Address
St. Valéry, Sept 1944
Major General Rennie's address at St. Valéry on 3rd September 1944 after the return of the 51st Highland Division to St. Valéry.
25. [ account ]
154 Brigade at Dunkirk
Sept - Oct 1944
Extract from 'The History of 154 Brigade in North West Europe', Dunkirk 23rd September 1944 to 9th October 1944. (Return to St. Valéry)
26. [ op order ]
152 Brigade Op. Order No.12 - OPERATION 'VERITABLE'
Reichswald, 4th February 1945
Operation Order No. 12 (Operation 'Veritable') listed in full - dated 4th February 1945 (Reichswald)
27. [ account ]
Capture of Goch, concluding operations
Goch, Reichswald, 20th - 28th Feb 1945
Capture of Goch and concluding stages of Operation Veritable - taken from "The history of the 154 Infantry Brigade in North West Europe". (Goch, Reichswald)
28. [ account ]
154 Brigade - Operation Plunder - Rhine Crossing
March 1945
An account of 154 Brigade's crossing of the Rhine in Operation Plunder, March 1945. This extract is taken from the 154 Brigade History.
29. [ account ]
Extracts from Op Plunder Planning Notes
Rhine Crossing, March 1945
Notes written on the experience of a Battalion which took part in the clearing to two large towns during Operation Plunder (Rhine Crossing) March 1945.
30. [ account ]
Appreciation of Major General Rennie
The Rhine Crossing, March 1945
Appreciation of Major General T. G. Rennie, C.B., D.S.O., M.B.E. written on 31 March by the Commandeer of the 2nd Army, Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey. Major General Rennie was killed by a shell during Operation Plunder - The crossing of the Rhine. March 1945.
31. [ account ]
Advance to Bremen - Div COMD's Policy
10th April 1945
DIV COMD's Policy from McMillan (Major General Commanding) 10 April 1945 (Victory in Europe, 1945)
32. [ account ]
154 Brigade - Final Brigade Operations
1st - 5th May 1945
154 Brigade account - 1st May 1945 to 5th May 1945.
33. [ op order ]
Op Instr. No 60, May 1945
3 May 1945
Dated 3 May 1945, this is the last Divisional Operation Instruction before the German surrender.
1. [ photo ]
Lancashire Fusiliers, Mailly Maillet
Mailly Maillet, November 1916
An IWM Photograph showing British troops returning from leave at Mailly Maillet, November 1916. The soldiers include Lancashire Fusiliers (154 Brigade) and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding).
2. [ photo ]
6th Seaforth, Roclincourt, Arras
9th April 1917
Sketch map detailing trench positions and attack lines during the 6th Seaforth's attack at Roclincourt, Arras on the night of the 9th April 1917 as part of the Nivelle Offensive.
3. [ photo ]
Men of the 5/7th Gordons on the move
8 February 1945
Men of the 5/7th Gordons Highlanders move up to take part in the first attack. 154 Brigade. Sgt Silverside 8 February 1945
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Mud hampers progress
10 February 1945
Even tracked vehicles find it hard going and have to be dug out. 154 Brigade between Brunhard and German border. Sgt Silverside 10 February 1945