1918 [ Content Tag Results ]
Below is a list of the history pages, personal accounts, extracts and photos that have been tagged with a reference to '1918'...
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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 ]
The German Offensive
Mar 1918
During the afternoon of 20th March a scout of the Black Watch, lying out in No Man's Land, observed between 6000 and 7000 men, not wearing their packs, enter the enemy's trenches. It was therefore evident that the enemy was assembling for the attack.
3. [ history ]
Battles of the Marne
Jul 2018
On the morning of 14 July 1918, before the first troops of the 15th, 34th, 51st, and 62nd British Divisions had reached their destination, the Germans launched an offensive on a front of 80km east and south-west of Rheims, crossing the Marne.
4. [ history ]
Second Battles of Arras
Aug 1918
In early August 1918 the 51st Highland Division was recuperating having returned to XVII Corps from Champagne and the Battle of the Marne and was once again in familiar ground north west of Arras.
5. [ battalions ]
8th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
A brief history
A short history of the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (8RS)
6. [ history ]
Victoria Crosses
Awarded WWI
Citations of those VCs awarded to men of the 51st (Highland) Division during WW1
7. [ battalions ]
9th BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS
A brief history
A brief history of the 9th Battalion Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (9RS)
1. [ extract ]
6th Seaforth at the Bois de Courton
20 - 27 July 1918
6th Seaforth at the Bois de Courton, July 1918. Extract from "The Spirit of the Troops is Excellent. The 6th (Morayshire) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in the Great War 1914-1918" by Derek Bird
2. [ extract ]
Croix de Guerre 6th Black Watch 1918
1918
The Croix de Guerre was awarded to the 6th (Perthshire) Battalion The Black Watch for their actions in the Second Battle of the Marne which took place between 20th and 30th July 1918.
3. [ account ]
Sgt. John Meickle
Awarded VC, 20th July 1918
Sgt. John Meickle, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery on 20th July 1918 near Marfaux, France
4. [ account ]
Lieut. William Bissett
Awarded VC, 25th October 1918
Lieutenant William D Bissett, 1/6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Awarded the Victoria Cross, East of Maing, 25.10.18
1. [ photo ]
1/6 (Renfrew) Bn, Argyll & Sutherland, 1918
c. 1918
1/6 (Renfrew) Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 153 Brigade. c.1918
2. [ photo ]
1/6th (Banff) Bn. Gordon Highlanders
c1918/1919.
1/6th (Banff) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. 152 Brigade. c1918/1919.
3. [ photo ]
1st/2nd Highland Brigade c1918/19
c.1918/19
This photograph shows men of the 1st or 2nd Highland Brigade. R.F.A., 51st Highland Division. C.1918/19. Two of the three men in the photograph are members of the Royal Field Artillery, the one on the left wearing the HD flash. The figure on the right is from the Army Remount Service. Both photographs are from the collection of Bob Marrion.
4. [ photo ]
Farrell, Munitions Factory
An etching of a Munitions Factory by Fred A. Farrel, War Artist, attached to the 51st during 1918.
5. [ photo ]
Farrell, Shell Fire
A Fred Farrell etching of shell fire at night. Farrell was a War Artist, attached to the 51st Division during 1918.
6. [ photo ]
Major-General Carter-Campbell
General Harper was succeeded as commander of the 51st Division by Major-General G. T. C. Carter-Campbell, C.B., D.S.O., Scottish Rifles, who remained in command until after the armistice. General Carter-Campbell had been seriously wounded Neuve Chapelle, in which action his battalion had sustained more severe casualties to officers than had ever before occurred in a single engagement. For his conspicuous gallantry and leadership in this action he had received au immediate award of the D.S.O.
7. [ photo ]
Major General Harper
On 11th March 1918 Major-General Sir G. M. Harper, K.C.B., D.S.O., was promoted to the command of the IVth Corps. Though his promotion came as no surprise, and was indeed confidently expected, the departure of the General came nevertheless as a severe blow.
8. [ photo ]
1918 The German Offensive Map
21 - 26 March
Sketch map showing positions during the German Offensive, 21-26 March 1918.
9. [ photo ]
7th Argylls, Battle of S. Quentin
March 1918
Battle of St. Quentin. No.8 Platoon, B Coy of the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retiring along the Cambrai road near Beaumetz. Limbers of the 25th Division passing in the back ground. By kind permission of the IWM.
10. [ photo ]
Croix de Guerre
6th Black Watch 1918
The Croix de Guerre was awarded to the 6th Black Watch for their actions in July 1918 in the Second Battle of the Marne.
11. [ photo ]
Map 6 Seaforth Bois de Courton
20 - 28 July 1918
Sketch map of 6th Seaforth Highlanders at the Bois de Courton in Champagne, 20-28 July 1918
12. [ photo ]
Sgt. John Meickle
Awarded VC, 20th July 1918
Sgt. John Meickle, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, Awarded Victoria Cross, 20th July 1918 near Marfaux, France.
13. [ photo ]
6th BW back to St. Imoges
25 July 1918
Men of the 6th Black Watch resting by the roadside on the way back to St. Imoges after the capture of the Bois de l'Aulnay, 25 July 1918, Battle of Tardenois. By kind permission of the IWM.
14. [ photo ]
Captain 6 BW, Battle of Tardenois
25 July 1918
Men of the 6th Black Watch about to encamp in woods near St. Imoges after the capture of the Bois de l'Aulnay, 25 July 1918, having been relieved by the French. By kind permission of the IWM.
15. [ photo ]
Map Counter-Attack Champagne
27/28th July 1918
Sketch map showing the advance during the counter-attack in Champagne over 27th and 28th July 1918.
16. [ photo ]
Map Gordons at Greenland Hill
Late August 1918
An illustrated map showing area of operations of the Gordon Highlanders in late August 1918 during the Second Battles of Arras.
17. [ photo ]
6th Seaforth, Battle of the Scarpe
29 August 1918
Capture of the Greenland Hill by the 51st Division. Daylight patrol of the 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders working forward towards Hausa and Delbar Woods. North-east of Roeux, 29 August 1918. Troops firing into a dug-out in a deserted German trench to dislodge any remaining Germans. By kind permission of the IWM. Q7112.
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Lieut. William Bissett
Awarded VC, 25th October 1918
Lieutenant William D Bissett, 1/6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Awarded the Victoria Cross, East of Maing, 25.10.18
19. [ photo ]
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Nov 1918
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the Guard of Honour of C Company, 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, in preparation for the visit of Marshal Foch to British Advanced GHQ at Iwuy. Haig was Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front 1915 - 1918.