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	British Army Divisions - North-West Europe - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed in the United Kingdom in 1941, and after many reorganizations, moved to Northwest Europe on 28 Jun 1944, where it fought until the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		In Oct 1944, the division was finally committed to action in the Scheldt fighting, and remained in Northwest Europe until after the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		The division moved to Normandy in Jun 1944, but due to a shortage of replacement troops in British 2nd Army, the 59th (as the most junior division ashore) was broken up for reinforcements.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=British_Army_Divisions_-_North-West_Europe (1100 words)

	Battle of Cambrai
		The divisions of the British III and IV Corps were to lead the attack.
		It is believed that the commander of the 51st, G. Harper, substituted his own tank drill for the standard one and that an excessive space between the tanks and the infantry contributed to the failure.
		The initial speed of the German infantries advance was completely unexpected by the British, the commands of 29th and 12th division were almost captured, with Brigadier-General Vincent having to fight free from his own encircled headquarters and then grab men from any retreating units to try and halt the Germans.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Cambrai.html (1831 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms - Khaki Drill and Jungle Green
		The 4th Division was a prewar regular formation that went to France in October 1939; the division was reestablished in the UK after Dunkirk until reorganization in June 1942 as a mixed division incorporating a brigade of tanks.
		With the reorganization as an infantry division in 1940, the Division was redesignated 56th (London) Division in November 1940.
		The 78th Division was formed in the UK in the summer of 1942 and arrived in North Africa in November.
	britmods.freehosting.net /kdjg.htm (1804 words)

	51st Highland Volunteers at AllExperts
		The 51st Highland Volunteers was a regiment in the British Army's Territorial Army (TA) or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands.
		Both 51st Highland Volunteers and 52nd Lowland Volunteers were unique in that each of their companies was officially the reserve element of a regular infantry regiment in the Scottish Division.
		The 51st Highland Volunteers were formed in 1967 with elements of The Highland Brigade, a unit fought in the Second World War.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/51st_Highland_Volunteers.htm (467 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms
		In October 1944, the division was finally committed to action in the Scheldt fighting, and remained in Northwest Europe until after the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed in the United Kingdom in 1941, and after many reorganizations, moved to Northwest Europe on 28 Jun 1944, where it fought until the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		In 1939, the Armoured Division (Egypt) was a Regular Division; it was redesignated the 7th Armoured Division in 1940.
	britmods.freehosting.net /cmbrit.htm (1346 words)

	BBC - Legacies - Work - Scotland - Highland - Footsoldiers of Empire: The Highland Regiments - Article Page 3
		Thanks to its heroic displays during the Great War the army regarded the 51st Highland Division as the best fighting division in the entire army – and in 1940 the 51st was to pay heavily for this.
		The Battle of France was a disaster for the Allies, with the British and French commanders routinely outthought by their German counterparts and retreat to the channel was confused.
		In the post-war environment, with a greater emphasis on technology rather than manpower, the Highland Division was scaled down and separate regiments amalgamated despite the Highland regiments fighting hard battles in Korea and seeing active service in areas as far apart as Malaya and Northern Ireland.
	www.bbc.co.uk /legacies/work/scotland/highland/article_3.shtml (491 words)

	HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
		There was good news, however, as the 51st Division crept into Flesquieres, abandoned during the night by the Germans.
		But the British were now in an exposed position in the lee of Bourlon Wood, the capture of which would still prove to be useful, in cutting German access to key light railway lines feeding their front.
		The British now sat some way ahead of the position of 20th November, being in possession of a salient reaching towards Cambrai, with the left flank facing Bourlon, and the right alongside the top of the slope which ran down towards Banteux.
	www.homestead.com /memorabilia/files/HIGHLAND_LIGHT_INFANTRY.html (739 words)

	Nase noviny - The port of Dunkirk in WWII - The Czechoslovaks at Dunkirk 1944-45 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On 6th October 1944, the Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group (C.I.A.B.G.) was deployed around the perimeter, together with formations of the British, the Canadian and the French armies, completing the relief of the 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade by 9th October 1944.
		About 60 British and Canadian soldiers were held here, together with French Resistance members and also two U.S.A.A.F. non-commisioned officers, one of whom fell in the torn-off rear turret of a B-17 into a mine field, from where he was recovered by the Germans.
		In general the infantry formations mentioned above were usually remnants of garrisons either in Normandy or the Pas-de-Calais area, where the majority of their troops were lost during the Allied invasion and breakout.
	www.nasenoviny.com /DunkirkEN1944_45.html (3193 words)

	102nd Infantry Division
		German 46th Infantry Division - 46th infantry division was involved in the assault of Crimea in 1942.
		German 6th Infantry Division - The 6th Infantry Division of the German Army was mobilized on August 26, 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland.
		U.S. 36th Infantry Division - The 36th Infantry Division â”also known as the Fighting 36th, the Lone Star Division, the Panther Division, or the Texas Divisionâ” is an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard.
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	The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
		The Highland regiments wore the kilt and feather bonnets.
		The standard infantry weapon for both armies was the musket, which could be fired two or three times a minute and threw a heavy ball inaccurately for a hundred metres.
		The British regiments marched in square and the French shirked from the attack.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/fuentes.htm (2334 words)

	29 Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		British 9th (Highland) Infantry Division - The 9th (Highland) Infantry Division was a second line Territorial Army formation at the beginning of the Second World War.
		After the surrender of the 51st Highland Division in 1940, the 9th Division, a replica of the 51st Division, was redesignated as the 51st Highland Division.
		British 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division - The 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division was a British infantry division of the Second World War.
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	Douglas Wimberley Information
		During his period with the Highland Division he was wounded and won the Military Cross at the Battle of Cambrai.
		The 51st (Highland) Division was a very different formation from that which he had been a part of in the previous war.
		The division which he now commanded was in reality the untried 9th (Highland)Division, sister Territorial Force division to the 51st which had been renumbered after the latter's surrender in France, June 1940.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Douglas_Wimberley (1743 words)

	QGS History Chapter 1
		The Trainees destined for this new Gurkha Division Signal's unit were to be drawn in the main from the signals platoons of the eight rifle battalions, but as chance would have it, the burden of the 'Malaya Emergency' upon the battalions meant they were unable to release these trainees until the middle of 1949.
		Help was very forthcoming from the 51st Highland Division Signal Regiment and a corps of pipes and drums were established with their help and the help of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, based in Malaya at the time.
		From the 51st Division Signal Regiment the Gurkha Signals inherit their Tartan, which is the Grant tartan and which the regiment is permitted to wear by the authority of Lord Strathspey, Clan Chief of the Clan Grant, and the Regimental March which is 'Scotland the Brave'.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalsignals/qgs/gurkha_hist_chap1.html (1441 words)

	British 51st (Highland) Division (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 51st (Highland) Division was a Territorial Force division that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War.
		See British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II) for the division's formation and history during the Second World War.
		Between April 18 1915 and January 1916, the brigade was replaced by the battalions of the 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade from the 55th (West Lancashire) Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_51st_(Highland)_Division_(World_War_I) (330 words)

	1881-1975 (The Black Watch)
		So it was with The Royal Highlanders, the 1st Battalion went to Egypt and the 2nd remained at home for the next 18 years, serving in England, Ireland, Scotland and England again before they became due for their own tour of foreign duties.
		Forming part of the Highland Brigade under Major General Wauchope – himself a former officer in the Regiment the Battalion was soon in action as the Brigade advanced in a badly managed attack on the 200 feet high Magersfontein Ridge, losing 301 out of 943 men and 17 out of 27 officers, including Wauchope himself.
		The Highland Division meantime was in the Saar and was driven back to St Valery where they had no option but to surrender.
	www.eze33.com /brigade/bw3.htm (3050 words)

	New Page 1
		With the 3rd Division a new spirit was born in the early hours of 6th June, 1944, that was conceived on the shores of Scotland the previous autumn and carried securely through a wild, northern winter.
		The 76th (Highland) Field Regiment and the 3rd Recce Regiment were the only two major Territorial units in the Division: the Territorial members of the 76th Field Regiment were from Fife and Angus, with their depot at Dundee.
		The 3rd British Infantry Division was styled British when it was known that the 3rd Canadian Division was chosen as the flanking division in the assault on the Atlantic Wall.
	www.warchronicle.com /units/British/3rd/history.htm (2732 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - October 28, 1942
		Because of its immense casualties, Monty reinforces Freyberg with the 151st Brigade (all battalions of the Durham Light Infantry) from 50th Northumbrian Division, then the 152nd Brigade from the 51st Highland Division, then the 131st Infantry Brigade of the 44th Home Counties Division (all battalions of the Queen's Regiment), then the Greek Brigade.
		Rommel deduces that the British will maintain their pressure in the north, and concentrates nearly all his mobile forces (except the Italian Ariete Armored Division) there.
		Again and again British bomber formations flew up and tipped their death-dealing loads on my troops, or bathed the country in the brilliant light of parachute flares.
	www.usswashington.com /dl28oc42.htm (1629 words)

	The 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918
		The Highland Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.
		The Division was part of the opening attack (The First Battle of the Scarpe (first phase of the Arras Offensive)), which was very successful and made (for the time) an astonishing advance of several miles.
		This Brigade was reconstructed from the 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade from the West Lancashire Division on 18 April 1915.
	www.1914-1918.net /51div.htm (2138 words)

	Units & Organizations: British & Other Nationalities
		This is the organization of the Corps and Divisions during the fall of 1944.
		Unlike the US divisions, the British Reigment was identified only by its name-- not a number-- and the battalions of a regiment did not serve in the same division.
		The division adopted a name or title that described their heritage or origin; i.e., North Midland Division or Highland Division.
	custermen.com /ItalyWW2/ArmyOrg/BritishOrg.htm (988 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815
		The British artillery on the ridge behind the farm replied, cannonading the French infantry massed for the attack on the far side of the valley.
		The French infantry passed La Haye Sante and marched up to the crest of the ridge, where Picton’s 5th division was positioned.
		As the French infantry approached the hedge at the top of the ridge the line of British infantry stood, fired a volley and charged, driving back the massed French columns.
	www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-june-1815.htm (3626 words)

	The 51st (Highland) Division, War Sketches by Fred. A. Farrell, Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A serious natural obstacle confronted the Highlanders in a deep fold of the ground known as Y Ravine, which ran down from the village to the German trenches, and the ground in general over which their advance was made was horrible with the dead and the litter of the struggle here in the previous July.
		The 51st Division, which was in the XVII Corps under Sir Charles Fergusson, and part of Allenby's Third Army, was opposite Thélus and facing the outer spurs of Vimy Ridge, in front of which, to the Division's left, lay four Canadian divisions, while on its right was the 34th Division.
		In the first phase of the battle of the 20th November the Division had severe losses in its assault upon the strongly organized village of Flesquières, the approach to which was a long slope swept by machine-gun fire, which rendered the cooperation of the tanks unsatisfactory.
	net.lib.byu.edu /~rdh7/wwi/memoir/docs/51st/51st1.htm (4195 words)

	British Army Order of Battle 1989
		Division was the tactical reserve, without any major TA reinforcements, it was lighter, but much more mobile than the 1
		Division was the deep reserve, almost entirely TA, and totally airmobile, they would counter any major penetration.
		Infantry Division assumed control of the 15 and 49 Brigade areas, and the remaining units.
	www.geocities.com /littlegreenmen.geo/1989.htm?200521 (217 words)

	Operation HUSKY - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		(A division required 500 tons of supplies a day, and one RAF squadron required 30 tons.) Discussions early on decided that at least one major port had to be taken early on in the invasion (though it was recognized that there were smaller harbours around the perimeter of the island as well).
		On D-Day, one US division would land at Sciacca on the south-west coast, to capture western airfields in preparation for an assault on Palermo to be delivered on D+2 by two US divisions, whose mission included securing the port there.
		This division would not be assault trained, and simply ferried to Sicily on craft used during the initial landings, thereby not increasing the number of landing craft needed for this additional British division.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Operation_HUSKY (2676 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms
		One standard style of helmet net worn by British troops was half brown and half green; a shell dressing was worn underneath the netting so as to be readily available.
		British soldiers in Italy in the summer of 1944 wore Khaki Drill uniforms that were distinct from Battle Dress.
		If you are interested in more than one file its recommended that you download them to a seperate folder and don't change the name of the file until you swap it with the 5012 file in the Combat Mission bitmap folder.
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	The Wartime Memories Project - The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
		The 1st Battalion The Cameron Highlanders served throughout the war was part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
		The 4th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were part of 152 Infantry Brigade of the 51st (Highland) Division with the BEF early in the war.
		In August 1940 they were posted to the newly reformed 152nd Brigade, 51st (Highland) Division and took part in the battles of North Africa and Sicily, before returning the the UK in preparation for D-Day.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /allied/cameronhighlanders.html (1571 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		All four of the division's artillery regiments and every available naval gun were being directed towards driving off the German counterattack developing on 9 CIB's front, the artillery officer said.
		Because the 3rd British Infantry Division's 9th Brigade had been tasked away from its original duty of anchoring alongside the Canadians, the 51st's Black Watch, 5th Battalion was dispatched with instructions to clear the radar station.
		Although the North Shores were more than happy to hand off the radar station attack to the British battalion, they found the condescending manner of the troops and officers of the Highland regiment irksome, for they seemed to think that taking the position would be a simple task.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/050814.shtml (2353 words)

	3rd Division Picture File
		Rennie was given command of the 51st (Highland) Division for the Rhine crossing.
		Blue indicates German positions (and direction of counterattack) Red indicates Allied positions ((the British 3rd Division is on the right, the Canadian 3rd Division is on the left).
		BELOW: A memorial to the Suffolk Regiment at the emplacement known to the British as Hillman.
	www.warchronicle.com /british_3rd_div/historiantales_wwii/3div_pics.htm (230 words)

	The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive)
		The political goal was to cause division among the Allies and destroy the Allied coalition.
		Even when the 7th Armored Division had reached St. Vith, it was the troops on the northern shoulder and the newly arrived 82nd Airborne Division that kept a very narrow escape route open for the virtually surrounded defenders of St. Vith.
		Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division and 106th Infantry Division: East of St. Vith; the St. Vith Salient; the defense of "Parker's Crossroads", Krombach, Grandmenil and Manhay.
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