The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915...
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The 51st Highland Volunteers (51 HIGHLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th...
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(Philippines) 51st Guards Rifle Division 51st Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 51st (Highland) Division (United Kingdom) 51st Infantry Division (United States) This...
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1st Argyll and Bute Artillery Volunteers (redirect from 51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery)
February 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2006. "51st (Highland) Division – The Long, Long Trail". "51st (Highland) Division". 10 November 2009. Archived from the...
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51st (Highland) Division, it is also a descendant of the 52nd Lowland Division. The 51st Brigade began as a formation of the 17th (Northern) Division...
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The 51st (Highland) Division War Memorial is located at the North Inch public park in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is dedicated to the soldiers...
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most popular Scottish country dances of all time, the Reel of the 51st Highland Division is a modern Scottish country dance written by Lieutenant J.E.M....
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Gordon Highlanders (category Highland regiments)
The 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 153rd Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division in May 1915 for service...
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the west end of the Miteirya Ridge across the 9th Australian and 51st (Highland) Division sectors. Tanks would then pass through and defeat the German armour...
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June, the IX Corps of the French Tenth Army (including the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General Victor Fortune) of the British Expeditionary...
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Black Watch (redirect from Royal Highland Regiment)
landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 153rd Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division in May 1915 for service on the Western Front. They saw action at...
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counties in Scotland in 1860. Its successor units served with 51st (Highland) Division through many of the major battles on the Western Front during the...
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high casualty rate.[citation needed] The custom was revived by the 51st Highland Division for their assault on the enemy lines at the start of the Second...
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The 51st (Highland) Division Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel is a memorial in France commemorating the soldiers of the 51st (Highland) Division killed during...
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152nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (redirect from 152nd (1st Highland) Brigade)
Britain's Territorial Force/Territorial Army that was part of 51st (Highland) Division in both World Wars. From its origins in the 19th Century Volunteer...
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of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division. The division's battalions were all raised in the Scottish Highlands. It was intended that the division would...
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in Forfarshire (now Angus) in Scotland in 1859. It served with 51st (Highland) Division through many of the major battles on the Western Front during the...
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memorial to 51st (Highland) Division. The ground originally donated by the commune of Beaumont-Hamel to the Veterans of the 51st Division was found to...
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Britain's Territorial Force/Territorial Army that was part of 51st (Highland) Division in both World Wars. From its origins in the 19th Century Volunteer...
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on 13 November in support of an attack on Beaumont-Hamel by the 51st (Highland) Division of V Corps. The Scottish infantry advanced from a trench 250 yd...
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153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (redirect from 153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade)
Britain's Territorial Force/Territorial Army that was part of 51st (Highland) Division in both World Wars. From its origins in the 19th Century Volunteer...
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154th Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division, reformed in August 1940 by the redesignation of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, and led the battalion...
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1st Renfrew and Dumbarton Artillery Volunteers (redirect from 3rd Highland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery)
in Scotland in 1860. During the First World War, it served with 51st (Highland) Division at the Battle of the Somme before being broken up. In the Second...
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Eton College, respectively. During the Second World War, with the 51st (Highland) Division, Lord Hope displayed such courage and dedication to duty that he...
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13 November, during the Battle of the Ancre in thick fog, the 51st (Highland) Division outflanked Beaumont-Hamel on both sides and forced the garrison...
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(West Riding) Division near Nijmegen. Upon the death of Major-General Thomas Rennie, he assumed command of the 51st (Highland) Division immediately following...
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Canadian Infantry Division, under Major-General Guy Simonds, sailed from the United Kingdom, the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, under Major-General...
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for France on 6 May 1915 where his battalion was attached to the 51st (Highland) Division, stationed near Arras. During the precursor bombardment to the...
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Preston Rifles (section 51st (Highland) Division)
Brigade was left in England. The following month it was posted to 51st (Highland) Division at Bedford, which crossed to France at the beginning of May. The...
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left flank composed of two Scots divisions – the 51st Highland Division and 15th Scottish Division – would be supported by the 6th Guards Tank Brigade...
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