... New light on surrender Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division by Saul David. Published by Brassey's at £19.95. THIS is a book which sheds new light on the surrender of the 51st Highland Division at the northern French port of St Valery in June ...

... from Crieff 24-year-old Sergeant serving with the 4Gth Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment On October 22 1942 his regiment formed part of 153 Brigade providing protection for the heavy guns and the infantry of Highland Division Dug in with his 12-man and Bofors ...

... Lambeth-born 6018794 Sergeant Bert Harding served right through the Second World War. His original unit the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry was one of the first sent to France in 1940 as part of the British Expeditionary Force. That was in February and by June ...

... flashes for its members to wear. The 51st went on to liberate St Valery and slog through Belgium, Holland and across the Rhine into northern Germany until the war’s end, fighting every inch of the way. After the war the 51st reverted to its TA role. It was ...

... honours stands the pride of Perthshire The Black Watch As part of the reformed 51st Highland Division which was decimated at St Valery-en-Caux the previous year three infantry battalions of The Black Watch went into action at El Alamein BY late 1942 the ...

... Defence in Whitehall. During the last war he served in the Royal Artillery, Royal Fusiliers and the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. In peace-time he served for 17 years in the Territorial Army the sixth/seventh battalion the Black Watch. ...

... honours stands the pride of Perthshire The Black Watch. As part of the reformed 51st Highland Division which was decimated at St Valery-en-Caux the previous year three infantry battalions of The Black Watch went into action at El Alamein. The Ist, sth and ...

... Yorkshire who joined the army in early 1915 expecting to be sporting the hunting horn cap badge of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry only to find that at the whim of the war office they were ‘jocks’ in the dark green tartan of the oldest highland regiment ...

... OFFICERS and men of the 51st Highland Division captured j during the retreat from France in 1940 will remember David i Wild as the tall, slightly stooped Church of England padre with ; the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. A chaplain at Eton ...

... desertion at Arras in 1916. Seven soldiers from the Royal Scots and five each from the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry are mentioned in Mr Mackinlay's motion. Mr Mackinlay has been interested in the first world war for many years and has ...

... world warthe crossing of the Rhine, on March 23, 1945. Mr Matthew Timmons, of Broughty Ferryformerly of the 10th Highland Light Infantry—tells me that many hearing the tune The 10th HLI Crossing the Rhine are unaware of what it represents. Of the battle, ...

... squadron, based in Ayr. That squadron will remain and there will now be • Perth-based The First Battalion 51st Highland Volunteers has gained a new infantry company in Angus at the expense of two English companies. in the East Kilbride area and one at Cupar ...