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... 6 BLAIRGOWRIE ADVERTISER FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER THE 51st DIVISION IN BATTLE OF EGYPT Stories of Highlanders’ Courage Pipers Play Black Watch Into Action Military Correspondent) Scotland ever and second to ! This was the message from General the men the ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... stage At a meeting of the Lighting and Cleansing Committee early in July Councillor Russell Convener of the Lighting and Cleansing Committee pointed out that it was possible street lighting might be allowed during the coming lighting season and he suggested ...
... COMMANDER OF THE 51st DIVISION Major-General Wimberley Married to a Blairgowrie Lady In our columns last week it was stated briefly that a mesasge fronY Cairo had disclosed that Major-General D N Wimberley DSO MC commanding the 51st (Highland) Division ...
... Corps then 10th Corps and finally he became Brigadier General Staff 1st Army In Sicily in 1943 he commanded the 152 Infantry Brigade 51st Division and during that year was awarded the DSO and CBE He served throughout the Western European campaign 1944-45 ...
... with the Christmas feed Glasgow Highlanders A burlesque minuet danced by soldiers in ballet dress is the 10th Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) contribution to the Lubeck festivities This is to be a feature of “Highlights” the Battalion’s ...
... Africa until the end ampaign finishing at Elands-near Johannesburg in May For the last eighteen months with General Western’s Infantry arrismith he rejoined the 2nd Watch who were preparing to India 1902 his battalion aril India where he served two Imballa ...