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ORDER OF BATTLE



ORDER OF BATTLE
51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION, 1940


Major General V.M. Fortune, CB, DSO
Lt Col H Swinburn, GSO1


1st Bn. The Lothians & Border Horse (Yeomanry)

152nd Brigade: Brigadier H.W.V. Stewart, DSO

2nd Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders
4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders
4th Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

153rd Brigade: Brigadier G. T. Burnet, MC

4th Bn. The Black Watch
1st Bn. The Gordon Highlanders
5th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders

154th Brigade: Brigadier A.CL. Stanley-Clarke DSO

1st Bn. The Black Watch
7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
8th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Royal Artillery: CR.A., Brigadier H.CH. Eden, MC

17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
75th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

Royal Engineers: CRE., Lt Col H M Smail, TD

26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
236th Field Company, Royal Engineers
237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

Royal Corps of Signals: Lt Col T.P.E. Murray

51st Divisional Signals Company

Royal Army Medical Corps: AD.M.S., Lt Col D.P. Levack

152nd Field Ambulance
153rd Field Ambulance
154th Field Ambulance

Royal Army Service Corps: Lt Col T. Harris-Hunter TD

Divisional Ammunition Company.
Divisional Petrol Company
Divisional Supply Column.

Attached troops

51st Medium Regiment, RA

1st RHA (less one Battery)
97th Field Regiment, RA (one Battery)
213th Army Field Company, RE.
1st Bn Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (Machine-Gunners)
7th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine-Gunners)
6th Bn The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pioneers)
7th Bn The Norfolk Regiment (Pioneers)
Sections of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Royal Army Service Corps

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History Section Reference :
The B.E.F. 1940

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Documents - The B.E.F. 1940
Events - The B.E.F. 1940