This website has been sponsored and funded by the Highland Division and Ross Bequest Trusts. The Trustees have recognised that, in addition to the splendid sculptures and memorials that exist to commemorate the exploits of the Division, there is pressing requirement to make the Division?s history more accessible and, in so doing, to create a living and educational memorial.
The aim of this website is to capture, present and preserve the glorious history of the Division in a dynamic and enduring memorial. In so doing it has set out to provide a layered history of the Division. At the first level there is, on one page, a brief overview of the Division. Simply clicking on the "History" section on the top left of the overview will take you into a list of campaigns and theatres of action, which appear down the left-hand side. Once again, by clicking on "North Africa", for example, it will take you to an overview of that campaign with a menu allowing you to read in more detail each action. Clicking on the crossed swords icon by the name of the action will take you to the description. Within each action there are further areas marked in red, which provide more detail with examples of personal accounts, operation orders, unit diaries and reports. If at any stage you wish to return to the main menu on the front page, click on the HD badge.
The website has been illustrated throughout with photographs and, by clicking on a particular picture, will take you to the "On Line Museum" which will give full details of the picture, copyright and where appropriate, the negative number. The "On Line Museum" will grow over time and it is our intention to include audio/visual extracts and pipe music. Other sections will be developed in due course covering "Monuments", "Battlefield Tours" and, very importantly, "Education". This is an exciting project and, we believe, one which will be of lasting value as more history and information is recovered and added.
The Trustees are extremely grateful to the many Museums, Regiments, other institutions, and the large number of private individuals who have so generously provided a wealth of information, photographs and documents. We have included details of our benefactors on the credits page and invite you to view that.
We must also pay tribute to the website designers Those Media Guys Ltd whose design and technical advice have been invaluable, and to our historian, Brigadier (Ret'd) C S Grant OBE without whose wealth of knowledge, passion for the subject, and immense hard work we would not be able to bring this to you.
Thank you for visiting the website of the 51st Highland Division - we hope that you find it a memorable and enjoyable experience.