With this update the concluding section Victory in Europe, bringing the Divisional history up to the end of World War Two, has been added. There is also some additional material on the Rhine Crossing.
Going back to the start of the War, new sections on The 51st Highland Division & the BEF and St.Valéry June 1940 have also been added.
Work is now in hand to provide a section on Preparation and Mobilisation - 1939. Once this is completed it is intended to provide details of the Divisional supporting arms and services as well as more supporting material on the earlier sections.
On 8th June this year a reunion of wartime veterans and members of the 51st Highland Division took place in Perth to mark the dedication of a new 51st Highland Division Tapestry which will be hung in St.John's Kirk, Perth. It is intended to include details and a picture of the tapestry on the website and work will start shortly on the Memorials section.
I am very grateful to those who have made contact as a result of seeing the site and provide financial contributions or material ? both are very welcome. I would like to repeat that if, having explored the site, you would like to help us achieve our aim, which is to provide a complete and authoritative history of the 51st Highland Division as a memorial and source of reference then your contribution would be very welcome.
Charles Grant
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Web Site Historian - Brigadier (Ret'd) C S Grant OBE
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