Below you should find an record of all pre-April 2011 site news, issued prior to the site redesign. For up-to-date news and updates you might like to view the current news or our twitter feed which also carries links to key updates - twitter.com/51HD
BBC Radio Scotland will be broadcasting a documentary programme titled 'The Forgotten 51st' as part of their Remembrance Day schedule. The programme will be broadcast on Thursday 11th November @ 15:30 and will be repeated on Sunday 14th November @ 00:00. The programme will be available on the BBC iPlayer for an additional week.
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Four photos of Pipes and Drums of Seaforth Highlanders
Thank you to Sandy Reid for sending in 4 great photos of the 4/5th Seaforth Highlanders TA pipes & drums taken during the inter-war years - these have now been added to the Pipes & Drums section.
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Photos of the Memorial at Stalag XXb Marienburg
Andrzej Gilewski has kindly sent us two photographs of the memorial which now stands on the site of Stalag XXb Marienburg (now Malbork). This POW camp happens to be one of those in which Henry Owens was held in 1942 and is described in his personal account published in our POW Experience section.
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Photo of 51st HD, R.A.S.C. Officers' Training Company, Dec 1939
Thanks to James Gillies for sending us this photograph of the 51st Highland Division, R.A.S.C., Officers' Training Company taken in December 1939. The photo has been added to the Mobilisation section as it was possibly taken whilst the Division was at Aldershot, prior the eventual embarkation to Le Havre from Southampton in January 1940.
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152 Brigade, Sicily, ca. August 1943
Mr H. Jemmeson has kindly sent in two photos of his Father, Edward Jemmeson. One photo is of 152 Brigade in Sicily before embarkation to the UK and the other is thought to be of the with 152 Light Aid Detachment.
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Photo of the Monument at Sferro
Mr P. Hooton sent us a photo of the Memorial Stone at Sferro, taken in August 2010. Mt. Etna can be seen in the background.
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9th (Highland) Division Shoulder Flash
A description of the reformed 51st Highland Division in 1940 after St. Valery now includes a photograph of the 9th and 51st shoulder flashes and the Orders of Battle.
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Major Davidson DSO account of the action at Point 198
Major Davidson DSO recalls the fight for Point 198 at the centre of the Roumana Ridge at Wadi Akarit, taken (with kind permission) from "Operation Scipio - The 8th Army at the Battle of Wadi Akarit" by B.S. Barnes.
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A Medic's account from the foot of the Roumana Ridge
PTE Angus Cummings, a Medic with 175 Field Ambulance 153 Brigade, tells of his difficult job as a stretcher-bearer under fire at the foot of the Roumana ridge at Wadi Akarit, taken (with kind permission) from "Operation Scipio - The 8th Army at the Battle of Wadi Akarit" by B.S. Barnes.
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Major Andrews account of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders push for the Djebel Roumana Ridge
Major Andrews (later Brigadier) retells an account of the operation to take a ridge called Djebel Roumana at Wadi Akarit, taken (with kind permission) from "Operation Scipio - The 8th Army at the Battle of Wadi Akarit" by B.S. Barnes.
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Two memories of the 61st Anti-Tank Reg. at Waki Akarit
Personal memories of Wadi Akarit from PTE SHAW and SGT MACDONALD, taken (with kind permission) from "Operation Scipio - The 8th Army at the Battle of Wadi Akarit" by B.S. Barnes.
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Read a new extract on the Attack on Le Havre during September 1944, taken (with kind permission) from 'The History of the 7th Argylls' by Ian C Cameron.
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Short History of 127(HD) Field Reg. RA
This short account has been provided by Ms Mary Duffus. It was given to her father in the Battery Office on disbandment at the end of the war. He served with the 51st Highland Division, 301/127 (H) Fld Regt RA, as a fitter seeing service at El Alamein, Sicily, Normandy and right through to Bremerhaven. After the war he rejoined the TA and was commissioned in the REME.
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"Operation Scipio" by B S Barnes, published by Sentinel Press in 2007, provides personal accounts of the Battle of Wadi Akarit from the perspective of the 4th Indian, 50th Northumbrian and 51st Highland Divisions. The chapter on the 51st Highland Division has over 100 pages with a host of personal accounts by all rank and covering not only the infantry but other divisional troops. It also has the appropriate extracts from battalion war diaries for the battle. It is an outstanding read and provides many fascinating and personal insights.
I am delight that the author has very kindly agreed that I can use extract and sections from the book. I will therefore be adding a number of these accounts to the website but I can assure you that it will still be worth buying this excellent book.
Charles Grant (Website Historian)
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J.Matheson's account of his escape
One of the St.Valery veterans present on Thursday 10th June 2010 when Provost Jimmy Grey of Inverness hosted a reception in the Inverness Town House to honour the veterans was John Matheson (4 SEAFORTH).
In the course of talking with him his companion Barbara loaned me his photograph album. In it I discovered an account of his prisoner of war experience told to the Ross-Shire Journal (November 14, 2003).
This fascinating account has now been added to our POW EXPERIENCE section of the site, by kind permission of the Ross-Shire Journal along with a number of photographs from the album.
Charles Grant (Website Historian)
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Account of Movements of 51(H) Div. and attached Tps. leaving Lille area.
This account of the “Movements of 51(H) Div. and Attached Tps. since leaving Lille Area” was provided by Mr Michael Thomson of Perth who provided me with various artefacts from his uncle, Major David K Thomson who was in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) in the Divisional Supply Regiment. The account is on foolscap paper and appears to be contemporary. Although unattributed, the only person mentioned by name in the account is Major C.P.R.Johnston and as the account from 10 June relates specifically to ARK force it may be that he was the author and escaped. I would be grateful for any further details.
Charles Grant (Website Historian)
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In addition to personal accounts of life as a POW from Henry Owens that we were able to upload to the site earlier this month, we've been able to upload a number of photos and stories that we've received via youcanhelp@51hd.co.uk
We were sent a very interesting story from George Laloux who was a young boy living in "Embourg Castle" near Liege at the time of the Ardennes Offensive who recalls 152 Infantry Brigade HQ (Seaforth Highlanders) were based at his home during the early part of the Ardennes Offensive. You can read this story and see a list of Officers who stayed at George's home by clicking here.
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We also have a photograph of a memorial to the fallen of the 51st Highland Division at La Roche (also during the Ardennes Offensive) which was kindly sent to us by Didier Renard. The photo can be seen in our Memorials section
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Richard Sands, who's Father (Sgt George Sands MM) served with the 51st, kindly sent us a scan of a photograph his Father had of the Sergeants and Warrant Officers of the 51st (H) Reconnaissance Regiment, taken in June of 1942 before their departure to Egypt where they would join the 8th Army in preparation for the battle of El Alamein.
Sgt George Sands served with both 2nd and 5th battalions. Sailing to North Africa, January 1942, as reinforcements/replacements for 2nd battalion at Tobruk. Before he had finished acclimatisation, Tobruk had fallen and 2nd battalion went into captivity. He fought for a few months with 4th Indian Div. He then joined 5th battalion when they arrived in Egypt some 6months later. He fought with 5th battalion from Alamein to Bremen.
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Paul Witty, who's Father (Jim Witty) served in North Africa and Sicily with the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, very kindly sent us a disc of scanned photographs of his Father's, taken during various periods of his service. We have been able to incorporate a number of these photographs into pages in our history section within - Brief History of 242 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery
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We would like to thank Robert Owens and his family for sharing these detailed and moving memories of their Father's experience as a POW from 1940 in St. Valery to liberation in 1945.
Henry Owens' accounts include many photographs, extracts from personal letters of the time and of course, Henry Owens own words which have been compiled by Robert Owens in November 2001.
These accounts have been placed into chapters within the POW Experiences section of the site.
We hope you find these accounts, alongside those of Corp. Jack Kidd, as interesting as we did.
A series of reports and events have marked the 70th Anniversary of the capture of the 51st Highland Division at St.Valéry-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. Several radio reports were followed by coverage by STV of veterans of the surrender preparing to leave for the commemoration at St.Valéry.
On Thursday 10th June Provost Jimmy Grey of Inverness hosted a reception in the Inverness Town House to honour the veterans. Present at the reception were Mr John Matheson (5 Seaforth), Mr Peter Black (RASC), Alec Wiseman (4 Camerons), Mr Donald Ross (4 Cameron Mr Alec Mackenzie (4 Seaforth), Mr Alec Murray (5 Seaforth), Mr Neil Wilson (5 Seaforth), Mr David Ross (5 Seaforth).
On 12 June at St.Valéry veterans and families were joined at the 51st Highland Division memorial and at the cemetery for a service and wreath laying, by dignitaries from France and Scotland. These included Bruce Crawford MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business, the Provost of Inverness, Jimmy Gray and the Commander of the 51st Scottish Brigade, Brigadier David Allfrey.
Leading the veterans was Dr. Tom Renouf, Secretary of the St Valery Veterans Association - you can read an account given by Dr. Tom Renouf (then Private Renouf) of his experience with 7 Platoon, "A" Company, 5th Black Watch during the Ardennes Campaign within the History section of our website.
A Service of Remembrance was held in the town's church, which has the stained glass window given by the people of Inverness in memory of the 51st Highland Division and the veterans were guests of honour at a civic reception.
To coincide with the Anniversary a group about 40 students and staff from the Aberdeen Universities Officer Training Corps (UOTC) were at St.Valéry to commemorate the event and take part in a battlefield tour. Their Drums and Pipes played at all the formal events. They also played in the town square where UOTC dancers did the Reel of the 51st before encouraging the locals to join in. STV and a number of papers have provided very good coverage of the events of the day. A picture of the Divisional Memorial at St. Valery has been added to the Memorials section. The photo shows wreaths laid during commemoration events - more photos of these events to come...
On the Monday the UOTC battlefield tour continued visiting various parts of the final battle around St.Valery. On the ground held by the 1st Black Watch at St.Pierre-le-Viger we were met by the Mayor who had arranged a small exhibition and refreshments. It was here that Andrew Bradford, who had taken part in Saturdays commemorations and whose late father was with the 51st Highland Division for both the capture and, having escaped, the liberation of St Valery, described how his father, then a young captain, found himself commanding two companies of the Battalion. Andrew Bradford, is the author of the book “Escape from St Valery-en-Caux.”
After other stands the tour concluded at Veules-les-Roses where, while some escaped, many more perished as they attempted to descend the sheer cliffs or waited in the sea for the ships that did not come.
To conclude, the Anniversary of St.Valéry had been properly marked. The students from Aberdeen had enjoyed memorable visit enriched by the opportunity to talk with the veterans about their individual experiences. I intend to put more on the website about the Anniversary visit and veteran experiences in the coming months but I would like conclude by thanking Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Wardner and the staff of Aberdeen Universities Officer Training Corps for all their arrangements, hosting many visitors and keeping the memory of St.Valéry alive.
Charles Grant
Website Historian
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I am delighted to report that the Trustees of the 51st Highland Division and Ross Bequest have approved an exciting program of work to improve the web site and in addition to put up more content.
This program, proposed by our Website Administrator Ian Livingstone, will be rolled out in phased development work between now and October 2010. It will include improved accessibility and navigation through the site, a slide show feature making it easier to view and access pictures, restructuring and indexing the museum to make it more user friendly and give a better search facility. You will have already noticed that Ian has made the web site more responsive and the "you can help" campaign is producing some very good material, some of which will appear on site very soon. In the meantime please keep the photographs, accounts and artifacts coming in.
Charles Grant
Website Historian
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We'd also like repeat the details of our new twitter.com/51HD feed and the follow@51HD feature which has resulted in many site visitors picking up the Radio Scotland interview on the BBC iPlayer in the week after it was broadcast.
You can follow that twitter feed and find out as and when new content becomes available - twitter.com/51HD
Or you can bookmark its RSS Feed to receive automated updates directly to your web browser (provided your web browser has an RSS reader).
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More photographs, artifacts, extracts and accounts, in addition to new content for the History section will be added to the site in a few weeks so please do check back here to see what is new.
Many thanks, once again, for all of your stories and photographs - please do keep them coming.
Ian Livingstone
Website Administrator
On behalf of the he trustees of the 51st Highland Division Trust Fund
& the Highland Division Ross Bequest Fund
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Brigadier (Ret'd) Charles Grant OBE, the site historian, was interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Good Morning Scotland' show on the 28th May 2010. The show is available via the BBC's iplayer for the next seven days and Charles is interview at 1:39hr into the show.
Link to the show - click here
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Please follow our new twitter feed to find out when new content is available - twitter.com/51HD
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More photographs, artifacts, extracts and accounts, in addition to new content from our website historian, Brigadier (Ret'd) C S Grant OBE, will be added to the site in a few weeks so please do check back here to see what is new.
Many thanks, once again, for all of your stories and photographs - please do keep them coming.
Ian Livingstone
Website Administrator
On behalf of the he trustees of the 51st Highland Division Trust Fund
& the Highland Division Ross Bequest Fund
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Firstly We would like to thank everyone who has been in touch to provide first hand accounts or stories of their relatives, photographs, maps and scans of newspaper clippings. We're currently working through all of your submissions and we plan to add as much of your content to the site as we can in the coming months. If you have artifacts, note books, scans of photographs or journal transcriptions that they feel would be at home on the 51st Highland Division website, please contact - youcanhelp@51hd.co.uk
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In this latest set of updates we have a number of new accounts and extracts relating to the 128th Field Regiment (Royal Artillery), the 7th Argylls and the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) in addition to an extension to Jack Kidd's account of his POW experience. (more details below)
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The first account is from Captain J T Lang who served with 128th (H) Field Battery RA (TA) in El Alamein. Captain Lang's account is entitled El Alamein - A Gunner's View and details the movements and action from 128 Field Reg. from 1st September 1942 through to early November of that year.
We also have a short history of the 128th Field Regiment written by John Lang. The account was originally entitled "The story of an artillery Regiment of the 51st Highland Division" and was privately printed in 1989.
Another extract relating to the 128th Field Regiment is taken from the Regiment records relating to Battles for Gerbini, Sferro Hills, Catania Plain and Biancavilla.
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We have added a new extract detailing the 61st (Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) during the Sicily Campaign at Sferro through July 1943.
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There are also two separate extracts taken from 'The History of the 7th Argylls' by Captain Ian C Cameron.
This first reference is a description of the 7th Argylls in the Battle of Wadi Akarit in March/April 1943 during the North Africa Campaign.
The second extract details the attack on St. Michels Gestel and Vught during Operation Colin which was part of the Low Countries Campaign in October 1944.
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Another addition to the site is an extension to the accounts from Jack Kidd in our POW Experience section which was part of the last site update. This new account is of the arduous Thousand Mile March that the POWs were forced to endure in late 1944 as Germany attempted to relentlessly move its prisoners from the advancing Russian forces and the prospect of liberation.
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Last, but not least, we have added a short note listing the various Commanders of the 51st Highland Division during the post war years between 1946 and 1967.
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More photographs, artifacts, extracts and accounts, in addition to new content from our website historian, Brigadier (Ret'd) C S Grant OBE, will be added to the site in the coming months so please do check back here to see what is new.
Many thanks, once again, for all of your stories and photographs - please do keep them coming.
Ian Livingstone
Website Administrator
On behalf of the he trustees of the 51st Highland Division Trust Fund
& the Highland Division Ross Bequest Fund
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In this latest update on the website we must start with the sad news of the death of one of the 51st Highland Division and Ross Bequest Trustees. The following obituary is taken from 'The Red Hackle' by kind permission of Lieutenant Colonel R Riddell.
MAJOR G H PILCHER MC died on the 27th of March 2009 aged 92. He was one of a special band of Territorial Officers who served the Regiment with such distinction and courage during the 2nd World War.
Graham was born in Dundee on the 15th of June 1916 and went to Prep school in Fife before going to Clifton College in Bristol. He was a talented sportsman who particularly enjoyed his cricket. Sport was a part of bis life that he was able to enjoy into his old age. He celebrated his 80th birthday by playing tennis with his grand children and his 90th with a round of golf!
In 1935, after leaving school, he joined Jute Industries Ltd. He was the fourth generation of his family on his mother's side to work in the industry and his father was director of the company.
Graham like so many of his generation joined the Territorial Army and after attending his commissioning course at Sandhurst joined the 4th/5th Battalion The Black Watch, his father's old battalion.
At the outbreak of war he was mobilized with the 4th Battalion and went to France. He was wounded and evacuated in June 1940 before the catastrophe at St Valéry and then after recuperating, rejoined the 4th Battalion in Gibraltar.
On 14th June 1944 he joined the 5th Battalion just after the Battle of Breville, arriving at a time when experienced officers were at a premium. He took command of C Company and was soon involved in the abortive Divisional attack on Collombelles. Hard fighting followed and by the end of October the battalion were close to Hertogenbosch. It was near here that his courageous action led to the award of a Military Cross. During an advance, he and his Company came under heavy mortar and machine gun fire and found themselves pinned down, with snipers trying to pick them off. Realizing that quick action was essential, he ran across open ground despite the intense fire and led an assault on the German positions 200 yards away. Two machine gun posts were wiped out. His citation noted that "his conduct and courage were an outstanding example to all rank under his command". He was awarded his MC by Field Marshal Montgomery on 15 December 1944.
In February and March more fierce fighting took place during the Reichswald offensive and the battle of Goch but on 16 April 1945 he was badly wounded by shellfire near Dotlingen. His injuries were so severe that he did not return to the war.
Graham married Rosamunde in 1946 and returned to the textile business, managing the Camperdown, Bow Bridge, Maxwelltown, Coldrum and Manhattan factories. He gave up production duties in 1954 to concentrate on cloth sales. Jute Industries was renamed Sidlaw Industries in the early 1970s and he was latterly Chairman of the hardware division before retiring in 1979. He also served as Chairman of the British Jute Trade Federal Council.
Graham was very involved with the 51st Highland Division Veterans Association and as Chairman in October 2006 he unveiled a bronze statue of a piper at Bruar in Perthshire to commemorate the actions and sacrifice of that famous formation.
He was also a devout and committed Christian and was greatly involved in the Diocese of Brechin as well as in his local church.
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A fine soldier, Graham was an enthusiastic supporter of the web site and provided encouragement and praise for it in equal measure. A true gentleman, his support and enthusiastic presence will be much missed.
Turing to the website development the Trustees have agreed to advance the work, originally planned for next year, on "The Prisoner of War Experience" and the subject is introduced under that heading. I will be very pleased to receive (through Thornton's Solicitors or via our new email address - youcanhelp@51hd.co.uk) any first hand accounts and photographs to support this section.
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The section on Piping and Drumming has also been started. Over the coming year it is hoped to add considerably to this section. I am indented to Pipe Major Alistair Duthie whose considerable knowledge of piping history is proving invaluable.
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There are also additional items including An Account of the Rhine Crossing from the perspective of a Buffalo driver and a new section under units on the formation of 51st (H) Reconnaissance Regiment.
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The Highland Division Tapestry has also been added to the Memorials.
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I would also like to draw attention to a new book '"Escape from Saint Valéry-en-Caux", The adventures of Captain B C Bradford' details of which will be found in the Credits Section.
Charles Grant
Website Historian.
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The website has just been updated to include some new material. I would like to thank all those who have commented so favourably on the site and where there are areas as yet uncovered I hope to be able to address them in the future.
You will find that work has just started on the Memorials section. There is a front page listing some of the 51st Highland Division Memorials. Over time each of these will have a link to its own section with a description and photograph. I have begun with Highland Division Window St Valéry en Caux and Sferro.
I have started to address the Supporting Arms and Services and you will find in the "online" museum a page on the Royal Artillery listing those units that were with the Division. I have been given a short (one page) history of 242 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery, part of 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery which I have included. If anyone possess similar short histories of attached Arms or Services I would be very grateful for them.
You will also find a piece in the "online" museum on "Piobaireachd" which was the name given to the 51st Highland Division newsletter. I am indebted to Tommy Smith, the Archivist at the Black Watch Museum, for bringing this material to my attention.
I would like to thank those who have contacted me through Thorntons with offers of material for the website. Contributions, both financial to support its continued growth and of material are most welcome and should be made to me through Thorntons.
Charles Grant
Website Historian.
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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
The Web Site Historian
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Since the site was launched in October 2007 a considerable amount of progress has been made and we would like to update you on this and to ask for your support.
Firstly, you will notice that we have added two more campaigns, the Ardennes and the Reichswald. To support this a number of new photographs and maps, along with supporting documents have been added. Work is now in hand on the next section which is on the Rhine Crossing and it is hoped to put this onto the website, at least in outline, by Easter.
The Trustees met in January to consider a Three Year Plan prepared by the Web Site Historian and Web Site Designers and have approved the plan in outline and authorised Year One which will complete the World War Two element, create the "Memorials" Section, develop "Online Museum" to include additional photographs, a piping section, audio/visual extracts and expand the Regimental/Battalion Histories including other units. (RA, RAC, RE, RSigs etc.) In addition there will be some preliminary investigation on the "Battlefield Tours" and "Education" sections.
This is all exciting stuff but funding remains an issue. The Trustees have therefore decided to launch a campaign to raise the money to fund the whole three year plan - some £75,000 in all.
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.
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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.