British 9th (Highland) Infantry Division

The 9th Infantry Division was a second line Territorial Army formation at the beginning of the Second World War. After the surrender of the 51st Highland Division

British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)

For the First World War unit, see 51st Division .The 51st Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War...

in 1940, the 9th Division, a replica of the 51st Division, was reorganised as the new 51st (Highland) Infantry Division. It carried on the great fighting history of Highland

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

military units and fought in North Africa, Sicily and North-West Europe.

26th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
Seaforth Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War...
7th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. In 1961 it was merged with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders...

27th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, The Black Watch
The Black Watch
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7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
The Gordon Highlanders
The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...
9th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

28th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, The Black Watch
10th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
11th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Artillery

126th Field Regt, Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
127th Field Regt, Royal Artillery
128th Field Regt, Royal Artillery
61st Anti-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery

Engineers

274th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
275th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
276th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
277th Park Coy, Royal Engineers

General Officers Commanding

Commanders included:

Sep 1939-Mar 1940 Major-General George Lindsay
George Lindsay (British Army officer)
Major General George Mackintosh Lindsay CB CMG CBE DSO was a British Army officer who commanded 9th Highland Division.-Military career:...
Mar 1940-Jun 1940 Major-General Edward Beck
Edward Beck (British Army officer)
Major General Edward Archibald Beck DSO was a British Army officer who commanded 9th Highland Division.-Military career:Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Beck was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1900...
Jun 1940-Aug 1940 Major-General Sir Alan Cunningham

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