51st (Highland) Infantry Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1908–1967
gptkbp:associatedWith Scottish regiments
gptkbp:awarded Victoria Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_Arras_(1917)
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1967
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Scotland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
gptkbp:insignia Red 'HD' on blue background
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Scotland_for_Ever
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Highland_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Douglas_Wimberley
gptkb:Major-General_Thomas_Rennie
gptkb:Victor_Fortune
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Operation_Totalize
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkb:Operation_Veritable
gptkb:Operation_Epsom
gptkb:Operation_Jupiter
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Hundred_Days_Offensive
gptkb:Operation_Pheasant
gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918)
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:North-West_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Astonia
gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)
Advance into Germany
Liberation of Le Havre
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Surrender_at_Saint-Valery-en-Caux_(1940)
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Piper_Bill_Millin
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Territorial_Army
gptkb:Territorial_Force
gptkbp:predecessor Seaforth Highlanders Brigade
gptkbp:reconstitutedFrom gptkb:9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:reformed 1940
gptkbp:successor gptkb:51st_Highland_Volunteers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Gordon_MacMillan
gptkb:9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Major-General_Thomas_Rennie
gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7