51st (Highland) Infantry Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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