The History of the 51st Highland Division, 1939-1945 |
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Page 119
James Bell Salmond. During the night the 1st Gordons and two Companies of the 5 / 7th Gordons passed through the Black Watch to face what has been referred to as " the heaviest shelling the Battalion ( 1st Gordons ) had experienced ...
James Bell Salmond. During the night the 1st Gordons and two Companies of the 5 / 7th Gordons passed through the Black Watch to face what has been referred to as " the heaviest shelling the Battalion ( 1st Gordons ) had experienced ...
Page 208
... 1st Gordons ( Major Lindsay : Lt. - Col . Grant- Peterkin had gone on leave ) led the way from the little village of Verdenne , and moved up through the forest of birk and fir — very reminiscent of a Scottish hillside - while the sun ...
... 1st Gordons ( Major Lindsay : Lt. - Col . Grant- Peterkin had gone on leave ) led the way from the little village of Verdenne , and moved up through the forest of birk and fir — very reminiscent of a Scottish hillside - while the sun ...
Page 224
... 1st Gordons again had some severe street - fighting , and " A " Company's Commander , Major A. J. Thomson , was shot through the head by a sniper . Major Thomson had only been three days with the Battalion . The 1st Gordons cleared a ...
... 1st Gordons again had some severe street - fighting , and " A " Company's Commander , Major A. J. Thomson , was shot through the head by a sniper . Major Thomson had only been three days with the Battalion . The 1st Gordons cleared a ...
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154 Brigade 1st Black Watch 1st Gordons 2nd Seaforth 30th Corps 33rd Armoured Brigade 5/7th Gordons 51st Highland Division 5th Camerons 5th Seaforth 7th Argylls 7th Armoured Division 7th Black Watch 8th Army advance Africa Alamein anti-tank ditch Armoured Brigade attack Battalion battle Black Watch Lt.-Col bridge bridgehead Buerat Canadian Canal Captain captured casualties Colonel Company counter-attack crossing defences east enemy Field Regiment fighting fire flank fought Francofonte French front Geertruidenberg German ground gunners guns Headquarters heavy held Isselburg killed land later Le Havre Lieutenant Maas machine-gun Major March Mareth Mareth Line miles minefield Montgomery morning night objective officers ordered Panzer patrol platoon position prisoners Reichswald Rennie Rhine ridge river road Royal Artillery Royal Engineers sent Sfax Sferro shelling Sicily soldier St Valéry strong-point tanks took town Tripoli troops units vehicles village Wadi Wimberley wounded yards Yeomanry Zealand