British 51st (Highland) Division (World War I)
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The British 51st (Highland) Division was a Territorial Force division that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War . The division's insignia was a stylised 'HD' inside a red circle. Early doubts about the division's performance earned it the nickname of "Harper's Duds" after the name of its commander Major General G.M. Harper .
See British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II) for the division's formation and history during the Second World War .
Unit history
Formation
152nd (1st Highland) Brigade 153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade 1/6th Bn, the Black Watch 1/7th Bn, the Black Watch The Shetland Companies, the Gordon Highlanders 1/4th Bn, the Gordon Highlanders (until February 1915 ) 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Bn, the Gordon Highlanders (until February 1918 ) 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Bn, the Gordon Highlanders (until October 1918 ) 154th (3rd Highland) Brigade
1/7th Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1/6th (Renfrewshire) Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1/8th (The Argyllshire) Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1/9th (The Dunbartonshire ) Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders April 18 1915 and January 1916, the brigade was replaced by the
battalions of the 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade from the 55th (West Lancashire) Division .
After early 1916, the brigade contained the following battalions:
1/4th (Ross Highland) Bn, the Seaforth Highlanders 1/4th Bn, the Gordon Highlanders 1/9th (Highlanders) Bn, the Royal Scots Regiment 1/7th Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Battles
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