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Kangaroos carrying men of the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in Moergestel, Netherlands, 26 October 1944. The 6th Battalion was a 2nd Line TA unit that was transferred to the 17th Infantry Brigade, part of the 5th Infantry Division. It served with the division throughout the war in Sicily, Italy, and finally in Northwest Europe. [30]
On 1 June 1945, a second Active Force component of the regiment was mobilized for service in the Pacific theatre of operations designated as the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CASF. The battalion disbanded on 1 November 1945. [1]
The home defence battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) was in turn absorbed into the 51st Highland Volunteers in 1969, with a rifle platoon of C (Queen's Own Highlanders) Company, 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers still based at the Ferry Road drill hall. [6]
4th, 5th and 6th Bns, Seaforth Highlanders; 4th Bn Cameron Highlanders: Absorbed into 10th Provisional Bn by 1917 2nd (Scottish) 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Bns and Shetland Companies, Gordon Highlanders: Disbanded 1917 3rd (Scottish) 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Bns, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: 16th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] [9] 4th ...
11th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (1947–1967) 4th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1961) 5th/6th (Banff, Buchan and Donside) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1961) London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders (1947–1967) 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (1961–1968) 4th/5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1947–1967)
11th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders: 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: 1st Battalion, The London Scottish: 7/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: 3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers: 3rd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: 7th and 8th Battalions, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The 2nd Battalion was re-designated the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) with headquarters still at Cooper Park in 1995. [5] Following the Strategic Defence Review in 1998, the presence at Cooper Park was reduced to a single rifle platoon of B (Highlanders) Company, the 51st Highlanders Regiment. [5]
[1] [2] He served in the Second World War with the 2nd and 7th Battalions of his regiment. [2] Serving with the 2nd Battalion, which formed part of the 51st (Highland) Division , in 1940, the battalion was forced to surrender at Dunkirk , and he became a prisoner of war at the Oflag V-B camp at Biberach in Baden-Württemberg . [ 3 ]