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The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served in the First World War. The 15th (Scottish) Division was formed from men volunteering for Kitchener's Army, and served from 1915 to 1918 on the Western Front. The division was later disbanded, after the war, in 1919.
The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served during the Second World War.It was raised on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Territorial Army (TA) and served in the United Kingdom and later North-West Europe from June 1944 to May 1945.
The 11th, 12th and 13th were raised in August 1914 in Edinburgh, with the 11th and 12th allocated to 9th (Scottish) Division and the 13th to 15th (Scottish) Division, and moved to France in mid-1915. They first saw action at the Battle of Loos , where the 11th was almost wiped out, [ 51 ] and spent the remainder of the war on the Western Front.
7th Division 8th Division 9th (Scottish) Division 10th (Irish) Division 11th (Northern) Division 12th (Eastern) Division 13th (Western) Division 14th (Light) Division 15th (Scottish) Division 16th (Irish) Division 17th (Northern) Division 18th (Eastern) Division 19th (Western) Division 20th (Light) Division 21st Division 22nd Division 23rd ...
In September 1940 ACI 419 was replaced with ACI 1118, and division signs were permitted to be worn on uniform below the shoulder title. Below this was worn an 'arm of service' stripe (2 inches (5.1 cm) by 1 ⁄ 4 inch (0.64 cm)) showing the relevant corps colour (for example Artillery , red and blue, Service Corps , yellow and blue, RAMC dark ...
Each division was to be under the administration of one of the Home Commands, and Scottish Command formed what became the 9th (Scottish) Division. [5] It was followed by 15th (Scottish) Division of K2 in September 1914. [6] The 64th (2nd Highland) Division was established in the Command by 1915 after the departure of 51st (Highland) Division ...
14 September – World War I: Scottish soldiers William Henry Johnston, Ross Tollerton and George Wilson are awarded the Victoria Cross in separate actions on the Western Front. 26 September – World War I: the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, newly formed as part of Kitchener's Army, first parades as a unit. [9]
The 9th (Service) Battalion and the 10th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 44th Brigade in the 15th (Scottish) Division in July 1915 for service on the Western Front. [15] Garrison Battalion. The 1st Garrison Battalion, originally raised as the 12th Battalion, was formed in 1916 of soldiers unfit for front line ...