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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.
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 ...
The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.
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 ...
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry .
The brigade was reformed just before the Second World War, as the 45th Infantry Brigade.The brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation and was part of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, which was the duplicate of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and served in the Second World War.
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