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The 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was a Regular Army battalion that served originally with the 2nd Infantry Brigade, part of the 1st Infantry Division, and was sent to France in September 1939, shortly after the declaration of war, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF): it remained there until May
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In January 1965, the first UK-based units (aside from air defence and special forces) arrived and after six weeks of jungle training, deployed on operations. The 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders arrived first and became the thirteenth battalion in Borneo, with 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment as the fourteenth and last.
In July 1944 Lindsay was appointed second-in-command of the 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders, in the 51st Highland Division. He commanded the battalion in sixteen operations between July 1944 and May 1945, being again Mentioned in Despatches, wounded in action, and receiving the Distinguished Service Order. [10]
On 9 January 1908, Gordon was promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant colonel. [11] From 1908 to 1911, he was commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. [1] [4] On 10 August 1911, he succeeded Colonel Beauvoir De Lisle as general staff officer, 1st grade (GSO1) of the 2nd Division. [12] He was promoted to colonel on 30 ...
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry In February 1900 the Highland Light Infantry transferred to the 19th Brigade under Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien , and the Gordon Highlanders joined the Highland Brigade.
On 12 December 1963 Kenya gained its independence. While 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders at Gilgil, were in the process of relocating to Redford Barracks Colinton, Edinburgh, having sent their advance party ahead, trouble started to brew in the newly-independent East African armies. [5]
Graham was made commanding officer of 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders 1976 and chief of staff at 3rd Armoured Division in 1978. [2] He went on to command the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1982 [2] and was mentioned in despatches for his services in Northern Ireland in 1984. [4]