51st Highland Division

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Shared by Winston Churchill (

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Lieutenant-Colonel John William Arthur Stephenson was a British Army officer during Second World War. He was a hero of North Africa Campaign. As a Captain in the Middlesex Regiment, in 1943 he was awarded the DSO for service in Tunisia. However, he was most known to...read more

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Shared by Panzer Commander (

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Francotirador británico perteneciente al 5º Batallón "The Black Watch" de la 153ª Brigada de Infantería, a su vez perteneciente a la 51st Highland Division.read more

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Shared by Bletchley Park (

Lieutenant) October 07, 2014

After the peacetime period between the wars, the 51st Highland Division was mobilised again in 1939 for deployment to France in January 1940 as part of the B.E.F. After the initial operations, as the B.E.F. retired on Dunkirk and the Division formed a defensive perimeter around...read more

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