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The History of the
51st (Highland) Division
The History of the
51st (Highland) Division
1914-1918
BY
Major F. W. BEWSHER
D.S.O., M.C.
FORMERLY BRIGADE MAJOR, 152ND INFANTRY BRIGADE,
AND GENERAL STAFF OFFICER, 2ND GRADE,
51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1921
Dedicated
TO THE YOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
In the hope that this record of the courage, skill, and
endurance of a Highland Division may strengthen
their purpose, when their time comes, to uphold in no
lesser degree the great traditions of their forebears.
FOREWORD.
If it were possible for the General who for three yearscommanded all the British Divisions in France, and was served withequal gallantry, devotion, and success by each, to admit a predilectionfor any of them, my affection would naturally turn to the Division thatdrew so many of its recruits from the same part of Scotland where myboyhood was spent and my own people lived. Those who read the pages ofthis book will find therein a tale of patient endeavour and gloriousachievement of which I claim a good right to be as proud as any of myfellow-countrymen. The 51st Division does not need to boast of itsprowess or its record. It can point to the story of its deeds, plainlyand simply told, and leave the world to judge.
HAIG
of Bemersyde,
F.M.
8th August 1920.