Commander | |
03.09.1939 | Brig. B.C. Lake |
04.11.1939 (acting) | Lt.Col. A.E.D. Anderson |
21.12.1939 | Brig. J.A. Campbell |
21.05.1941 | Brig. H.D.K. Money |
29.07.1944 | Brig. J.C. Cockburn |
27.11.1944 | Brig. Hon. H.C. Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce |
13.07.1945 (acting) | Lt.Col. C.W.P. Richardson |
24.07.1945 | Brig. Hon. H.C. Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce |
Units | |
8th Battalion The Royal Scots | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
6th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers | 03.09.1939-05.10.1942 |
44th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company | 14.10.1940-14.12.1940 |
11th Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | 14.10.1942-27.12.1942 |
6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers | 28.12.1942-31.08.1945 |
Service record | |||
Period | Served under | Theatre | Battles |
03.09.1939-07.07.1944 | 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division | United Kingdom | at sea [13.06.1944] | NW Europe [17.06.1944] | The Odon | Caen |
08.07.1944-11.07.1944 | 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division | NW Europe | |
12.07.1944-31.08.1945 | 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division | NW Europe | Mont Pincon | The Nederrijn | The Rhineland | The Rhine |
Title | From Normandy to the Baltic : the story of the 44th Lowland Infantry Brigade of the 15th Scottish Division from D Day to the end of the war in Europe |
Author | "Advocate" [= Capt. I.M.
Robertson]
The Hon. Lord Ian Macdonald Robertson (born 30.10.1912) made his career as an advocate (hence his pseudonym). In WWII he served initially with the 8th Battalion The Royal Scots and became Intelligence Officer of the 44th Lowland Brigade. |
Published | Bad Segeberg, [Germany] : 44th Lowland Infantry Brigade, 1945 |
Printed | Bad Segeberg, Holstein (Germany) : C.H. Wäsers Druckerei |
Collation | 158 pages; photographs & maps throughout; 22 x 15 cm |
Appendices | photographs, congratulatory orders and messages, list of all officers, statistics of casualties, German formations encountered |