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44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade

 
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

 
Literature    
"Advocate" [= Ian M. Robertson] 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 [Germany : 44th Lowland Brigade, 1945]
158 p.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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