15th (Scottish) Infantry Division [British] 1939-1945

Lineage
09.1939	at the outbreak of the was a second line Territorial Army division, being a duplicate of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. Placed on Lower Establishment in November 1941, it was raised to Higher Establishment in March 1943 and reorganized as a Mixed Division, before finally being reorganized as an Infantry Division in September 1943.

Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
28.08.1939	Maj.Gen. R. Le Fanu
19.08.1940 (acting)	Brig. J.A. Campbell
23.08.1940	Maj.Gen. R.C. Money
27.01.1941 (acting)	Brig. J.A. Campbell
30.01.1941	Maj.Gen. Sir O.W.H. Leese, Bart
17.06.1941	Maj.Gen. A.F.P. Christison
14.05.1942	Maj.Gen. D.C. Bullen-Smith
14.08.1943 (acting)	Brig. H.D.K. Money
27.08.1943	Maj.Gen. G.H.A. MacMillan
05.08.1944	Maj.Gen. C.M. Barber

General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1)
14.09.1939	Brig. M.H. Dendy
06.07.1940	Lt.Col. M.B. Dowse
12.01.1941	Lt.Col. G.R. Bradshaw
23.05.1941	Lt.Col. E.L. Bols
15.02.1942	Lt.Col. D.H. Haugh
13.12.1942	Lt.Col. E.B. Smith
26.05.1943	Lt.Col. J.N.D. Tyler
14.01.1945	Lt.Col. J.M. Hailey
19.04.1945 - 07.11.1945	Lt.Col. W.A. Stevenson

Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG)
14.09.1939	Col. H.F. Grant-Suttie
11.02.1940	Lt.Col. E.T.L. Gurdon
29.06.1940	Lt.Col. J.D. Milne
14.03.1941	Lt.Col. J.G. Nicholson
06.03.1942	Lt.Col. T.G. Robinson
07.08.1942	Lt.Col. H.C.L. Kingsford-Lethbridge
04.02.1945 - 14.12.1945	Lt.Col. A.M. Man

Commander Royal Engineers (CRE)
	Lt.Col. J.F. Gibson
	Lt.Col. M.R. Caldwell
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1945	Lt.Col. R.K. Millar

Commander Divisional Signals (CRSigs)
	Lt.Col. V.D. Warren
	Lt.Col. F.C. Seely

Commander Royal Artillery (CRA)
00.00.1939 - 00.00.1940	Brig. J. Scott
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941	Brig. C.T. Beckett
00.00.1941 - 00.00.1944	Brig. R. Hilton
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1945	Brig. L. Bolton

Divisional troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
15th Reconnaissance Regiment	01.01.1944 - 31.08.1945

Royal Engineers (RE)
278th Field Company RE	03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
279th Field Company RE	03.09.1939 - 09.02.1940 & 12.07.1940 - 31.08.1945
280th Field Company RE	03.09.1939 - 15.12.1942
20th Field Company RE	26.03.1943 - 31.08.1945
281st Field Park Company RE	03.09.1939 - 12.01.1942
624th Field Park Company RE	14.01.1943 - 31.08.1945
Section Field Store RE	12.01.1942 - 01.02.1943
26th Bridging Platoon RE	01.10.1943 - 31.08.1945

Royal Signals (R Sigs)
15th Divisional Signals	03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945

Royal Artillery (RA)
129th Field Regiment RA	03.09.1939 - 09.05.1942
130th Field Regiment RA	03.09.1939 - 04.01.1942
131st Field Regiment RA	03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
181st Field Regiment RA	07.11.1942 - 31.08.1945
190th Field Regiment RA	29.03.1943 - 31.08.1945
64th Anti-Tank Regiment RA	03.09.1939 - 30.03.1942
97th Anti-Tank Regiment RA	15.08.1942 - 05.12.1944
102nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA (NH)	05.12.1944 - 31.08.1945
119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA	18.05.1943 - 31.08.1945

Infantry

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Machine Gun Battalion
1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment	18.03.1944 - 31.08.1945

Reconnaissance
15th Battalion Reconnaissance Corps	02.01.1941 - 03.12.1941
15th Independent Company Reconnaissance Corps	04.12.1941 - 05.06.1942
15th Independent Squadron Reconnaissance Corps	06.06.1942 - 14.02.1943
15th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps	15.02.1943 - 31.12.1943

Support Battalion
1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment	01.10.1943 - 17.03.1944

Brigades
44th Infantry Brigade	03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945

45th Infantry Brigade	03.09.1939 - 05.01.1943
6th Guards Armoured Brigade	04.01.1943 - 14.01.1943 & 02.02.1945 - 25.02.1945 & 07.04.1945 - 23.04.1945
6th Guards Tank Brigade	15.01.1943 - 09.09.1943 & 28.07.1944 - 10.08.1944
227th Infantry Brigade	10.09.1943 - 31.08.1945

46th Infantry Brigade	03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945

Service record
Period	Served under	Theatre	Battles
03.09.1939 - 03.05.1940	Scottish Command	United Kingdom
04.05.1940 - 20.05.1940	Southern Command	United Kingdom
21.05.1940 - 04.06.1940	Eastern Command	United Kingdom
05.06.1940 - 20.11.1941	11th Corps	United Kingdom
21.11.1941 - 30.11.1941	9th Corps	United Kingdom
01.12.1941 - 28.09.1942	9th Corps District	United Kingdom
29.09.1942 - 12.04.1943	Northumbrian District	United Kingdom
13.04.1943 - 19.06.1943	1st Corps	United Kingdom \| NW Europe [14.06.1944]
20.06.1943 - 23.07.1944	8th Corps	NW Europe	The Odon \| Caen
23.07.1944 - 29.07.1944	30th Corps	NW Europe
29.07.1944 - 14.08.1944	8th Corps	NW Europe	Mont Pincon
14.08.1944 - 04.10.1944	12th Corps	NW Europe	The Nederrijn
04.10.1944 - 24.10.1944	8th Corps	NW Europe
24.10.1944 - 31.10.1944	12th Corps	NW Europe
31.10.1944 - 27.01.1945	8th Corps	NW Europe
27.01.1945 - 25.02.1945	30th Corps	NW Europe	The Rhineland
26.02.1945 - 06.03.1945	1st Canadian Army	NW Europe
07.03.1945 - 04.04.1945	12th Corps	NW Europe	The Rhine
05.04.1945 - 31.08.1945	8th Corps	NW Europe

Literature

H.G. Martin The history of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939-1945 Edinburgh [etc.] : William Blackwood, 1948
383 p.

Robert Woollcombe Lion rampant London : Chatto & Windus, 1955
223 p.

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Literature
H.G. Martin	The history of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939-1945	Edinburgh [etc.] : William Blackwood, 1948 383 p.
Robert Woollcombe	Lion rampant	London : Chatto & Windus, 1955 223 p.