51st Highland Division Ord bat

I was able to find the below Order of Battle on the 51St Highland Divisions very good online website which can be found here http://51hd.co.uk/ . The website is very good and has a wealth of information about this Division across the years, both pre and post WW2.

I've marked which units I've completed, and at the moment still lots to do! 

ORDER OF BATTLE - 51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION
THE B.E.F. 1940

MAJOR GENERAL V.M. FORTUNE, CB, DSO 
LT COL H SWINBURN, GSO1

1st Bn. The Lothians & Border Horse (Yeomanry) - Unit Completed
152nd Brigade: Brigadier H.W.V. Stewart, DSO - 
2nd Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders - Unit Completed
4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders - Unit Completed
4th Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - Unit Completed
153rd Brigade: Brigadier G. T. Burnet, MC
4th Bn. The Black Watch - Unit Completed
1st Bn. The Gordon Highlanders - Unit Completed
5th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders - Unit Completed 
154th Brigade: Brigadier A.CL. Stanley-Clarke DSO  - Detatched 
1st Bn. The Black Watch - Detatched
7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders- Detatched
8th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - Detatched
Royal Artillery: CR.A., Brigadier H.CH. Eden, MC
17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
75th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers: CRE., Lt Col H M Smail, TD
26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
236th Field Company, Royal Engineers
237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals: Lt Col T.P.E. Murray
51st Divisional Signals Company
Royal Army Medical Corps: AD.M.S., Lt Col D.P. Levack
152nd Field Ambulance
153rd Field Ambulance
154th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Service Corps: Lt Col T. Harris-Hunter TD
Divisional Ammunition Company.
Divisional Petrol Company
Divisional Supply Column.
Attached troops
51st Medium Regiment, RA

1st RHA (less one Battery)
97th Field Regiment, RA (one Battery)
213th Army Field Company, RE.
1st Bn Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (Machine-Gunners)
7th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine-Gunners)
6th Bn The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pioneers)
7th Bn The Norfolk Regiment (Pioneers)
Sections of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Royal Army Service Corps

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