15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
| 15th (Scottish) Division 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division |
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15th (Scottish) Division insignia, World War I.
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| Active | 1914–1919 1939–1946 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Engagements |
World War I * Battle of Loos * Battle of the Somme * Battle of Pozières * Battle of Flers–Courcelette * Battle of Arras * Third Battle of Ypres World War II * Operation Overlord |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Frederick McCracken Oliver Leese Philip Christison Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan Colin Muir Barber |
The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. In the Great War the 15th (Scottish) Division was formed from men volunteering for Kitchener's New Armies and served on the Western Front for three years. The division was later disbanded, after the war, in 1919. In World War II it was reformed as the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Territorial Army and served in the United Kingdom and later North-West Europe from June 1944 to May 1945.
The division was a New Army unit formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front. The division fought in the Battle of Loos, the Battle of the Somme (1916) which included the battles of Pozières and Flers–Courcelette, the Battle of Arras 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres.
General Officer Commanding
The division comprised the following units during the course of the war:
In May 1916 the 8th and 10th battalions of the Gordon Highlanders merged to form the 8th/10th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers was an original member of the brigade. It merged with the 6th Battalion in May 1916 to form the 6th/7th Battalion.
In May 1916 the 7th and 8th battalions of the King's Own Scottish Borderers merged to form the 7th/8th Battalion.
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