The 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army raised in Aberdeenshire and neighbouring counties in Scotland in 1860. Its successor units served with 51st Division
15-pounder gun issued to TF units.
18-pounder field gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
18-pounder in action on the Somme
18-pounder being hauled out of mud at Ypres, 1917
The 154th Infantry Brigade was a formation of Britain's Territorial Force/Territorial Army that was part of 51st Division in both World Wars. From its origins in the 19th Century Volunteer Force, it w
1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Volunteers
…September. This was a limited attack made with massive artillery support. 51st (H) Division attacked towards the Poelcappelle Spur with one brigade (154th (3rd Highland) Brigade), supported by 22 batteries of 18-pdrs and six of 4.5s. At first the going was heavy and there was strong German resistance at 'Pheasant Trench', but…
Battle of St Quentin: No 8 Platoon, B Company of the 1/7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders retiring along the Cambrin road near Beaumetz.
Men of the Gordon Highlanders cross the border into Tunisia, 1943.