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51st Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery    51st Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery served with 51st (Highland) Division. The Highland Division created in 1908 part of the Territorial Force. They had just departed for annual camp when they were recalled to home base, they mobilised for full time war service on the 5th of August 1914 and concentrated at Bedford. Several units were sent to France as reinforcements for the BEF between November 1914 and March 1915. The rest of the Division proceeded to France in early May 1915. The Division concentrated in the area of Lillers, Busnes and Robecq and were rushed to the defence of Ypres, being in action until the 19th of May when they moved to Estaires on the River Lys. They were in action in the The Battle of Festubert and The Second Action of Givenchy before moving south to The Somme taking over the line near Hamel. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme, including the attacks on High Wood and The Battle of the Ancre, capturing Beaumont Hamel, taking more than 2000 prisoners. In 1917 They took part in the Arras Offensive, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Menin Road Ridge and the Cambrai Operations. They remained in the Cambrai area until the 21st of March 1918, when the enemy launched an overwhelming attack and the Division were engaged in a fighting withdrawal back to Bapaume. In April they moved north and fought in The Battles of the Lys before a quiet spell at Oppy near Arras, from May to July. They were then in action at The Battle of the Tardenois, The Battle of the Scarpe, The pursuit to the Selle and the Final Advance in Picardy. They were resting the Cambrai-Iwuy area at the Armistice and demobilisation began December. The 6th Black Watch, 4th Seaforth Highlanders and 4th Gordon Highlanders were selected to join the Army of Occupation on the Rhine and left for Germany in February 1919. 17th Apr 1915 Orders 19th Apr 1915 On the Move 27th Apr 1915 Equipment 28th Apr 1915 Equipment 29th Apr 1915 Horses 30th Apr 1915 Horses 1st May 1915 Equipment 2nd May 1915 Equipment 3rd May 1915 Equipment 4th May 1915 On the Move 5th May 1915 On the Move 5th May 1915 On the Move   6th May 1915 On the Move 6th May 1915 Orders   7th May 1915 On the Move 8th May 1915 On the Move 8th May 1915 Orders 9th May 1915 In Billets 9th May 1915 In Reserve 10th May 1915 On the Move 10th May 1915 In Reserve 11th May 1915 In Reserve 12th May 1915 In Reserve   13th May 1915 Instruction 13th May 1915 In Reserve 14th May 1915 Orders 14th May 1915 On the March   15th May 1915 Instruction   15th May 1915 In Reserve   16th May 1915 Routine 16th May 1915 In Reserve   17th May 1915 Routine 17th May 1915 In Reserve   18th May 1915 Orders 18th May 1915 Orders Received   19th May 1915 On the Move 19th May 1915 Reliefs   20th May 1915 On the Move 21st May 1915 In Billets 22nd May 1915 Trench Work 23rd May 1915 Some Shelling 24th May 1915 In Billets 24th May 1915 Intermittent Shelling 25th May 1915 Occasional Shelling 26th May 1915 Orders 26th May 1915 Intermittent Shelling 27th May 1915 On the March 27th May 1915 Heavy Shelling   28th May 1915 Routine 28th May 1915 Quiet Day   29th May 1915 Routine 29th May 1915 Line Advanced   29th May 1915 Instructions   30th May 1915 Instruction 30th May 1915 Order Received   31st May 1915 Reliefs   2nd Jun 1915 Trench Work 3rd Jun 1915 Trench Work 4th Jun 1915 Reorganisation 5th Jun 1915 Quiet 6th Jun 1915 Relief Complete 7th Jun 1915 Orders Received 8th Jun 1915 Orders 9th Jun 1915 Preparations 10th Jun 1915 Preparations 11th Jun 1915 Preparations 12th Jun 1915 Orders   13th Jun 1915 Artillery Active 14th Jun 1915 Artillery in Action 14th Jun 1915 Orders   15th Jun 1915 In Action   15th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Communication   16th Jun 1915 Orders   17th Jun 1915 Reliefs   18th Jun 1915 Orders Received   19th Jun 1915 Artillery in Action   23rd Jun 1915 Trench Work 24th Jun 1915 Orders 25th Jun 1915 Routine 25th Jun 1915 Orders Received 26th Jun 1915 On the March   26th Jun 1915 Reorganisation 27th Jun 1915 Ammunition Supplied   27th Jun 1915 On the Move 28th Jun 1915 Ammunition Supplied   28th Jun 1915 HQ Moves   29th Jun 1915 Ammunition   29th Jun 1915 Orders Issued 30th Jun 1915 Ammunition   30th Jun 1915 Mine Explodes 1st Jul 1916 Shelling 2nd Jul 1916 Mine 3rd Jul 1916 Shelling 10th Jul 1916 Camouflet 11th Jul 1916 Shelling 12th Jul 1916 Reliefs   13th Jul 1916 Trench Raid 14th Jul 1916 Relief Completed 15th Jul 1916 On the Move 16th Jul 1916 On the Move 19th Jul 1916 Orders 20th Jul 1916 On the Move   21st Jul 1916 Orders Received 22nd Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed   22nd Jul 1916 Preparations   23rd Jul 1916 In Action   23rd Jul 1916 Attack Made   24th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   25th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   26th Jul 1916 Relief   27th Jul 1916 Attacks Made   28th Jul 1916 Shelling   29th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   30th Jul 1916 Attack Made   31st Jul 1916 Consolidation   31st Jul 1916 Report   1st Aug 1916 Instructions 15th Oct 1917 Preparations   19th Oct 1917 Line Taken Over   13th Nov 1917 In Action   14th Nov 1917 In Action   15th Nov 1917 In Action   16th Nov 1917 Report   21st Mar 1918 Enemy Attack   22nd Mar 1918 Under Pressure   22nd Mar 1918 Under Attack   23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting 24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Pressed Back   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   31st Mar 1918 Fierce Fighting   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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