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52nd (Lowland) Division 6th Jun 1940 Training 7th Jun 1940 Orders 8th Jun 1940 On the Ranges 9th Jun 1940 On the Move 9th Jun 1940 Advance Party 10th Jun 1940 Orders 10th Jun 1940 Transport 11th Jun 1940 Movements 11th Jun 1940 Billets 12th June 1940 On the Move 12th Jun 1940 On the Move 13th Jun 1940 Arrival in France 14th Jun 1940 On the Move 15th Jun 1940 On the Move 15th Jun 1940 Orders July 1940 Reorganisation 1st Jun 1942 Training 1st Sep 1942 On the Move 3rd Jan 1944 Equipment 4th Jan 1944 Exercise 5th Jan 1944 Course 6th Jan 1944 Lecture 7th Jan 1944 Skiing 8th Jan 1944 Exercise 9th Jan 1944 Heavy Snow 10th Jan 1944 Exercise 11th Jan 1944 Exercise 12th Jan 1944 Training 13th Jan 1944 Training 1st May 1944 Exercise 2nd May 1944 Exercises 3rd May 1944 Training 4th May 1944 Exercises 6th May 1944 Training 7th May 1944 Exercise 8th May 1944 Exercise 9th May 1944 Preparations 10th May 1944 Exercise 11th May 1944 Move 19th May 1944 On the Move 20th May 1944 Coys Move 21st May 1944 Training 22nd May 1944 Training 23rd May 1944 Training 24th May 1944 Training 25th May 1944 On the Move 1st Sep 1944 Maps 4th Sep 1944 On the Move 5th Sep 1944 Visit 6th Sep 1944 Maps 7th Sep 1944 Orders Issued 9th Sep 1944 Visit 10th Sep 1944 Divine Service 11th Sep 1944 Leave 17th Sep 1944 News 18th Sep 1944 Briefing 19th Sep 1944 Orders 20th Sep 1944 Orders 21st Sep 1944 Orders 22nd Sep 1944 Orders 23rd Sep 1944 Reports 24th Sep 1944 Orders 25th Sep 1944 Situation 26th Sep 1944 Reinforcements 27th Sep 1944 Patrols 27th Sep 1944 New Positions 27th Sep 1944 Situation 29th Sep 1944 Parties Return 30th Sep 1944 In Action 1st Oct 1944 Observation 1st Oct 1944 Training 2nd Oct 1944 Air Raid 3rd Oct 1944 Exercise 4th Oct 1944 Reliefs 4th Oct 1944 Enemy Advance 5th Oct 1944 In Action 6th October 1944 Orders 6th Oct 1944 Under Fire 7th Oct 1944 Reliefs 7th Oct 1944 Orders 8th Oct 1944 Breifing 8th Oct 1944 Church Parade 9th Oct 1944 Orders 9th Oct 1944 Preparations 9th Oct 1944 Preparations 10th Oct 1944 Orders 10th Oct 1944 Vehicles 10th Oct 1944 On the Move 11th Oct 1944 Orders 11th Oct 1944 On the Move 12th Oct 1944 Orders 12th Oct 1944 On the Move 13th Oct 1944 Orders 13th Oct 1944 On the Move 14th Oct 1944 Units Move 14th Oct 1944 On the Move 16th Oct 1944 Orders 17th Oct 1944 On the Move 18th Oct 1944 On the Move 19th Oct 1944 Difficult Conditions 20th Oct 1944 On the Move 21st Oct 1944 On the Move 22nd Oct 1944 Billets 24th Oct 1944 Defences 25th Oct 1944 Meeting 26th Oct 1944 Briefing 27th Oct 1944 Conferences 28th Oct 1944 Conferences 29th Oct 1944 Conference 29th Oct 1944 Preparations 30th Oct 1944 Preparations 31st Oct 1944 Orders 1st Nov 44 On the Move 1st Nov 1944 Assault 2nd Nov 44 On the March 3rd Nov 44 Attack Made 3rd Nov 1944 Brave Actions 3rd Nov 1944 Rough Sea 3rd Nov 1944 Under Fire 4th Nov 1944 In Action 5th Nov 1944 Attack Made 5th Nov 1944 Advance 5th Nov 1944 On the Move 6th Nov 1944 Harassing Fire 7th Nov 1944 On the Move 8th Nov 1944 In Action 9th Nov 1944 On the Move 10th Nov 1944 Orders 12th Nov 1944 Orders 24th Nov 1944 On the Move 25th Nov 1944 New Positions 26th Nov 1944 Message 10th Jan 1945 Orders 11th Jan 1945 Reliefs 11th Jan 1945 Reliefs 16th Jan 1945 Attack Made 16th Jan 1945 Advance 18th Jan 1945 Village Cleared 18th Jan 1945 In Action 19th Jan 1945 Preparations 19th Jan 1945 In Action 20th Jan 1945 Prisoners Taken 20th Jan 1945 Reliefs 20th Jan 1945 On the Move 20th Jan 1945 In Action 21st Jan 1945 Counter Attacks 21st Jan 1945 Advance 22nd Jan 1945 Attack Made 22nd Jan 1945 Stand Down 23rd Jan 1945 Advance 24th Jan 1945 Advance 22nd Feb 1945  Reliefs 1st Mar 1945 Harrassing Fire 2nd Mar 1945 Orders 3rd Mar 1945 Orders 25th Mar 1945 In Action 26th Mar 1945 Reliefs 26th Mar 1945 Reliefs Completed 27th Mar 1945 Advance 31st March 1945 Orders 3rd Apr 1945 Hard Fighting 12th Apr 1945 On the March 13th Apr 1945 Maintenance 14th Apr 1945 Advance 15th Apr 1945 Shelling 16th Apr 1945 Advance 27th Apr 1945 Town Cleared If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 52nd (Lowland) Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Biggerstaff Jack. Pte. Graham Alfred. Sgt. (d.18th Jan 1945) Thomas Malcom James. Cpl. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 52nd (Lowland) Division? There are:166 items tagged 52nd (Lowland) Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.