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1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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The 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were at Greenock when war broke out in August 1914, attached as Army Troops to the Black Watch Brigade on Scottish coast defences. On the 24th of April 1915 they moved to Dunfermline and transferred to the HLI Brigade in the Lowland Division, which on the 11th of May 1915 became the 157th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division. They sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli on the 1st of June 1915, arriving at Egypt on 12th June and Mudros on 1st July. They landed at Cape Helles on the 3rd of July. On the 8th of January 1916 they were evacuated from Gallipoli to Mudros and arrived Egypt in February.
On the 11th of April 1918 the division left Egypt and arrived Marseilles on 17th April for service on Western Front.
On the 26th of August 1918 they transferred to 103rd Brigade, 34th Division.
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Cpl. John Bellringer 1/5th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (d.12th Jul 1915)
Corporal John Bellringer. no: 1326. of 'C'Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died on Monday 12th July 1915, aged 23 years. He was the son of Edward & Jane Bellringer of Clune Brae, Port Glasgow, a reserve player for Ayr United. He is commemmorated on the Helles Memorial, panel 183 & 184, on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsulain Turkey along with 20,000 men who fell in the Dardenelles campaign.
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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The Argylls have a stirring history of service to the British Crown. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is one of the best known regiments in the British Army. When it was ordered to disband in 1968 as part of wide-ranging defence cuts, a popular 'Save the Argylls' campaign was successful in keeping the regiment in being. They served all over the empire, taking part in the Indian Mutiny and the Boer War, and fought in both World Wars.In the post-war period the Argylls captured the public imagination in 1967 when they re-occupied the Crater district of Aden following a period of riots. Recruiting mainly from the west of Scotland, the regiment has a unique character and throughout its history has retained a fierce regimental pride which is summed up by its motto: 'sans peur', meaning 'without fear'. "The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders" puts its story into the context of British military history and makes use of personal testimony to reveal the life of the regiment.More information on:
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: A Concise History
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F.W. Bewsher
The Highland Division was one of the pre-war Territorial divisions. Its HQ was in Perth with brigade HQs in Aberdeen, Inverness and Stirling. On mobilization the division moved down to its war station in Bedford where it remained, carrying out training till embarking for France in May 1915. During this period six of its battalions were sent to France, three in November 1914 and three in the following March, replaced by two Highland battalions and a brigade of four Lancashire battalions; it is not clear whether the latter were required to wear kilts. They were transferred to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division when that division reformed in France in January 1916 and were replaced, appropriately, by Scottish battalions. It was in May 1915, just as the division arrived in France, that it was designated 51st and the brigades 152nd, 153rd and 154th; by the end of the war the 51st (Highland) Division had become one of the best known divisions in the BEF.More information on:
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