Messines Ridge

[davidhughhill]

Could anyone tell me if any Royal Scots battalions were involved in this battle please ?

Thank you

Davie

[SWorrall]

Davie,

The divisions involved at Messines in 1917 were;

23rd, 47th & 41st of X Corps

19th, 16th (Irish) & 36th (Ulster) of IX Corps

25th British, 1st New Zealand & 3rd Australian of II ANZAC Corps,

Not only were there no Royal Scots battalions involved, there were no Scots battalions at all.

4 of the 5 mainland UK divisions included a very high proportion of battalions from Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire regiments, with a leavening of those from the Midlands and the West Country, 3 from Wales and a handful of battalions from other regiments.

The 47th was a London divsion, apart from the pioneer battalion, which was Welsh.

SW.

[davidhughhill]

Thanks very much for the information.

Davie

[Robert Dunlop]

Not only were there no Royal Scots battalions involved, there were no Scots battalions at all.

I wonder if this reflected, in part, the significant role that Scots battalions played in the earlier Battle of Arras.

Robert