5th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1939-1945

The 5^th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were transferred to the re-formed 152^nd Brigade, 51^st (Highland) Division from 26^th Infantry Brigade, 9^th (Scottish) Division on 7 August 1940. They were then shipped overseas and fought in North Africa and Sicily, then landed in Normandy on D+1, and served almost without pause in North-West Europe for the remainder of the war. It played a key role in most of the major operations, such as Caen, Falaise Gap, the Seine, and the Ardennes to name a few, and was for the most part in the forefront of the fighting.

One of the accolades received by the battalion was from the Corps Commander, who wrote (in reference to the crossing of the Uitwaterings Canal on 17-18 November 1944):

"I would not, I think, be going too far to say that had the 5^th Camerons not held on to their foothold on the East bank the advance of the whole Corps might well have been delayed for an appreciable time."

Excerpt from Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: A Short Regimental History, by Sir Spencer Ewart, 1948.

During the 1939-45 War, casualties suffered by the 5^th Camerons were 140 Officers and 1706 Other Ranks.

One of the accolades received by the battalion was from the Corps Commander, who wrote (in reference to the crossing of the Uitwaterings Canal on 17-18 November 1944):

During the 1939-45 War, casualties suffered by the 5th Camerons were 140 Officers and 1706 Other Ranks.

During the 1939-45 War, casualties suffered by the 5^th Camerons were 140 Officers and 1706 Other Ranks.