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The History of the 7th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and in the accenting of French words have been retained.
In the appendix listing officers who served with the battalion, some entries are out of alphabetical order; while blank spaces indicate missing dates.
THE HISTORY OF THE 7TH BATTALION
QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
"Lieutenant-Colonel Sandilands of the 7th Camerons arrived on the hill. Being the senior officer present, he took command and planted the Headquarters flag of his Battalion on the top. It was his business to recall the van of the advance, now lost in the fog and smoke of the eastern slopes, and to entrench himself on the summit. The Redoubt was now out of our hands and the line taken ran just under the crest on the west, and was continued North of Loos by the 46th Brigade. To retire the van was no light task. Two officers whose names deserve to be remembered, Major Chrichton of the 10th Gordons, and Major Barron of the 7th Camerons, volunteered for the desperate mission. They fell in the task, but the order reached the stragglers, and they began to fight their way back. In the midst of encircling fire it was a forlorn hope, and few returned to the British lines on the hill. All down the slopes towards Loos lay the tartans Gordon and Black Watch, Seaforth and Cameron, like the drift left on the shore when the tide has ebbed."—John Buchan, in "Nelson's History of the War."
The 7th Camerons on Hill 70—25th September, 1915.
From the Painting by Joseph Gray, the property of Evan M. Barron, Esq., Inverness.
THE HISTORY
OF THE
7TH BATTALION QUEEN'S OWN
CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
By
Colonel J. W. SANDILANDS
C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.,
and
Lieut. Colonel NORMAN MACLEOD
C.M.G., D.S.O.
STIRLING:
ENEAS MACKAY, MURRAY PLACE,
1922
Dedicated
to
The Mothers
of our gallant comrades in the 7th
Battalion Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders who gave their
lives for their country
and the honour of
their regiment
.
CONTENTS
| chapter | page | |
| Foreword, | 9 | |
| 1. | Early Days, | 17 |
| 2. | The Battle of Loos, | 27 |
| 3. | Hulloch-Loos Sector, | 39 |
| 4. | The Somme Battle, 1916, | 47 |
| 5. | Battle of Arras, 1917, | 65 |
| 6. | The Salient, 1917, | 87 |
| 7. | The British Withdrawal, 2/3/18, | 111 |
| 8. | Amalgamation of 6th and 7th, | 132 |
| 9. | Buzancy, | 139 |
| 10. | Demobilisation, | 148 |
| Honours Awarded, | 157 | |
| Officers who Served with the Battalion, | 161 | |
| Extracts from War Diary, | 169 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| The 7th Camerons on Hill 70, | Frontispiece |
| Facing Page | |
| Colonel J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., |
40 |
| Lieut. Colonel Norman Macleod, C.M.G., D.S.O., |
80 |
| Monument Erected by the 17th French Division to 15th Scottish Division |
144 |
FOREWORDS.
By Divisional Commanders.
- Lieut.-General Sir F. W. N. M'Cracken, K.C.B., D.S.O.
- Major-General H. F. Thuillier, C.B., C.M.G.
- Major-General H. L. Reed, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.
Having commanded the 15th (Scottish) Division for two years and a quarter, I have followed with deep interest this history of the 7th Cameron Highlanders.
I am convinced that all who read of the gallant deeds performed by this Battalion, in company with the other Battalions of the 15th (Scottish) Division, in the service of their King and Country, will be stirred with an intense feeling