Editing Black Watch (section)

==== Regular Army ====
[[File:The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H2917.jpg|thumb|Men of the 6th Battalion, Black Watch, stage a [[bayonet]] charge over trenches during a [[Military exercise|training exercise]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], 10 August 1940]]
[[File:The British Army in Sicily 1943 NA5504.jpg|thumb|Two soldiers from the Black Watch pass by a burning German anti-aircraft half-track, [[Sicily]], 5 August 1943]]
[[File:A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945. B14626.jpg|thumb|A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in [[Gennep]], the Netherlands, 14 February 1945]]

The 1st Battalion landed in France in September 1939 as part of the [[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Brigade]] in the [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Infantry Division]] for service with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF). The battalion later transferred to the [[153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|153rd Brigade]] of the [[51st (Highland) Division]] and was captured at [[St Valery-en-Caux]] during the [[Battle of France]]. It was reformed from reserve units of the [[9th (Highland) Infantry Division]] in August 1940 and moved to North Africa in August 1942 where it fought at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] in October 1942 and then continued to fight in the [[Tunisian Campaign]] before it took part in the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] in July 1943. It also took part in the [[Normandy landings]] in June 1944, the [[Battle for Caen]] later that month and the [[Falaise Pocket|Battle of the Falaise Pocket]] in August 1944. It later saw action at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in January 1945, [[Operation Veritable|Battle of the Reichswald]] in February 1945 and the [[Operation Plunder|crossing of the Rhine]] in March 1945.<ref name=bwww2>{{cite web|url=http://theblackwatch.co.uk/history-and-research/black-watch-history/second-world-war/|title=Second World War|work=TheBlackWatch.co.uk|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603104631/http://theblackwatch.co.uk/history-and-research/black-watch-history/second-world-war/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2nd Battalion was serving in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] from where it was sent to East Africa in August 1940 and saw action during the [[Italian conquest of British Somaliland]]. It was sent to [[Crete]], as part of the [[14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|14th Brigade]] in the [[8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|8th Division]], and took part in the [[Battle of Heraklion]] in May 1941. It moved to North Africa in October 1941 and took part in the [[Siege of Tobruk|break out from Tobruk]] in November 1941.<ref name=bwww2/>