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There are several books that refer to the 51st Highland Division, although few mention the 1st L&BY. One regimental history exists.

The following is a list of books which will provide further information.

This section is not yet complete.

Doherty, Richard None bolder: The history of the 51st Highland Division in the Second World War: Spellmount, Gloucestershire, 2006
Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man: Viking (an imprint of Penguin books), London, 2006
Kennington, Fred No cheese after dinner: With the 51st Highland Division from Normandy to Poland and back via hell 1940-1945: FL Kennington, Cheshire, 2004
Linklater, Eric The Highland Division: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1942
Salmond, JB The history of the 51st Highland Division 1939-1945: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh and London, 1953
David, Saul Churchill's sacrifice of the Highland Division France 1940: Brasseys, an imprint of Chrysalis Books Group plc, London, 2004
Innes, Bill (ed) St Valery: The Impossible Odds: Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, 2004
Ansell, Colonel Sir Mike Soldier On: An autobiography (Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh): Peter Davies, London, 1973
Woolward, WA A short account of the 1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry in the campaigns of 1940 and 1944-45: The Lothians and Border Regimental Association, Edinburgh
Reoch, Ernest The St Valery Story (A new and authentic account of the last stand of the 51st Highland Division in France in 1940): Highland Printers Ltd, Diriebught Road, Inverness, 1965
Longden, Sean Dunkirk: the Men they left behind: Constable, London, 2008
Leslie C Hunt (2 Lt the East Surrey Regiment) The Prisoners' Progress Bradford, Andrew Troop Leader: A Tank Commander’s Story Escape from St-Valery-en-Caux: The Adventures of Captain Bradford
Delaforce, Patrick Monty's Highlanders: 51st Highland Division in World War II
Roderick, Grant The 51st Highland Division at War
Evans, Martin Marix The Fall of France, May-June, 1940 (Osprey Military): Osprey Publishing; illustrated edition (18 May 2000)
Sixty Days that Shook the West