#Monument
Monument to the 5th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Towards the end of the Battle of the Bulge, the 51st Scottish Highland Division relieved the 53rd Welsh Division, which had been exhausted after several days' fighting. This division consisted of three infantry brigades and was supported by the tanks of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry Regiment. The monument at Hodister pays tribute to the soldiers of the 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who helped liberate the surrounding villages.
On January 9, 1945, the 51st Scottish Highland Division counter-attacked on the left bank of the Ourthe. Following the axis between Marche-en-Famenne and La Roche-en-Ardenne, the village of Hodister was taken without much opposition at nightfall on the same day. Artillery fire, illuminating the darkness, was reported by the units present. Private John Tough, lurking in the snow, testified: ‘... we could hear enemy tracked vehicles moving in the darkness’.
The 154th, 153rd and 152nd Infantry Brigades took it in turns to reach the heights of Hodister and Warizy and liberated the villages of Genoa and Ronchamps on January 10.
On January 11, the Scots of the 1st Battalion Black Watch linked up with the Americans of the 84th Infantry Division at La Roche-en-Ardenne. On the morning of January 14, a reconnaissance patrol of the 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders encountered men of the 87th American Infantry Division at Champlon, gradually closing the salient created by the offensive of the German army, which was then forced to retreat.