First World War (1914-1918).
Subject
Subject Source: Ukat
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Memoirs of William Burton Stewart., 1872-1936
Series
Identifier: Acc.13934/1-8
Content Description
From the Fonds:
Four volumes containing the unpublished handwritten memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel William Burton Stewart, circa 1916-1936, along with three volumes of typescript copies of the memoirs, and two family photograph albums, circa 1898-1919. The memoirs cover Stewart’s life from his birth in Glasgow in 1872, his schooling at Loretto, Edinburgh, education at Brasenose, Oxford, and subsequent travels with Malcolm Pilkington. The friends travelled widely, including India, China, Japan and...
Dates:
1872-1936
Newspaper cuttings of events during the First World War., 1914-1915.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/236
Scope and Contents
Includes journal entries for a voyage to Australia.
Dates:
1914-1915.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Scrapbooks on various subjects of George Forbes.
Newspaper cuttings of events during the First World War., 1915.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/237
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1915.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
/
Forbes Family Papers.
/
Papers of George Forbes.
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Scrapbooks on various subjects of George Forbes.
Newspaper cuttings of events during the First World War., 1916-1918.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/238
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1916-1918.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
/
Forbes Family Papers.
/
Papers of George Forbes.
/
Scrapbooks on various subjects of George Forbes.
Papers, photographs and medals relating to the military service of John Stewart Morrison., Circa 1914-1922
Series
Identifier: Acc.14288/1-2
Dates:
Circa 1914-1922
Photograph albums of Harry Fairlie Hodge, on active service in Egypt during the First World War., 1916-1918
Series
Identifier: Acc.14559/1-2
Scope and Contents
Around 200 photographic prints, mostly relating to Hodge's service in Egypt.
Dates:
1916-1918
Six postcards of and relating to Jack Wilson, on active service during the First World War., 1914-1916
Item
Identifier: Acc.14559/3
Scope and Contents
A uniformed Jack Wilson features in most of the six photographic postcards, and in one can be seen mounted on a horse. In another, he is part of a group of men and women wearing uniforms and holding what appear to be hockey sticks.
Dates:
1914-1916
Women and the Wars Collection., circa 1990s-2000s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/12
Scope and Contents
Collection contains inventory notes by WGML librarian Audrey Canning on materials in the Library relating to women and the World Wars; an envelope labelled as 'World War 1 & 2 Pics', containing reproduced images; an envelope of reproduced photographs of female war workers; photocopied secondary source articles; and an untitled article/essay by Wendy Turner on 'Scottish Women: Interwar Years'. Folder also contains a photocopy of the journal article 'A New View of Dilution: Women Munitions...
Dates:
circa 1990s-2000s.