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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Content Description From the Fonds: Four volumes containing the unpublished handwritten memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel William Burton Stewart, circa 1916-1936, along with three volumes of typescript copies of the memoirs, and two family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., 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.

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.

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.