First World War (1914-1918).
Subject
Subject Source: Ukat
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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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., 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
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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.
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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.
Notes, compiled by Clive Priestley, on the military service of Private James Laing Henderson, 1/9th Battalion, Royal Scots from 1916-1917.
File
Identifier: Acc.11595
Dates:
1998.
Notes, orders and related material of Chilton Lind Addison-Smith, 2nd in Command, in connection with a raid on enemy trenches by the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Forresters, British Expeditionary Force, France.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6029
Dates:
May 1917.
Papers concerning the military service of Chilton Lind Addison-Smith.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6030
Scope and Contents
Concerning military service while serving with the 17th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 2nd Battalion Sherwood Forresters, 71st Infantry Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, France.
Dates:
1916-1917.
Papers of and concerning William Murray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7323
Scope and Contents
Including photographs and copies of letters concerning Murray`s military service in the First World War.
The papers were received in three installments.
Dates:
1911-1977 and undated.
Papers of Chilton Lind Addison-Smith, concerning British Expeditionary Force records and instructions relating to prisoners of war, Abberville Area.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6031
Dates:
1917-1919.
Papers of David Kennedy-Fraser, psychologist.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13480
Scope and Contents
Letters and photographs, 1916-1921, of David Kennedy-Fraser, psychologist.Born in Edinburgh in 1888, David Kennedy-Fraser was a student of George Watson`s college before attending Edinburgh University, graduating with a BSc and an MA in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He studied at the University of Leipzig and at Moray House in Edinburgh before transferring to Cornell University in 1913. During this period, Kennedy-Fraser`s interest in experimental psychology developed and...
Dates:
1916-1921.
Papers of John A. Douglas, private in the Black Watch during the First World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14143/1-6
Dates:
1917-1919.
Papers of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, relating to his conscientious objection during the First World War, and subsequent imprisonment in Dartmoor.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13388
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the conscientious objection of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, Glasgow, 1916-1926. Included are papers relating to his tribunal hearings and subsequent imprisonment, including a letter written from HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, a letter detailing his removal to Dartmoor prison, programmes relating to concert productions by inmates at Dartmoor, postcards sent from the prison to Hannan’s family, and his military discharge certificate. Particularly poignant are the letters between...
Dates:
1916-1926.
Papers of Walter S Crow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7164
Scope and Contents
Including account of 1918 war experiences, compiled in 1977 from original notebook carried in the field, which is also presented, together with a letter on the battle of Château-Thierry.
With photocopies of two letters, 1944, of W R Crow, and photocopies of unassociated essays.
Dates:
20th century.
Papers, photographs and medals of John Stewart Morrison and Angus Morrison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14288/1-4
Dates:
Circa 1914-1922, 1941.
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
Photocopy of First World War memoir of George Anderson, "At the Eleventh Hour".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8835
Dates:
circa 1930-1980.
Photograph album containing photographic prints of the War Department Light Railways on the Western Front during the First World War.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13903
Content Description
Photograph album containing black and white photographic prints recording the work of the War Department Light Railways on the Western Front in March 1918. Subjects depicted include the construction and maintenance of tracks, locomotives and rolling stock, transportation of field guns to the front, and movement of troops. The album was compiled to accompany a written report on the operations of the War Department Light Railways.
Dates:
1918.
Photograph album of Joseph Vaughan Russell, of Glasgow, containing 104 photographs taken whilst on active service in Egypt and Turkey during the First World War.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13824
Dates:
1914-1918.
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
Photographs, 1917, of nursing staff and patients at 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Craigleith, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10189
Scope and Contents
Includes later photographs of views in Egypt and Palestine on a voyage in the eastern Mediterranean.
Dates:
1917 and undated.
Pilot's flying log books of George Alexander Ogg, of the Black Watch and Royal Air Force Reserves.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14577/1-3
Dates:
1917-1932
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
Sound recordings made by Captain William MacDonald concerning Sir William Macewen.
Series
Identifier: UNLS015
Scope and Contents
The recordings mainly concern the life of William Macewen, in particular his appointment as Surgeon-General to the Royal Navy during World War One, but also his family association with Garrochty.
Dates:
Event: Majority of material found within 1858-1971.
Typescript copy of Lieutenant John G Crabbe`s experiences in the Battle of Marne, 1914.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11460
Dates:
circa 1918-1961.
Typescript history of the Lovat Scouts in the Great War.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12788
Dates:
circa 1960-1969.
War diary of Lance Corporal George Ramage, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, on the Western Front.
Series
Identifier: MSS.944-947
Dates:
1915-1916.