First World War

We created a series of online features and articles to mark the centenary of the conflict between 1914 and 1918

Battle of the Somme, 1916

We mark the 100th anniversary of the battle by telling the stories of some of the thousands of Scots soldiers who perished on 1 July 1916
Battle of the Somme - more stories

Scottish troops were heavily involved in the fighting, at terrible cost in deaths and injuries. We tell some of their stories.
Gallipoli, 28 June 1915

On 25 April 1915 the first Allied troops landed at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula
Battle of Arras, April 1917

Private William Wilson, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Battle of Arras
German Spring Offensive 1918

On 21 March 1918, 6,500 German guns and 3,500 heavy mortars opened up a five-hour barrage on the Western Front
Scottish Prisoners of War 1914-1918

Stories of Scots held prisoner during the First World War, from official and private archives we hold
Quintinshill Disaster 22 May 1915

At 6.45am on the morning of 22 May 1915, a troop train carrying soldiers of the 1/7th Battalion Royal Scots crashed into a stationary local passenger train