Welcome to the Scotland (South) branch of the Western Front Association.
We meet regularly in Edinburgh:
Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
Meetings are held on a Sunday at 2.00pm for 2.15pm.
Upcoming Branch Events
"The most important naval fortress in the British Empire". The fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880-1977. A talk by Dr Gordon Barclay.
"Yet in 1916 the Forth became the most powerful naval fortress – most powerful whether measured by armament, by garrison, or by any other standard – in the British Empire, and probably, therefore, in the World." General George K Scott-Moncrieff, Director, Fortifications & Works, War Office, 1911-1918. Chambers’s Journal (1922) Gordon's talk...
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Scotland's Territorials at Peace and War. A study of the Territorial Force between 1st April 1908 to 29th May 1916 by Allan Downie.
The Territorial Force (TF) played a significant part in Britain’s war effort particularly in 1915. This talk will examine the contribution of Scotland’s Territorials during the early years of the First World War. It will look at the origins and organisation of the TF, the mobilisation, and its experience in the war. The focus will be on the stor...
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