by Evelyn | Mar 15, 2021 | The Great War
“People search all their lives to find the contentment I now feel, I am doing this for them.’ Avril Williams By Evelyn McKechnie In October 2003, I paid my very first visit to the Somme, choosing to stay at accommodation called ‘Ocean Villas’ as it...
by Evelyn | Mar 7, 2021 | The Great War
by Evelyn McKechnie International Women’s Day Throughout history, some women’s bravery and courage have been well recorded – Florence Nightingale, Elsie Inglis, Edith Cavell, Odette Hallowes, Nancy Wake, Flora Sandes, Mairi Chisholm and so many more....
by Evelyn | Jan 26, 2021 | Scotland, The Great War
The story of a soldier painter – Lt Stuart Boyd by Evelyn McKechnie Lt Stuart Boyd was the only son of Alexander Stuart Boyd and Mary Stuart Boyd from Glasgow. The trio were talented artists and writers, and when Stuart succumbed to his wounds on Saturday 7th...
by Evelyn | Dec 20, 2020 | The Great War
Ploegsteert Wood by Evelyn McKechnie The war that was to be ‘over for Christmas’, was not over by December 1914. The soldiers who joined up believing that, were now sitting in trenches hundreds of miles from home looking up into a bleak and cold sky. In...
by Evelyn | Nov 28, 2020 | Glasgow, Scotland, The Great War
‘The soldiers are not gone if they are remembered’ by Evelyn McKechnie Back in 2007, I was extremely fortunate to meet Glasgow housewife and mother of three, Liz Cree. I still remember her infectious, bubbling enthusiasm about her quest of remembrance. She...
