Mutiny on the Chemin des Dames 1917

by Evelyn McKechnie Road marker on the Chemin des Dames On 17th April 2017, French President Francois Hollande became the first French leader to...

POETS IN ARMS

by Evelyn McKechnie The Great War began in 1914, and for many who served in the war, putting pen to paper about their experiences seemed a way out...

Scotland’s WW1 Private Ryan

by Evelyn McKechnie Commonwealth Graves Cemetery An Ayrshire Mill Town Kilbirnie is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, with a...

The Animals’ War, 1914 – 1918

‘They had no choice’ by Evelyn McKechnie The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated –...

AUCHONVILLERS ON THE SOMME

Frontline History By Evelyn McKechnie On the 1st July 2008, on the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, a new museum was...

The 1914 Christmas Truce

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...

The Great War – Generation Lost

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...

All the brave ‘little women’

by Evelyn McKechnie International Women's Day Throughout history, some women's bravery and courage have been well recorded - Florence Nightingale,...

The WW1 Grave Hunters

Two brothers identify four missing soldiers of the Great War'No Longer Missing' by Evelyn McKechnie I have come across some extraordinary people in...

SHRAPNEL CHARLIE

Debris of death helped build a Great War monument to Scottish soldiers by Evelyn McKechnie Lead shrapnel which once claimed the lives of...

Scotland’s WW1 Private Ryan

by Evelyn McKechnie Commonwealth Graves Cemetery An Ayrshire Mill Town Kilbirnie is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, with a...

Remembering the War Dead

“The soldiers’ graves are the greatest preachers of peace.” (Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate). by Evelyn McKechnie I have guided...

Lt Stuart Boyd, Painter – Soldier

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...

‘The Hidden Somme’

by Evelyn McKechnie The Somme today is a place of great beauty and tranquility and a million miles removed from the horrors of the Great War 1914 –...

The Glasgow Pals Regiments on the Somme

by Evelyn McKechnie In the tiny hamlet of Authuille, on the old front line of the Somme, is a church. On the front door of this church is a memorial...

Coming home for eternal rest

The graves of over 1000 soldiers from 2 World WarsThe story of 3 VC recipients from WW1, Zulu Wars and the Indian Mutiny by Evelyn McKechnie In the...

City of the Dead

Lambhill Cemetery, Western Necropolis and St Kentigerns Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland by Evelyn McKechnie There are three vast cemeteries north of...

Scottish Nurses in the Great War

THE TRAGEDY OF ST OMER 'Sad' Nurses Row at Longuenesse, St Omer - Northern Franceby Evelyn McKechnie Four Scottish nurses were killed by enemy...

The Battle of Loos

Three Cemeteries on the Loos Battlefields Loos - St Mary's Advanced Dressing Station - John Kipling St Mary's Advanced Dressing Station - Loos St...

Mesen – On Flanders Fields

These are sites of Great War interest, located around the small hamlet of Mesen, located at the southern end of the Messines Ridge, in Flanders,...