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 | Oct 30, 2020 | Glasgow, Scotland, The Great War
‘Lest We Forget’ by Evelyn McKechnie When the First World War broke out in 1914, Glasgow volunteers queued up in their thousands to join, and those working on the Glasgow trams were eagerly first in line. In the first 14 months of the war, over...
by Evelyn | Sep 23, 2020 | The Great War
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 inaugurated at Auchonvillers in France and it just keeps getting better and better. This museum is dedicated not only to the...
by Evelyn | Jun 16, 2020 | The Great War
‘Whisper its name’ by Evelyn McKechnie If you visit any of the small cemeteries scattered along the landscape Harris and Lewis, there is a date on many Commonwealth Grave headstones – 1st January 1919. That is how I found out about the sinking of the...
