Protecting Scotland's war memorials
Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund helps 125 projects
The Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund helped 125 projects share over £1 million during the centenary of World War I.
The Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund helped 125 projects share over £1 million during the centenary of World War I.
Braehead Primary School pupils stepped out of the classroom and into the past as they discovered more about Dumbarton Castle and its role during the First World War.
Artworks inspired by school-wide project exploring the north east of Scotland’s WWl past
Grants of £190,000 have been offered to 21 centenary memorials projects across Scotland, including the iconic Kitchener memorial in Orkney.
Wilfred Owen, arguably the most well-known of Britain’s First World War poets, was commemorated today with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour, at the Edinburgh school he taught at whilst recovering from ‘shellshock’ in 1917.