‘From the moment a man arrives on the Gallipoli peninsula till he leaves again
he is within range of shellfire no matter where he goes’
Extract from a diary written by Pts Chas R Bow 7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Gallipoli was one of the most controversial and bloodiest campaigns for the First World War.
Over 500,000 Allied troops fought on this campaign including the 7th and 8th battalions of The Cameronians.
This was to become one of the many battle grounds etched into the history of the regiment.
We’re about to begin our part of the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project, an exciting HLF funded national and international schools education project, which has the potential to create pioneering online learning resources principally designed for and by schools. Centred on the stories of individual soldiers, as well as giving the opportunity to look at how this campaign is viewed by other partner organisations and nations, we hope to help give new perspectives to the campaign from both sides.
The lead partner is the highly respected Gallipoli Association. http://www.gallipoli-association.org/
Over the coming months we will keep you up to date with how our part of the project is progressing. Giving you links to the stories and research the schools have uncovered from not only our own regimental collections, but also the work and stories being produced by all the partner organisations.
The new website for the project has just been launched; http://www.gallipoli100education.org.uk/
You can also follow the project on twitter. https://twitter.com/GallipoliEd
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On Remembrance Day, Tuesday 11th November 2014, the story of Glasgow’s part in the First World War was explored through a stunning projection onto the City Chambers at George Square. Artists specialising in the use of light and sound were commissioned by Glasgow City Council to tell the story of Glasgow in the First World War, looking at the contribution of Glaswegians to the war effort, both at home and abroad, and the impact the War had on the city and its citizens.
The finished light show being projected onto the City Chambers, November 11th 2014
Using photographs, film, and archival material from a variety of sources, Glasgow’s wartime story was projected onto the iconic City Chambers at George Square on November 11th 2014, accompanied by music, sound and readings of contemporary accounts of Glaswegians at war.
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) had strong ties to the City of Glasgow; in 1914, the 1st Battalion were stationed in Glasgow’s Maryhill Barracks, departing there for France in August, 1914. Three territorial battalions of The Cameronians, the 5th, 7th and 8th, were based in Glasgow and recruited almost exclusively from the city.
The cap badge of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) surrounded by Douglas tartan
Extensive material from the South Lanarkshire Council Museum collection was used by the artists to create the sound and light show. Included among these were personal accounts from officers and men who served with the territorial battalions of the Regiment based in Glasgow.
The diary of Private Charles Bow, who served with the 7th Battalion Scottish Rifles at Gallipoli.
Much of the material used from South Lanarkshire’s museum collection had been made available through a variety of in-house digitisation and transcription projects that have brought to light some of the treasures we hold.
The 5th Scottish Rifles in their trenches, France, 1914.
You can watch the recorded show on the STV Glasgow website: http://glasgow.stv.tv/181281/
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