East Dunbartonshire's War website launch

Date: 
Wednesday, 21 March, 2018


An informative new website which explores the impact of the First World War on East Dunbartonshire has been launched.

The website is the work of the East Dunbartonshire's War project team who spent the past two years exploring the lives of men, women and children living in the area during the First World War and their individual experiences.

The project team used their research to help produce a First World War education resource for secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire, which is now available for everyone to view on the website - https://www.eastdunbartonshireswar.co.uk.

It features stories from the EDLC archives and local studies collections - many of them new discoveries from the East Dunbartonshire's War research volunteers.

The website makes extensive use of original records from the EDLC archives and local studies collections, including newspaper reports, official documents, personal diaries, letters from soldiers, diagrams and photographs.

It explores the impact of the First World War on the local area and has been developed by EDLC in conjunction with staff and students from Douglas Academy, Milngavie, and Kirkintilloch High.

Sandy Marshall, Chair of EDLC Trust, said, “The launch of the website is the culmination of a lot of hard work from the project team who spent many hours delving into the EDLC archives and local studies collections. There they discovered many untold stories of heroism, sacrifice and duty, humour, personal sacrifice and local community endeavour from the First World War.

“Their work has been an important part of the centenary commemorations of the First World War that have been organised over the past four years by East Dunbartonshire Council and the EDLC Trust.

“The website is full of fascinating stories of men and women from East Dunbartonshire who were involved in the First World War at home and on the battlefront and will help give people a real understanding of what life was like for them.

“While it is primarily aimed at secondary school teachers as an education resource, the website is sure to be of interest to everyone.”

The East Dunbartonshire's War project was generously supported by the Scottish Government Public Library Improvement Fund administered by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).

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