Resources
Access selected information, images, films and maps relating to the First World War from the National Library of Scotland's collections:
- Background — The steps to war
An outline of how tensions in Europe led to the First World War breaking out - Photos — First World War official photographs
Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War - Films — footage relating to Scotland and the 1914-1918 war
Locally made films provide a remarkable insight into the war effort at home. - Rolls of honour — Scottish First World War rolls of honour
Listings of casualties and those who died while on active service - Military lists — wartime British Army, Navy and Air Force lists
Details of officers who served in the armed forces during the First World War - Trench maps — British trench maps for 1915-1918
Study the major battlefields of the Great War by viewing and comparing trench maps.
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