British Western Front
(159) X.35030 - Mascot of the Royal Scots
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (159) X.35030 - Mascot of the Royal Scots |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549590 |
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| Description | A young soldier of the Royal Scots Regiment holding a black goat kid. As the French farmers were forced to flee their homes many animals were inevitably abandoned. Some undoubtedly ended up in the cooking pot, but others like this kid seem to have been adopted as good luck mascots. The Royal Scots raised 35 battalions during World War I, of which 15 were on overseas service. The Regiment not only served in the Western Front, but also in the Dardanelles, Macedonia, Egypt and Northern Russia. [Original reads: 'The mascot of the Royal Scots.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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