Do you want to know more about what role your relatives played in the Great War? In Glasgow, the Mitchell Library, run by Glasgow Life, is a one-stop shop for the family historian.
Stories
We would like to find out about any stories you might have linked to the First World War.
Do you want to know more about what role your relatives played in the Great War? In Glasgow, the Mitchell Library, run by Glasgow Life, is a one-stop shop for the family historian. At the Family History Centre , our librarians can help assist you as your begin your journey to find our about your family and the First World War.
We want you to add your First World War story to our collection.
The add story button will take you to our collection system where you can tell us all about your family accounts and stories.
The add story button will take you to our collection system where you can tell us all about your family accounts and stories.
Imperial War Museums
Glasgow is working with the First World War Centenary Partnership to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the start of the conflict on the 4 August 1914.
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From 2014, the world will be commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War. It lasted four years and we now know that it changed forever the lives of everyone who lived through that time.
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Glasgow has many memorials dedicated to those who fell in the Great War.
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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallantry that a British and Commonwealth serviceman can achieve.