Lord Provost Message
The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Cllr Sadie Docherty : Monday 4 August 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the First World War...
Monday 4 August 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the First World War. I am proud that Glasgow will be at the centre of Commonwealth events to commemorate this historic event.
Thousands of Glaswegian men, joined males around the country, and volunteered to go to war, leaving jobs and loved ones to fight for king and country. The cenotaph in George Square is a memorial to the 200,000 men from this city who made that journey. Records show that one in four UK males were involved in the conflict.
On the homefront womens' lives changed forever. They took over the jobs the men left behind. They built ships and munitions for the war effort as well as driving trams, fire engines and ambulances to keep the city running.
In Glasgow campaigner Mary Barbour led a rent strike. She later became this city's first female councillor and was instrumental in a parliamentary act being passed to fix all rents for the remainder of the war at pre-war levels.
This city was also involved in the anti-war movement to try to bring our boys home from the trenches as the war dragged well beyond initial assessments that it would be over by Christmas.
As Lord Provost, I am honoured to be leading this First World War commemoration. I believe it is extremely important that the stories of our city's men, women and children who experienced the Great War are told.
There are now no survivors of this mighty conflict. It is therefore more urgent than ever that you record your stories, before they are forgotten forever.
To get our young people involved, school children across the city have been researching the backgrounds of soldiers named on their local war memorials.
This First World War website is seeking your stories. Please help this city build up a picture of what the war was like for your ancestors, friends and family. What was their contribution and experience of the Great War?
What impact did it have on their life and the lives of others?
Did your grandmother work as a fire fighter or in the shipyards?
Did your grandfather or great uncles leave home to fight?
This website aims to plot the stories of our city between 1914 and 1918 and show through these unique histories how the First World War changed all our lives irrevocably on so many levels.
I encourage you to submit your stories and look forward to reading them on this website.
Monday 4 August 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the First World War. I am proud that Glasgow will be at the centre of Commonwealth events to commemorate this historic event.
Thousands of Glaswegian men, joined males around the country, and volunteered to go to war, leaving jobs and loved ones to fight for king and country. The cenotaph in George Square is a memorial to the 200,000 men from this city who made that journey. Records show that one in four UK males were involved in the conflict.
On the homefront womens' lives changed forever. They took over the jobs the men left behind. They built ships and munitions for the war effort as well as driving trams, fire engines and ambulances to keep the city running.
In Glasgow campaigner Mary Barbour led a rent strike. She later became this city's first female councillor and was instrumental in a parliamentary act being passed to fix all rents for the remainder of the war at pre-war levels.
This city was also involved in the anti-war movement to try to bring our boys home from the trenches as the war dragged well beyond initial assessments that it would be over by Christmas.
As Lord Provost, I am honoured to be leading this First World War commemoration. I believe it is extremely important that the stories of our city's men, women and children who experienced the Great War are told.
There are now no survivors of this mighty conflict. It is therefore more urgent than ever that you record your stories, before they are forgotten forever.
To get our young people involved, school children across the city have been researching the backgrounds of soldiers named on their local war memorials.
This First World War website is seeking your stories. Please help this city build up a picture of what the war was like for your ancestors, friends and family. What was their contribution and experience of the Great War?
What impact did it have on their life and the lives of others?
Did your grandmother work as a fire fighter or in the shipyards?
Did your grandfather or great uncles leave home to fight?
This website aims to plot the stories of our city between 1914 and 1918 and show through these unique histories how the First World War changed all our lives irrevocably on so many levels.
I encourage you to submit your stories and look forward to reading them on this website.
