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Martial tradition
- the Webster and Dempster family lost 3 sons - they wanted to emulate their ancestors

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Thus- Scot’s volunteered to emulate their ancestors and to gain a reputation back home

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Media
- Scottish papers reported Germans were bayonetting babies

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Thus Scot’s volunteered because they were surrounded by different things all around them

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Unemployment
- 36% of miners in East Lothian were unemployed

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Scot’s volunteered because they were desperate to find a way to provide for their families

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Propaganda
- the kilted soldier was put on many posters as the model of bravery

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Scot’s volunteered because they believed that Scot’s were the best and wanted to prove it

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Posters
- there were posters with a kilted soldier that said “Do your duty for king and Country”

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Scot’s volunteered because posters were everywhere and so men were always under pressure to sign up

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Women’s actions
- suffragette hq in Glasgow stopped campaigning to hand out feathers to men who hadn’t volunteered

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Scot’s volunteered because they were publicly shamed and signed up to meet expectations

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Pals battalion
- former PM Lord Rosebury created a bantam battalion in Edinburgh

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Scot’s volunteered because they believed it would be an adventure with their friends

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Celebrities
- McCraes battalion allowed hearts fans to sign up and fight with their hero’s

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  • Scot’s volunteered because they wanted to meet famous people and escape a boring life
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Gas attacks
- the Canadian-Scottish regiment faced 178 tonnes of gas from the Germans at Ypres

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  • this shows that the Scottish experienced horrible events they hadn’t encountered pre war
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Rotation
- the troops in the black watch would spend an average of 4 days on the frontlines before rotating back

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  • this shows that theexperience for Scottish soldiers was not just on the frontlines and there was some variety
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Annoyances
- Scot’s were particularly disadvantaged by lice . They lived in the kilt and bit soldiers

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  • the Scottish experience was irritating and agitating but poorer soldier may have experienced similar conditions pre-war
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Trench foot
- the 51st Highland division claimed lowest number of casualties because thick kilt socks

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The Scottish experience was in some cases horrific but for the majority it wasn’t much of a problem

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Food
- Scot’s got some luxuries. Men of the Gordon Highlanders complained that their officers hoarded jam

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The Scottish experience was boring food but it was 3 square a day which was an improvement for some

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Heroics
- five victoria crosses were given out at the battle of loos
- piper laidlaw received one for playing the bagpipes despite being shot

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  • Scottish experience was inspiring and fostering a national pride in their commitment and role in the national effort
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Mental health
- Scot’s were sent to Craiglockhart hospital in Edinburgh for treatment

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The Scottish experience was traumatic and life changing, especially those who required medical support

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Friends lost
- the Webster family from Broxburn lost 3 sons between 1916 - 1917

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Scottish soldiers had positive experience ie forming life long friends (short lives but still)

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Somme (1916)
Which divisions ?

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9th, 15th and 51st

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Somme (1916)
Specific objectives?

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The 51st highland division suffered heavy casualties (3500 troops) but succeeded in taking high wood

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Somme (1916)
Specific loss

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Many boys brigade members joined the HLI and later died
-> ~500 men form the same area

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Somme (1916)
16th Royal scots

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The 16th royal Scot’s lost 12 officers and 574 soldiers

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Somme (1916)

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The 9th Scottish division performed well, they lost many (~300 officers and ~7000 soldiers) but morale was high

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Loos (1915)
Blackwatch

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Blackwatch suffered heavy casualties
-The 9th lost 680 officers and men

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Loos (1915)
How many people

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30,000 Scot’s took part (36 Battalions)
1/3 of the names on the memorial are Scottish

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Loos (1915)
Heroism

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5 Victoria crosses were awarded at the battle!
Including Piper Laidlaw!

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Loos (1915) Leader
Douglas Haig is the man in charge of the battle
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Conscription Government intervention in society
> the 1916 military service act conscripted men aged 19 to 40 without their consent
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Conscription Anti war sentiment
The ILP was anti-war and arranged an anti-war protest attended by 5,000 people
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Conscription Religion
70% of Conchies were ILP, socialist atheists so religion wasn’t a factor for their actions
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Conscription Society becomes more left wing
Scottish ILP membership tripled (3,000 to 9,000) during the war
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Conscription Non combatants
7,000 Alternative conchies took non-combat roles (after being conscripted) such as stretcher bearing
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Conscription Prison
5970 conchies were imprisoned during the war
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Conscription Prison - postwar
1300 conchies were still in prison 5 months after the war ended
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Conscription Death/Prison
73 conchies died in prison due to poor conditions in prison
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Commemoration Scottish loss
The national war memorial cost £250,000 and was opened in 1927
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Commemoration Help the living
In leith money for a memorial was used to build a new children’s hospital
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Commemoration New ways to remember the dead
2 minute silence held on 11.11.1919, papers report busy streets in Edinburgh stopping everything
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Commemoration Local loss
Over 1,400 memorials were built in towns across Scotland
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Commemoration Symbol
Lady haigs poppy factory in Edinburgh
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Commemoration Moving forward
Portobello chose not to have a memorial
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Commemoration Mass monuments
Pipers from the Scots guard played at the unveiling of the menin gate (1927)
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Commemoration Equality in sacrifice
Pt. Robertson from Broxburn is buried in cabaret rouge CWGC cemetery, where all the headstones are identical
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DORA Drinking
Drunkenness fell by 70% in Scotland (pub opening hours were reduced)
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DORA Spying
Mona Jeffrey was arrested and taken to court for taking photos of the forth bridge
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DORA Executions
Throughout the war 11 people were executed as spies , one being carl lody arrested in Edinburgh
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Women Overall
The total number of women working increased from 590,000 in (1911) to 640,000 in (1921)
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Women Munitionettes
9,000 women did dangerous work in Gretnas munition factory
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Women Heavy industries
There were 30,000 women working in heavy industry in Scotland
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Women Police
There were 150 female police officers working in Gretna
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Rent strikes
Around 25,000 women in Glasgow took part
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Rent strikes Leaders
The key leaders were women, Helen Crawford and Mary Barbour.
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Rent strikes ILP
The ilp was vital to the rent strikes, leader Mary Barbour learned nonviolent techniques from her time in the party
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Loss Glasgow
18,000 men
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Loss Royal scots
Scotland’s biggest + most active regiment, lost 11,000 soldiers and 600 officers
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Loss Boys brigade
Boys brigade pals battalion lost 500 men during the Somme
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Loss Local loss
Small communities were devastated because of the pals battalions. the Isle of Lewis lost 17% of men who served
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Loss Total
An estimated 110,000 men died during/after the war
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Shipbuilding Heavy industries boom
481 ships were built on the Clyde
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Metal working Heavy industries boom
90% of British plate armour was produced in West Scotland
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Shipbuilding Government support
Clyde shipyards like Fairfield’s were taken over by the gov. via the munitions of war act
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Shipbuilding Lack of demand - Bust
1920s : employment in shipbuilding fell by 90%
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Metal working International competition
North British locomotive company’s production declined by 2/3 post-war
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Metal working Not diverse!
Half of Scotlands iron furnaces were dismantled by 1927
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Mining High demand = boom
The Broxburn shale oil company saw a huge increase in profit and demand
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Mining Traditional processes
Mining was a reserved occupation, thus 4/5 tonnes of coal were cut by hand
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Mining Traditional processes
Women worked as miner during the war (creating tension in the work place)
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Mining Traditional practices (bust)
No government support leads to a rush to modernise 1920s - coal industry employs a third less people
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Mining Not diverse
Production fell from 42 million tonnes in 1913 to 30 million in the 1920s
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Mining Heavy industries - Artificial
Broxburn oil company closed down due to lack of orders (1926)
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Agriculture Emigration
Number of farm labourers falls from 107,000 to 89,000
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Agriculture Demand due to army
Acreage devoted to oats increased by 25% during the war to feed horses
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Agriculture Army uniforms
Shepherds wages double, government is buying their wool to make uniforms
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Agriculture No government protection—> layoffs
1926 - there are only 26,000 farm workers which meant farms had to mechanise
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Agriculture Highland difficulties…
The highland land issue - crofters fighting landowners in land raids
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Agriculture Rationing
Rationing continued after the war (guaranteed profit)
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Textile Specialist industries - Jute
Sandbags are in demand, Dundee had 69 factories. Production reaches 7 million a month
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Textile High demand- jute
Dundee papers report “jute strands have turned to gold” such is there value
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Textiles Specific demand - uniforms
Kinloch anderson (a tailor) switched their Edinburgh textile business to produce officer’s uniforms
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Textiles International competition
Jute factories built in Calcutta, India
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Textile Traditional processes
Dundee’s factory’s were using outdated and rundown machinery
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Textile Not diverse
New materials and ways to package goods (paper, plastic) lead to decreased demand for jute
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Fishing Emigration
Prewar 33,000 men worked in fishing compared to 22,000 postwar
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Fishing Not diverse
Herring was in high demand Over a million barrels of herring were produced throughout the war
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Fishing Global trade
Prewar 2 million barrels of fish had been exported to Germany and Russia
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Fishing Traditional processes
Port Buckie lost 120 steam boats to the army (either never returned or completely damaged)
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Fishing Migration
Fishing experiences a decline . It employs ~33,200 in 1913 But only employs ~26,300 in 1926
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Fishing Global trade
Usual markets in Germany and Russia remain lost due to revolution and economic depression
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Land issue Manifesto
DLG manifesto offered land to men who joined the army, so ex-soldiers felt owed it
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Land issue War issues
The war prevented investment into the highlands worsening the land issue
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Land issue Raids
Men returning from the front felt betrayed that they were not provided homes fit for heroes, this lead to them forcibly occupying land to build crofts
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Radicalism Anti-war
The ilp was fervently anti war, staging a protest 5 days after war was declared attended by 5,000 people
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Radicalism Rent strikes
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Radicalism

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