commemoration and remembrance

Question 1

The Great War ended on the 11th November 1918…

Answer 1

and was met with celebration, relief and grief across Scotland.

Areas such as Lewis lost 17% of men who served in the armed forces

Question 2

War memorials were created to honour and remember those who died in the war

Answer 2

The national war memorial is located within Edinburgh Castle and opened in 1927

Question 3

Dundee honoured their lost men

Answer 3

Every year in Dundee on September 25th, the city’s war memorial shines to remember the 230 Dundonian soldiers who had died in the battle of Loos

Question 4

McCrae’s battalion was remembered

Answer 4

A memorial for McCrae’s battalion was built near Tynecastle, the Hearts Football Stadium, in Edinburgh

Question 5

Many Scots died during the war

Answer 5

74,000-110,000 Scots lost their lives during the war. One in 5 British deaths were Scottish

Question 6

Scots had to come to terms with how many young men they lost during the war

Answer 6

Every town and village in Scotland built its own war memorial (eg. Bridge of Don war memorial on Ellon Rd.)

Question 7

Gov ordered that death numbers stopped being printed in newspapers

Answer 7

too depressing and demoralising for Scots and hindered the war effort