First World War
First World War
This selection of images relating to the First World War is taken from our collections of government records and private papers.
![Photograph of John Warnock Clapperton, Private in 9th Royal Scots Regiment, 12th Machine Gun Corps, 1915-1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/1228/17/3)](/files//images/library/AAA00136Thumb.jpg)
John Warnock Clapperton, Private in 9th Battalion Royal Scots Regiment, later 12th Machine Gun Corps, 1915-1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/1228/17/3)
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![Photograph of soldiers, a sailor and railway staff beside a steam engine, 'Redgauntlet', at Galashiels Station, Selkirkshire, circa 1916 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/1232/3/4)](/files//images/library/AAA00407Thumb.jpg)
Soldiers, a sailor and railway staff beside a steam engine, 'Redgauntlet', at Galashiels Station, Selkirkshire, about 1916 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/1232/3/4)
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![Photograph of Sopwith Camel, 'Dunning' (E4374), named after the parish which raised the money for its purchase as part of a Scottish War Savings Committee campaign, APril 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, NSC1/393/13)](/files//images/library/AAA00433Thumb.jpg)
Sopwith Camel, 'Dunning' (E4374), named after the parish which raised the money for its purchase as part of a Scottish War Savings Committee campaign, April 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, NSC1/393/13)
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![Image of a christmas card of the Cameron Highlanders, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/625/3)](/files//images/library/AAA00600Thumb.jpg)
Christmas card of the Cameron Highlanders, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/625/3)
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![Photograph of Kenneth Basham's runner (East Surreys) in a trench in the Somme area, June 1916 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD372/288/8)](/files//images/library/AAA00675Thumb.jpg)
Kenneth Basham's runner (East Surreys) in a trench in the Somme area, June 1916 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD372/288/8)
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![Photograph of a Royal Field Artillery Battery in action with an Indian sepoy in the left foreground in Mesopotamia, circa 1917 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD372/288/11)](/files//images/library/AAA00678Thumb.jpg)
Royal Field Artillery Battery in action, with an Indian sepoy in the left foreground in Mesopotamia, about 1917 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD372/288/11)
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![Photograph of a World War I Mark V (Male) Tank in Callander high street with crowds and woman in foreground, circa 1917 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, NSC1/392/1/8)](/files//images/library/AAA01166Thumb.jpg)
World War I Mark V (Male) Tank in Callander high street with crowds and woman in foreground, about 1917 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, NSC1/392/1/8)
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![Photograph of the 4th Battle Squadron passing Inchcolm Island on the Firth of Forth, led by its flagship HMS Dreadnought, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD391/103/1/2/6(8))](/files//images/library/AAA01183Thumb.jpg)
The 4th Battle Squadron passing Inchcolm Island on the Firth of Forth, led by its flagship HMS Dreadnought, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD391/103/1/2/6(8))
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![Photograph of a YMCA driver of the British 3rd Army, with his van in France, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD476/6/1/73)](/files//images/library/AAA01254Thumb.jpg)
YMCA driver of the British 3rd Army, with his van in France, 1918 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD476/6/1/73)
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