Scots On Western Front

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Voluntary recruitment 1

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Scots joined army bc of peer pressure, guilt, adventure etc

Hint 1

Feelings that made Scots want to join

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Voluntary recruitment 2

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Propaganda of men in kilts provoked feelings of propaganda encouraging men to fight

Hint 2

Propaganda

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Voluntary recruitment 3

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Macraes battalion recruited 1350 due to heart FC connections

Hint 3

Macraes battalion

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Voluntary recruitment 4

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Scotland higher unemployment/poverty than most areas UK, army provided a regular job and wage

Hint 4

Levels of unemployment

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Voluntary recruitment 5

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Glasgow recruited over 22000 in first week, September 1914

Hint 5

Glasgow recruitment

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Voluntary recruitment 6

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20 000 men from Glasgow recruited in August due to kitcheners campaign

Hint 6

Kitcheners campaign

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Voluntary recruitment 7

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25% of male labour force on western Scotland recruited by December 1914

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Male labour force

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Voluntary recruitment 8

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13% volunteers 1914-1915 were Scots

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Percent of Scots volunteered

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Voluntary recruitment 9

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One in 4 coal miners signed up to escape boring job within a year, government had to ban put men from active service

Hint 9

Coal miners

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Voluntary recruitment 10

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Scottish marital traditions/ old clan loyalties inspired many to join

Hint 10

Marital traditions

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Experiences of Scots 1

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Scots experiences lice in kilts whilst in trenches, they had to burn them out

Hint 11

Lice

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Experiences of Scots 2

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From around the 20 600 names missing at loos, 1/3 was Scottish

Hint 12

Missing at loos

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Experiences of Scots 3

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51st highland division took 3 500 casualties at somme

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51st casualties Somme

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Experiences of Scots 4

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35 000 Scots took part in loos

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Involvement loos

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Experiences of Scots 5

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Daniel laidlaw played bag pipes at loos to encourage Scots to charge, he was awarded Victoria cross

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Daniel laidlaw

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Experiences of Scots 6

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9th Scottish division lost 3000 men from 25th-28th sept, 15th lost 3000 men in one day at loos

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9th, 15th division loos

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Experiences of Scots 7

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At loos out of 21 000 dead, 1/3 was from Scottish regiments

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Total Death at loos

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Experiences of Scots 8

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Half of the 72 infantry battalions involved were Scottish

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Infantry battalions that were scottish

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Experiences of Scots 9

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Macraes royal Scots battalion lost 12 officers and 573 soldiers at somme

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Macraes loss

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Experience of Scots 10

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9th Scottish division experiences heavy German shelling depleted their strength of 20 officers and 659 men at somme

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Weapons experiences Somme

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Kilted Regiments 1

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Gordon highlanders:

-regiment raised 21 battalions, -Served on Italy western front. -50 00 men served, 9 000 killed, 20 000 wounded or missing. -57 battle honours, 4 Victoria crosses

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Gordon highlanders

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Kilted regiments 2

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The black watch:

25 battalions of the regiment fought WW1 • lost 8 000 men • black watch had high involvement with Somme

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Kilted regiments 3

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Argyll and Sutherland highlanders:

At outbreak of war regiment had two regular (1st and 2nd), two militia (3rd and 4th), and five territorial battalions (5th-9th) with more raised for kitcheners army • 10 battalions served in France and Flanders, 4 sent to Southern Europe • 6 900 men lost lives

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Argyll and Sutherland highlanders

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Kilted Regiments 4

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Royal Scots:

Royal Scots raised 35 battalions of infantry, 15 served front line units • 100 000 men served, 11 162 were killed, 40 000 wounded • served in Macedonia, Egypt, north Russia

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Royal scots

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Kilted Regiments 5

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Seaforth Highlanders :