Second World War (1939-1945).
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Personal papers of Hope Maclean., 1941-2007
Photocopy of a typescript of World War II memoir "Donald Crabbie DSC: Wartime Memories".
Photocopy of "Cassino to the River Po, May 1944-May 1945", an account by Lieutenant G W Martin, 2nd Lothian and Border Horse.
Photocopy of "Lest we Forget", a description of the sinking of the "Royal Oak" in 1939.
Records, war diaries and other papers concerning the Lothians and Border Horse in the 2nd World War.
Includes post war papers, minute books and financial records of the Lothian and Border Horse Regimental Association and its predecessor body.
Scrapbook illustrating the service of the 2nd Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry in the Second World War.
Scrapbooks of Arthur Maurice Roth, schoolboy in Callander, containing daily observations on the progress of the Second World War.
The scrapbooks cover the period from December 1943 to August 1945. They consist of 36 notebooks in which Roth has written short notes on the progress of the war, illustrated with press cuttings he had collected.
Although it is not clear why Roth began to keep a daily record of events occurring during the war, he had an interest in military history, and keeping a record of the war on a daily basis helped to develop his knowledge of geography.
Scrapbooks of Arthur Maurice Roth. Series 2., 1944-1945
Second World War diary of Lieutenant Walker, of the Royal Scots Regiment.
Diary of Lieutenant Walker, of the Royal Scots Regiment, in India, 1940-1941. The diary records life in the army from recruitment and training at Aldershot, the convoy to Bombay, and life in India.
Stories written by William Hunter, of Oban, whilst being held as a prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War.
Hunter was interned in a number of different camps for officers, including Oflag VII C, Oflag IX A/Z and Oflag VIB. Whilst the stories were written during his internment, they do not describe his experiences during that time.
Prior to the Second World War, Hunter had lived in Ferozepur and Allahabad, India before moving to Oban around 1936, which is reflected in his stories.
Transcripts of BBC radio broadcasts during the Second World War, 'Tobruk truth'.
Typescript copy of "A Soldier`s Story" by Captain Gregor Macdonald, Queen`s Own Cameron Highlanders.
Typescript transcripts of interviews for Scottish Television's series "Scotland's War".
Typescripts of diaries and autobiographical pieces of C Meadmore.
Material concerns life in post-war Edinburgh and holidays in Scotland, and includes three letters of Miss Meadmore to her mother.
Volume 1, numbers 2 and 4 of "Within", a typescript prisoner of war periodical produced in Hut number 10, Hong Kong.
Includes original art work.
War diaries of Lt David Black Barclay, Royal Artillery, in North Africa and Italy.
Accession includes:
1. sketchbook, 1943-1944,
2. an earlier volume of poetry written by Barclay,
3. Barlcay`s wartime record kept by his wife, Annie.