http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
Microsite from the BBC.
A general overview.
Allows anyone to search military records for relatives who fought in the First World War.
A range of clips from recent television programmes; sometimes variable quality.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
First World War Index – text heavy but good for detailed information.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/
Poetry website.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/index.htm
Online exhibition of sources on the First World War from the National Archives. Has good links to movies held by the archive. Also has good maps for use on whiteboards.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/F/firstworldwar/
Website supporting Hew Strachan’s book of the same name.
http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/index.htm
Birmingham University Website. Has an online bibliography, e-books and dissertations. General British, but also regional references.
http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html
Art of the First World War.
Index website with good links to other sites. General British perspective.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/95/index.html
Excellent website – well-constructed and thoughtful, as you might expect from the Imperial War Museum.
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Document website – American based.
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/waractivities.htm
Activities related to the First World War from Schools History.
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/radicalglasgow/index.html
Website of Radical Glasgow, an e-book that gives excellent information on key personalities, issues and disputes. It has a very useful chapter on the peace movements.
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/
Exhaustive and fascinating website based on the Willie Gallacher archive. A brilliant source of primary evidence.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/index.asp
Learning and Teaching Scotland’s comprehensive new Scotland’s History website includes sections on The Great War and Red Clydeside.
National Museums website.
National Library website.
http://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/
National Archives website.
http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/index/first-world-war
Black Watch site; concise history of engagement in the in the First World War.
http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/
Gordon Highlanders; basic information on the website.
http://www.argylls.co.uk/museum
Basic information and guidance for contacting the museum at Stirling Castle.
Cameronians (Scottish rifles) website.
Scots Guards website.
http://www.aboutscotland.com/theroyalscots/index.html
Royal Scots website.
Website of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-477-L&
Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on the Somme.
http://www.scran.ac.uk/learning/lifelong/museums/exhibs/warlette/intro.php
Link to SCRAN detailing the experience of war of Jack Carmichael and his family. Jack was killed in 1917.
Excellent website with extremely useful online book section.
http://www.qohldrs.co.uk/html/seaforth_history.htm
Seaforth Highlanders website.
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/
An essential reference for radical politics, Red Clydeside and the impact of the war on society, industry and the changing role of women.
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=005-000-000-559-C&
Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on rationing.
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-479-L&
Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on the Home Front.
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-482-L&
Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on Women at War.
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