Old Photograph Royal Highland Regiment Largoward Scotland

Old photograph of the The 7th Fife Territorial Battalion of the Royal Highland Regiment at camp by Largoward, Fife, Scotland. The name dates back to at least the 18th century. " Largo " refers to the adjacent parish, while " ward " or " waird " is a Scots word for an enclosed piece of land, typically used for pasture. The word " ward " also appears in nearby place names like Balcarres Ward


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Old Photograph Highland Regiment Crieff Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers from the Highland Regiment at camp outside Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers Scotland

Old photograph of the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers at Erskine near Glasgow, Scotland. Erskine Hospital, as it was known, opened its doors in 1916 to care for the wounded of the First World War. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Comrie Road Crieff Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, cars and people on Comrie Road in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Stonehaven Scotland

Old photograph of the town clock, a shop and people in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Stonehaven was a Jacobite town during the Jacobite rising of 1715, and it was a safe base for the retreating Jacobite army to stay overnight on the night of 5th of February 1716. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Stonehaven, part of the Episcopalian north-east, was again reliably Jacobite and it was one of the north eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment were periodically landed from France. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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