Perth and Kinross Remembers First World War resources in Perth and Kinross Archive This is a list of suggested resources from the Archive which might assist in any research related to the First World War. These resources are already available to browse as an online searchable database https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4655/World-War-One-sources Here they have been loosely grouped to assist general browsing. The headings are: people, if someone is part of a named collection; rolls of honour; albums, photographs, postcards and cartoons; women at war, if the records refer in any way to women’s war work; church; towns and villages, if places feature in the collection name and finally, organisations. This last group also includes Perth and Kinross Town council references. Some of the references feature twice if they are relevant to more than one group. The resources listed below can all be found on the Perth and Kinross Archive online catalogue. https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/archive-online-catalogue/ People Reference MS14/146/1 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) 1918 Description Army discharge book of James Black, Army Veterinary Corps. Reference MS14/146/2 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) 1918 Description Treatment card of James Black, Belmont Hospital Liverpool. Reference MS14/146/3 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) 1918 Description Employment card for soldiers discharged medically unfit in the name of James Black. Organisations Reference MS35/Bundles3-10 Collection Papers of Major-General Sir William Rycroft Date(s) 1915- 1923 Description Letters to and from Sir William on various aspects of the War in France, the Dardanelles, the Middle East, Salonica, and the situation on other fronts including letters from General Allenby and General Smith-Dorrien. Also letters, notes and essays on the Caucasian problem 1919-1921 from Rycroft as Major-General British Army of the Black Sea. Includes essays on boar hunting in Salonica and sport in Macedonia with the British Salonica Force, 1917-1918 Reference MS111/Bundle4 Collection Stanley Nairne papers Date(s) 1914-1918 Description Nairne was a conscious objector who was greatly concerned with the YMCA and Boys Clubs. Bundle of letters to Nairne from school friends, ex Scottish Schoolboys Camps boys and others serving with the Forces from military camps in the U K, German East Africa and France, 1915¬1918, describing conditions there. Also letter from prisoner of war in Germany, pacifist letter from the Rev Symington, Glasgow and Christmas card from YMCA to those rendering service to the YMCA in France. Also circular letter from VJ Spiganovijcz on proposed summer camp scheme to make articles for the troops at the front, Harrietsfield House, Ancrum,14 July 1915 and photograph of the Glasgow University Officers Training Corps Rugby Club, 1917 Reference MS111/Bundle5 Collection Stanley Nairne papers Date(s) 1914-1918 Description Letters of support and sympathy from serving soldiers concerning Nairne’s stance as a Conscientious Objector and subsequent compulsory employment in forestry. Also contains a few letters of criticism. Draft appeals Nos 1 and 2 to Central Tribunal, Edinburgh by Stanley Nairne's employers, 1917. Draft statement to Tribunal re his reasons for refusing combatant service, 1917 Reference MS111/Bundle9 Collection Stanley Nairne Papers Date(s) 1914-1918 Description Letters from Sandy Somerville of the Seaforth Highlanders from the U.K and France 1914-1918 about the War, the YMCA and old school matters. Reference MS146/8 Collection Thomas McLaren Papers Date(s) 1928 Description Pamphlets etc. relating to the restoration of St. John's Church, Perth and incorporation of a war memorial and chapel to those who gave their lives in the Great War in Perth and Perthshire Reference MS305 Collection Samuel Black Watson Date(s) 1913-1918 Description Letters written by Watson who had enlisted in 1909 aged 17 and re-joined in 1912. When war broke out he was promoted first to Corporal then Sergeant. At Gallipoli in early 1915, he was invalided out suffering from dysentery and enteric fever. On recovery, he was transferred and seconded several times until his discharge in 1919. Reference MS322 Collection James Miller snr and jnr, Comrie, papers Date(s) 1852-c1985 Description James Miller snr, diary recording his troopship voyage to South Africa in 1916 en-route to India. Reference MS323/1-4 Collection Veitch family papers, Pitlochry Date(s) 1915-1933 Description Letters written by John Alex Veitch during training and service in France, with letters, telegrams and postcards relating to the his death. Also items, photographs and letters returned to the family after his death and photographs, correspondence and programmes concerning memorials for John Alex and others, including material relating to the family's visit to France Reference MS60/6 Collection Major Peter Drummond-Hay, Map and Plan Date(s) 1804-1916 Description Map of ' The German Scheme of Mittel Europa', 1916. Rolls of Honour Reference MS14/238 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits: Roll of Honour: Parish of Tibbermore, Hillyland, Tulloch and Burghmuir, 1914-1919 Date(s) 1920 Reference MS51/5/5/17 Collection Pullars Ltd., Perth Date(s) 1914-1918 Description Roll of Honour of nearly 500 employees who served in the war, and 61 who died, in a souvenir folder Albums, photographs, postcards, cartoons Reference MS14/2 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) c.1917-1918 Description Lampoon of the Will of Kaiser Wilhelm disposing of his assets and territory in Europe signed 'Baron von Sauerkraut and Graf von Munchlagerbier'. Reference MS14/65/7 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) 21 May 1917 Description Photocopy of post card from prisoner of war Sgt. J Shepherd acknowledging receipt of two parcels. Reference MS14/85/8 Collection Miscellaneous Deposits Date(s) c.1916 Description Photograph of nursing staff outside Ardblair Castle during WW1 Description Booklet, being a "Souvenir of the Great European War, 4th August, 1914 to 28th June, 1919" Women at war Reference MS46/1/2-3 Collection Railway Clerks Association, Perth Date(s) 1914-1918 Description Minutes including references to the numbers of members in the Association and the numbers serving with the Forces and sending Christmas parcels to them. Also references to 14,000 women clerks employed countrywide compared to 2,000 pre-war and queries their future after the war. Reference MS152/5/1/4- 5 Collection Crieff Unionist Club Date(s) 1915-1918 Description Minutes, includes reference to use of Club for a Sergeant's Mess for 2/6 Battalion Seaforth Highlanders billeted in the town 1915-1916. Also mentions numbers of members serving in the Forces, casualties and members decorated. List of serving names given, 1915. Also war work of the Club including use of the reading room and billiard room by troops, and despatch of parcels to serving soldiers and sailors by the Ladies Work Party. Reference MS152/15/1/2 Collection Perth City and County Conservative Club Date(s) 1910-1939 Description Minutes including use of Club rooms by soldiers billeted in Perth and Scone for recreation, reading and refreshments, and also for various Patriotic Fund-raising functions, packing food parcels for prisoners of war, entertaining wounded soldiers etc. Reference MS172/1/3 Collection The Gaelic Society of Perth Date(s) 1913-1928 Description Minute book with sundry references to war work by the Society including flag days and comforts given to wounded soldiers in Perth hospitals by the Women's Committee, particularly to Highland soldiers. Reference MS245/1/3 Collection Nan Ferguson, Whitefield, Coupar Angus Date(s) 1915-1919 Description Album containing photographs of nurses and patients at the Red Cross Hospital, York Place, Perth; Craiglockhart War Hospital, Edinburgh and the 62nd General Hospital at the Hotel Angst, Bordighera, Italy. Reference MS264 Collection Voluntary Aid Detachment Date(s) 1915-1919 Description War service record book detailing female volunteers and the Red Cross Hospitals in which they worked. Only four pages with entries Reference MS320 Collection VAD album, Aberfeldy Date(s) 1915-1918 Description Album containing annotated photographs, sketches and letters of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital at Aberfeldy, featuring the progress of Belgian patients, particularly Louis Leclerq Church Reference MS146/8 Collection Thomas McLaren Papers Date(s) 1928 Description Pamphlets etc. relating to the restoration of St. John's Church, Perth and incorporation of a war memorial and chapel to those who gave their lives in the Great War in Perth and Perthshire Reference PE1/15/1 Collection Tibbermore Parish Church Date(s) 1918 Description Response to circular from Perth County Council on training of discharged soldiers and sailors in rural occupations. Towns and Villages Aberfeldy Reference AN/1/1/4 Collection Burgh of Aberfeldy Town Council Date(s) 1901-1920 Description Minutes with references to Flag Days and other fund-raising activities and composition of the committees set up to supervise War Savings, National Registration Act, Recruiting Tribunal, War Bonuses, collection of salvage and wastepaper, food control etc. Also deliberations of a committee formed to consider a War Memorial. Reference MS320 Collection VAD album, Aberfeldy Date(s) 1915-1918 Description Album containing annotated photographs, sketches and letters of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital at Aberfeldy, featuring the progress of Belgian patients, particularly Louis Leclerq Alyth Reference AL/1/1/6 Collection Burgh of Alyth Town Clerk Date(s) 1913-1923 Description Minutes of War Charities and Flag Days for Belgian Refugees and others, and formation of committees to administer the National Registration Act, War Savings, and War Charities Registration. Appointment of Recruiting Tribunals. Support for dependants of soldiers killed in the war, Prince of Wales Relief Fund for the relief of distress during the war, and funds for comforts for road and quarrying companies in France. Red Cross flags to be put out on civilian hospitals in event of hostile landings, and Town Hall insurance against Aircraft risks.