by Gary Lawrie | 08 Mar, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today is International Woman’s Day, the day we celebrate the contribution that women have made to our lives. For me there is better was to celebrate than telling the tale of two inspiring women from my own family tree – one from my paternal side and the...
by Gary Lawrie | 09 Nov, 2018 | Uncategorized
THE GRAVE OF PRIVATE ARCHIBALD GRAHAM, GORDON HIGHLANDERS Over the coming weekend across the country and the wider world, we will be commemorating 100 years since the end of World War One. I have always been interested in the war since my days in History classes at...
by Gary Lawrie | 21 Aug, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today, the 21st of August marks 100 years since the death of an incredible young man, Captain George Ainslie, MC of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Of course, over the past four years, we have found ourselves commemorating the lives and loss of so many incredibly...
by Gary Lawrie | 12 Apr, 2018 | Uncategorized
FREDERICK BRUCE (1897-1918) Almost every family in Scotland has someone, either a direct ancestor or more distant relative, who was lost during the Great War of 1914-1919. For many, it may be a great-grandfather, a great uncle or a distant cousin. This is the name...
by Gary Lawrie | 24 Jan, 2018 | Uncategorized
The 25th January is the day when we in Scotland celebrate the life and works of our national bard Robert Burns. Across the world people will be raising a glass of whisky and downing a mouthful of haggis, the “chieftain o’ the puddin’ race”, to commemorate...
by Gary Lawrie | 20 Nov, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the first blog which will commemorate the 13 police officers from Stirlingshire Constabulary who were killed in World War One. As well as commemorating the memory of these brave young men who left their duty as Constables in Stirlingshire to serve in the...
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