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LINKS
This Links Directory contains links to a selection of relevant web
pages on the Cameronians and other military or Scottish related
sites.
LATEST: Recommended Reading:
Great Grandfathers Great War:
Fascinating diary by a Cameronian Officer serving with 3rd Battalion in the WW1
Commando Country by Stuart Allan
Flowers of the Forest - Scotland and the Great War by Trevor Royle
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
A Coming Storm - Book One: The Beautiful Mrs Graham
- by Peter Craigie
Tartan by Hugh Cheape - best selling book on Tartan and its History.
The Thin Red Line / War, Empire and Visions of Scotland
- by Stuart Allan and Allan Carswell
THE CAMERONIANS
9th Battalion and 15th (Scottish) Division – uniforms, equipment and weapons:
http://www.cameronians.com/history.htm
The Cameronians in the First World War:
http://www.1914-1918.net/scotrif.htm
Glasgow-based site, includes photographs and some background to Private Henry May:
http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/folk/forces7.htm
Images of the Cameronians War Memorial:
www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=cameronians
Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club:
http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/livingston.htm
Various historical and contemporary information including photographs:
http://www.carstairs.org.uk/cams/
Photographs of the Cameronians in Germany 1954-6:
http://www.cameronians.org.uk/
Museum in Westkapelle, the German stronghold liberated by the Cameronians in 1944:
www.polderhuiswestkapelle.nl
1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in Germany & Edinburgh in the '60s
Fascinating collection of black and white photopgraphs:
http://www.edwardboyle.com/
OTHER RELATED SITES
The Army Children Archive:
http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/home.html
The story of Glasgow in words and images:
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/index.php
National Archives:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
British WWI Pension Records :
www.ancestry.co.uk
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
www.cwgc.org
Non-world War Graves
http://www.army.mod.uk/soldierwelfare/cascomp/non_world_war_graves_nwg_.htm
Scottish National War Memorial:
www.snwm.org
Site covering all Scottish regiments:
http://www.scottishmilitaryheritage.com/
Army Museums Ogilby Trust – General site for army museums & ancestor research:
http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/index.htm
UK Army Lists – General information site including details of how to trace military ancestors:
http://www.armylists.org.uk/
IMPORTANT - Links Disclaimer: The
Cameronians.org web site contains links to other web sites which
are independently run sites outside of the cameronians.org domain.
The Regimental Trustees, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (The
Trustees) are not responsible for the privacy practices, activities,
or content of such independent sites. Neither these sites, nor any
content available through links to and from them, are screened,
reviewed or endorsed by The Trustees. The materials on these independent
sites are the opinion of the specified author(s) and are not statements
of advice, opinion, support or information by The Trustees.
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