Category Archives: First World War

This crazy ideas about nationality

Posted on July 19, 2017 by malcolmarchibald

People fight wars over national boundaries. One set of people kill and maim another set of people because of some silly line drawn on a map by some politician or king or other jumped up self-important yahoo. How crazy is … Continue reading →

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November in Scottish History

Posted on November 7, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

01 November 1889: A Belgian named Professor Albert attempted to become the first man to swim the Firth of Forth. Setting off from the shore of Fife, he reached about half way to Inchkeith before he gave up, disappointing the … Continue reading →

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AUGUST IN SCOTTISH HISTORY

Posted on August 1, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

01 August 1798: Battle of the Nile:  ‘There were some of the women wounded, and one woman belonging to Leith died of her wounds, and was buried on a small island in the bay. One woman bore a son in … Continue reading →

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Our land of Palestine

Posted on April 28, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

This is a very short blog to announce that theKindle version of my latest Creativia book, Our Land of Palestine is on sale price of 99 pence or 99 cents for the next few days.   It’s the year 1915, … Continue reading →

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Palestine: the forgotten campaign

Posted on April 13, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

When we think of the First World War, various images come to mind, and various names haunt the fringes of our collective memory. We may see the hellish mud of Passchendaele, or the gas clouds of Second Ypres, or remember … Continue reading →

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In this week in Scottish history

Posted on February 9, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

07 February 1603: Battle of Glenfruin. After a raid by MacGregors into Luss, a body of Colquhoun women showed the bloodstained shirts of their slain men to King James VI, who authorised reprisals. The MacGregors struck first, killing scores of … Continue reading →

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On this week in Scottish history

Posted on January 24, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

24th January 1873 East of Fife Record ‘Romantic affair at Aberdeen…About three months ago a beardless, rosy faced young person of some eighteen summers, rigged out in regular jack tar habiliments, made application…to be apprenticed. During the voyage, which was … Continue reading →

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He Died for Freedom and Honour

Posted on September 28, 2015 by malcolmarchibald

One hundred years ago today, the Battle of Loos was raging in France. This was the biggest British battle of the so-called Western Front in 1915 and, like so many battles of the First World War, there were horrendous casualties. … Continue reading →

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