Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 8 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "World War One" x Search term Filter by Format Artifact (3)Document (1)Newspaper cutting (2)Photograph (2)Filter by Area Newport (6)Wormit (2)Filter by Decade 1920s (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest World War I leave and railway tickets, France to Newport and return Third class combined leave and railway ticket from France to Newport and first class return for the same journey for serviceman during World War I. Newport Moss Depot Workers During World War I moss was collected locally and sent to the battle fields where it was used as dressing for wounds. Newport Biplane Funding for the 'Newport Fife No. 4' biplane was raised in Newport-on-Tay. It was in action on the Western Front against German troops from 1917 until it crashed in 1918. Highland Light Infantry Camp, Highfield, Wormit Photo of a service battalion of the Highland Light Infantry parading in front of the beer cellar and the cookhouse at Highfield, Wormit in 1917, before leaving leaving for the Western Front. This battalion was raised by conscription, which had been introduced in 1916 as numbers of volunteers were insufficient. Programme: Highland Light Infantry Regimental Sports Day Programme for a regimental sports day held by the Highland Light Infantry in Windmill Park in August 1918. Proceeds were to go to the Dundee Red Cross Society. Christmas Card from Royal Scots, Wormit Detachment Christmas card from the Sergeants' Mess, 18th Battalion of the Royal Scots, Wormit Detachment. Peter Black. A 'Deserter's' Name added to the War Memorial A newspaper cutting explaining how the name of Peter Black, a 'deserter' in World War I, was added to the Newport War Memorial. Ernest Fairweather's World War I Medals and Commemorative Plaque Ernest Fairweather's medals from World War I. He died in April 1918, aged 23. He had lived in a flat in the High Street. The medals are (left to right): 1914-1915 Star (awarded to all soldiers fighting between August 1914 and December 1915 British War Medal (awarded to all soldiers who fought) Military Medal (awarded for an act of ...
