It was a reminder of life during wartime. Rare photographs from a Glasgow barracks during the First World War have gone on display in Scotland for the first time.
The pictures, captured by Scottish Medical Officer Fred Davidson serving with the 1st Cameronians, show action from the front line and daily life in Maryhill Barracks (now Cube Housing Association’s Wyndford estate), a Victorian compound decommissioned in the 1960s.
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His pictures, which are said to be among the earliest images of the conflict, have now “come home” in a special exhibition at Maryhill Burgh Halls to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The photographs were unearthed and catalogued by Fred’s grandson, Andrew Davidson, who said: “These pictures are special because they show how the barracks, and the soldiers who lived there, were part of life in Maryhill. When the battalion left to go to France, the whole community was out on the streets to wave them off.”
The photos will be on display at Maryhill Burgh Halls until December 31.
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