Scotland’s First World War in numbers
Scotland’s contribution to the war is remembered ahead of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
A hundred years after the First World War armistice was signed, here is a look at Scotland’s part in the conflict in numbers:
24 – bombs dropped by German airships on Edinburgh on the night of April 2 1916. Thirteen people were killed.
74 – Scots who were awarded the Victoria Cross – the highest award for gallantry for any Commonwealth soldier.
4,500 – German civilians and prisoners of war detained at Stobs internment camp near Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
105,000 – Scots-born men killed fighting for the British armed forces in the war. A further 15,000 died fighting for the dominion forces.
226 – People killed when a train packed with troops bound for Gallipoli collided with a local passenger service at Quintinshill near Gretna in May 1915. A further 246 were injured in what remains Britain’s worst rail disaster.
