Armistice Day 2011

We commemorate Armistice Day with this image of a silk poppy made by the Haig Fund, probably some time in the 1920s (GD1/1265/7), from a collection of letters and other personal records relating to the First World War.

Follow the links below to read more about some of the many documents in the National Records of Scotland (NRS) relating to the First and Second World Wars.

• Guide to 31,000 soldiers' and airmen's wills, 1857-1964
• Records of thousands of cases heard by Military Appeal Tribunals, 1916-18
• Guide to military records in NRS.

You can also read features on soldiers' wills:

• In the Event of My Death . . .
• The Smallest Will?
• Scots in the Battle of the Somme

On our Scottish Archives for Schools website you can see two educational resources relating to the First World War:

• read about the impact of war on servicemen, their families and society in 'Leaving it All Behind',
• follow the career of Lieutenant J D Hume, Royal Naval Air Service, 1915-1916 in 'A Short Life in the Sky'.