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Explore more aspects of everyday life in Scotland and military services during the Second World War from the Scottish Life Archive and our collection.
Wedding of Lilian and George Allan, Caithness, 1940s.
Evacuees from Edinburgh arriving at Buckie Railway Station, 1939.
Woman and small girl making butter, Lewis, Ross-shire, 1940s.
Air Raid Precautions Wardens, Musselburgh, Midlothian, September 1944.
Group of raspberry pickers from Paisley, photographed in Perthshire, 1942.
The Home Guard at Addiewell, West Calder, Midlothian, 1939 - 1945.
The Civil Defence Messenger Service, Dundee, 15 November 1941.
After a Christening at Dunfermline, Fife, 1939.
Group of Women's Timber Corps members, Glendoick, Perthshire, May 1943.
Two women by the Church of Scotland Travelling Canteen, 1939 - 1945.
Casualty staff at Robroyston Hospital, Glasgow, 1939 - 1945.
C. and J. Kidd, both in military services, at Renfrew, Renfrewshire, September 1945.
The 51st Highland Division Pipe Band, formed in 1942, at Oflag VII B Prisoner of War camp, Eichstett, Germany, c.1943.
Women's Royal Naval Service mechanic, connected to the H.M.S. Daedalus.
Second World War Royal Fleet Reserve, group photograph of ship's crew on foredeck of destroyer, 1940s.
Polish soldiers watching over German Prisoners of War, 1939 - 1945.
No. 6 Troop, No. 11 Commando, printed in a German prisoner-of-war camp after Lance Corporal John Orton's capture during the Gazala / Tmimi operations, c. 1941.
Official photograph of all three Biggin Hill WAAFs awarded the Military Medal for gallantry, relating to the service of Corporal Elspeth Henderson.
Through images and film archive, the Scottish Life Archive includes aspects of Scotland's rural, urban, maritime and industrial communities, such as housing, work, warfare, leisure, customs and religion, all arranged by subject.
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