In 1914, as the world prepared for war, thousands of men in Scotland enlisted for military service. Across the world, in the countries of the British empire where Scottish emigrants had settled, thousands more joined up.

Men of Scottish birth and kin became part of the armed forces of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, while in the great cities of England the Scottish military tradition also went to war.

Through poignant objects on loan from some of the countries where Scots had made new lives, as well as newsreel footage and photography, discover how war and loss was experienced and commemorated in different parts of the Commonwealth.