Stirling Council Archives Document of the Month for October 2012
To give some idea of the archives available for access, we highlight an example below.
Hugh Cameron's scrapbook of Second World War
Hugh Cameron's scrapbook provides a fascinating account of one man's experience of war. Filled with photographs of him
and his comrades along with postcards of the areas that he visited, it is a wonderfully rich source for information about the experience of war. Hugh was a member of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and he fought with Montgomery's 'Desert Rats' from Asmara beside the Red Sea in 1941 through El-Alamein in 1942 to the Holy Land and then to Italy. Whilst in Italy, Hugh and his comrades in arms experienced a bombardment of propaganda leaflets created by the German war machine. One of the leaflets, shown here, appears from the front like a typical advertisement for the River Po region in Italy showing picturesque places and colourful illustrations. When you open the leaflet up, the image is one of destruction in stark black and white with Death in attendance, insinuating that this is what awaits the allied forces approaching the region.
SCA reference PD42
Click on any image below for an enlarged picture with caption ( the three pictures can then be viewed as a slide show )
Hugh Cameron's scrapbook of Second World War
Hugh Cameron's scrapbook provides a fascinating account of one man's experience of war. Filled with photographs of him
and his comrades along with postcards of the areas that he visited, it is a wonderfully rich source for information about the experience of war. Hugh was a member of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and he fought with Montgomery's 'Desert Rats' from Asmara beside the Red Sea in 1941 through El-Alamein in 1942 to the Holy Land and then to Italy. Whilst in Italy, Hugh and his comrades in arms experienced a bombardment of propaganda leaflets created by the German war machine. One of the leaflets, shown here, appears from the front like a typical advertisement for the River Po region in Italy showing picturesque places and colourful illustrations. When you open the leaflet up, the image is one of destruction in stark black and white with Death in attendance, insinuating that this is what awaits the allied forces approaching the region.
SCA reference PD42
Click on any image below for an enlarged picture with caption ( the three pictures can then be viewed as a slide show )
