![]() Some of the only remaining training trenches in Britain? The birthplace of our most senior wartime General? The hospital where our greatest War Poets met and wrote? The site of the greatest assembly of warships in history? Edinburgh’s First World War heritage is virtually unparalleled in Britain for scope and depth, and that is what you will be discovering on this full-day private tour. However, approaching the theme carefully and with sensitivity, it can be discovered that Edinburgh’s connections with the ‘War to end War’ are deep, varied and fascinating. ![]() Befitting that huge communal trauma, even today, the landmarks related to the war in Edinburgh exist in quiet dignity, without fuss, publicity or self-advertisement. ![]() The First World War of 1914-18 traumatised the whole of Europe, and Scotland, as with Britain in general, did not escape lightly, losing much of a generation of young men who were killed, or wounded both physically and psychologically. ![]()
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