STRATHKINNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL DR DEREK J. PATRICK 27 NOVEMBER 2014
WHY DO WE WEAR A POPPY? What is remembrance? Is it important that we remember? How can we commemorate the First World War?
HOW DID THE WAR START? Why do you think there was a war in ? Which countries were involved? Why was it also called the Great War?
THE TRENCH SYSTEM …
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES … Why do you think soldiers dug trenches in the First World War? What do you think life was like in the trenches?
HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT STRATHKINNESS? Do you think the war had any impact on Strathkinness? Does anyone know if any members of their family were involved in the war?
A POPULAR AND ESTEEMED YOUNG MAN … Killed in action, 15 July 1916, aged 27. Son of Mr George A. Gilroy, Gilroy, Sons & Company, Ltd., spinners and manufacturers, Dundee. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, 1. D. 26. Capt. George Bruce Gilroy, M.C. 8th Royal Highlanders