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Conference: Scotland and the Great War

When & Where

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Western Front Association
Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA

Event Details

Join us for a day of engaging presentations by renowned historians and experts in First World War history at Discovery Point, Dundee.
Date and Time
• Saturday 20th September 2025, 10.00 – 16.30 (doors open 9.30)
Featured Speakers
• Professor Sir Hew Strachan - The Scottish Soldier in the Great War
• Professor Peter Doyle - Repaying the Germans in their own coin': The British use of gas at Loos, 1915
• Nick Hewitt - Weary Waiting is Hard Indeed: The Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow 1916-18
• Richard van Emden - Boy Soldiers of the Great War: the new evidence
• Phyllida Shaw - Creating the Scottish National War Memorial
Venue
• Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA
How to book
• Visit the WFA online shop: www.westernfrontassociation/shop [1]
• Book by phone: 0207 118 1914
• Book by email: membership@westernfrontassociation.com [2]

Contact

Western Front Association
membership@westernfrontassociation.com [2]
0207 118 1914

Costs

£35

Event Location

View larger map [3]

Discovery Point
Discovery Quay
Dundee
Tayside
DD1 4XA

Other information

File Conference_details.docx [4]
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Links
[1] http://www.westernfrontassociation/shop [2] mailto:membership@westernfrontassociation.com [3] https://maps.google.com/maps?q=DD1+4XA&hl=en&z=14&t=m [4] https://www.slhf.org/sites/default/files/documents/Conference_details.docx