Naval captain's ancient weapons gifted to Orkney: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please take a moment to watch our new video out today, looking at the final peacetime Scottish casualty before WW2: www.youtube.com/shorts/EmXbp...

We've been a little quiet on this account, but we'll hopefully start to change this shortly. In the meantime here's a link to our latest short on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/UzIBf...

A short video out today, showcasing the Gardens of Remembrance in both Glasgow and Edinburgh: youtube.com/shorts/nNKFe...

For our latest video out today we have the story of a former player for Aberdeen Football Club who lost his life during the First World War. www.youtube.com/shorts/vucXC... As ever, please leave a like, comment, share and subscribe to our channel.

Roy’s Great Map, the Military Survey of Scotland, held by the National Library of Scotland notes the location where the Jacobite sloop “Le Prince Charles Stuart” was run aground in the Kyle of Tongue in 1746. HMS Hazard had been captured at Montrose earlier in the year and returned with French gold

#OTD in 1940, Huntly-Turriff road in Banffshire, Scotland. Morris Quad and 4.5-inch howitzer from 51 "Highland" Infantry Division. #WW2 #HISTORY

Was looking for info about an aircraft that my wife’s aunt saw come down in Lanarkshire during WW2 but she couldn’t remember much about it. Found this very useful and pretty comprehensive list of aircraft crashes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man air-britain.com/pdfs/militar...

I am delighted to announce that I will be giving a talk on 26 October at the Trimontium Museum in Melrose about my experiences of walking along the Antonine Wall in Scotland. In person and online tickets are available on the Trimontium website here: www.trimontium.co.uk/events/walki...

Looking forward to posting some useful and also some whimsical content in this better place.