{"id":1805,"date":"2020-11-13T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:47:05","slug":"remembering-the-universitys-war-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/remembering-the-universitys-war-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the University&#8217;s war dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark this year&#8217;s Remembrance Day commemorations Dr Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives has made two short films about soldiers who died in the First World War. The first looks at two young men who lost their lives in the conflict, George Paton and James Braid. Braid&#8217;s letters to his family which are in the University Archives are a fascinating but poignant read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1806\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1806 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15-754x1024.png\" alt=\"Portrait\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15-754x1024.png 754w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15-768x1043.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.50.15.png 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of George Paton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1807\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1807 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04-699x1024.png\" alt=\"Letter\" width=\"699\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04-699x1024.png 699w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04-768x1125.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-13-at-11.53.04.png 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter from Braid in the trenches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WW1 Remembrance Jim Braid &amp; George Paton\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MphZ_ybSdDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The second film looks at members of University College Dundee who lost their lives in the war or as a result of the conflict. Kenneth explains how his research has uncovered many more casualties than are displayed on the University&#8217;s war memorial.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University of Dundee Archive - War memorials  finding the forgotten\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Jg3VqC0QjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark this year&#8217;s Remembrance Day commemorations Dr Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives has made two short films about soldiers who died in the First World War. The first looks at two young men who lost their lives in the conflict, George Paton and James Braid. 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