Dundee’s contribution to British victory in the First World War has been brought to life in a new website.
The Great War Dundee webpage commemorates the contribution of the more than 30,000 Dundonians who fought Germany and its allies 100 years ago.
The website which includes a roll of honour for the more than 4,000 city residents who would die between 1914 and 1918 is run as part of the Great War Dundee Commemorative Project.
It also includes stories from those who fought in the trenches, letters home to Dundee and a wide range of photographs from the conflict.
Dr Billy Kenefick, a senior lecturer from Dundee University, is one of those behind the project, which he hopes will go from strength to strength.
He said: “We have unearthed photographs and letters from the period. We’re steadily building up this collection and making sure it’s catalogued and digitised.
“Ultimately we’ll return (any memorabilia) to the families but, basically, we’re trying to see if we can build up this resource based on the reminiscences and the thoughts of the people, while at the same time taking the story of Dundee’s war to the people of Dundee.”
The Great War Dundee Commemorative Project held an event last year that focused on the home front and attracted more than 12,000 visitors.
A total of nine groups including the city’s two universities and the archives are involved in delivering the project, which is expected to continue to expand over the next few years.
“It started off as just myself and Dr Derek Patrick,” Dr Kenefick said. “We thought we’d get some local organisations together and suggest starting up the project looking at Dundee.
“We started thinking about this in 2010/11 and then finally got them all together in 2012. From then on it’s been a brilliant success story.
“We’ve got outreach, we’re going into classrooms, and we’ve got community projects running through Leisure Dundee. We’ve just had a children’s book prize and we’ve also got an education pack.
“It started as an infant and it’s a toddler now, and it’s going from strength to strength.”