First World War – Centenary Commemorations

Approximately 200,000 men from Glasgow fought in The First World War and 17,695 died.

The Glasgow Necropolis, officially opened in 1833, has over 50,000 burials and 3,500 surviving memorials. More than 150 of those memorials list at least one family member who died as a result of The First Word War.

As part of the commemorations to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War, thanks to a successful grant application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Friends of Glasgow Necropolis created the following:

• Roll of Honour for the website
• Printed map showing the locations of First World War monuments.
• First World War monuments were re-erected.
• We established the annual laying of Remembrance Crosses and developed and delivered a Remembrance Sunday tour, which continues to this day.