A school has received a £3,600 grant towards a project commemorating the memory of those from Aberdeen and the north-east that fought and died in World War I.
St Machar Academy in Aberdeen will collect the cash sum to help the school’s staff and pupils research local connections to the Great War.
The grant is part of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s First World War: Then and Now programme.
Research for the project, which is mainly being undertaken by the third year pupils, will focus on the Gordon Highlanders regiment that exclusively recruited from Aberdeen and the surrounding north-east, the role of the University of Aberdeen in the conflict, and the work camp for conscientious objectors that existed in Dyce.
Cash from the fund has also gone towards creating murals of the fallen on the walls of the academy.
Staff and pupils will host an exhibition on November 15, and will take part in a re-enactment of military drills in authentic costume.
The head of history at St Machar, Bill Robertson, said: “We are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and are excited at being able to have our pupils have a real hands on experience with their local heritage.
“We had the idea for the project when we took pupils on a trip to Belgium to visit Flanders fields in January to see the battlefields, where we investigated the graves of Gordon Highlanders that are buried there.
“When we got back we wanted to do something with this local connection, and the project grew arms and legs from there.
“We’ve focused on those that enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, and in particular we’re investigating incidents of child soldiers.
“You had to be at least 19 to sign up for the front lines, but the youngest soldier killed that I’ve so far been able to find was as young as 16.
“We’ve spent some of the money on a mural of remembrance at St Machar, and we’ve also purchased 1,000 six-inch memorial crosses which we’re aiming to inscribe the names of fallen Gordon Highlanders on and arrange the crosses to spell out the word remembrance.”