Fortifications and Military Sites Research Questions
- What can we learn about coastal defences? How did they evolve during the modern period?
- How did the plan of military bases and camps evolve over the modern period?
- How did South East Scotland defend against aerial bombardment?
- What structures were built in South East Scotland to prepare for the threat of nuclear war?
- What can we learn about temporary military sites?
Weapons and Military Equipment Research Questions
- How did the role of horses in warfare change over the modern period?
- How did the kit of individual soldiers change during the modern period?
- What can we learn about the use of artillery in South East Scotland during the modern period?
- What can we learn about the adoption of tanks and other forms of mechanisation by military units in South East Scotland?
Wider Impact of Conflict Research Questions
- What impact did major conflicts (e.g. Napoleonic Wars, First World War, Second World War) have on South East Scotland?
- How did conflicts overseas (e.g. involvement in the Crimea or in wars in the British Empire) affect South East Scotland?
- What can we learn about military activity in South East Scotland during peacetime? How did the presence of military units in the region affect wider society?
- What can we learn about the experiences of prisoners of war in the region?
- What can we find out about military hospitals and other structures associated with wartime healthcare?
- What can we learn about military training for people who were not full-time serving members of the armed forces (e.g. the activities of militias, territorial units, and cadet forces)?
- How did air-raids affect communities in South East Scotland? How quickly were bombsites cleared and redeveloped?
- How did wartime shortages of food and other resources affect communities in South East Scotland?
- What can we discover about aircraft crash sites in South East Scotland?
- What can we learn about naval activity in / around the region?
- What can we learn about supply networks in South East Scotland?
- How did military activity affect transport routes in South East Scotland?
- What can we learn about signals and information movement?
- To what extent were conflicts before the First World War memorialised in South East Scotland (e.g. via stained glass windows, statues, carved stones)? What relationship is there between these earlier monuments and memorials from the world wars?