Georgina Russell resided at Hillside Cottage in Ecclesmachan.  Throughout the First World War, she regularly had poem and song published in local newspapers including the Linlithgow Gazette and West Lothian Courier.

Mrs Meg Stenhouse has kindly sent us the following poems and songs - all viewable as PDF files:

• The Pride o’ the Lowlands - published in the West Lothian Courier on 23rd July 1915
• A New Year's Greeting - published in the West Lothian Courier on 31st December 1915
• The Fallen Piper - published in the West Lothian Courier on 6th July 1917
• The return of Peace - published in the West Lothian Courier on 18th October 1918
  

Below is a postcard dated 21st November 1914 - 'A Tribute Tae Th' Men O' Upha' Parish Servin' Wi' Th' Colours'