Representatives of the Lieutenancy laid wreaths at Remembrance Services right across Lanarkshire to remember and honour all those who made the ultimate sacrifice .
Where we could not be present at a Remembrance Service , due to the number of locations involved , a number of wreaths were once again laid outside the formal service settings .
The Lord Lieutenant Lady Haughey CBE attended the North Lanarkshire Council Service of Remembrance along with Provost Kenneth Duffy at the Cenotaph in Duchess Park , Motherwell .
Vice Lord-Lieutenant Gavin Whitefield CBE DL attended the South Lanarkshire Council Service of Remembrance along with Provost Margaret Cooper at the Cenotaph , Bothwell Road , Hamilton .
Neena Mahal MBE DL laod a wreath at the Coatbridge War Memorial .
Terry Currie DL laid a wreath at the Cleland War Memorial
Louis Munn DL laid a wreath at the Leadhills War Memorial .
The War Memorial at Wiston where Ted Shields laid a wreath .
Mary Hernon MBE DL laid a wreath at the Uddingston War Memorial .
The War Memorial at Carnwath where Shuming Kong DL laid a wreath .
Brian Miller DL laid a wreath at the Bellshill Cenotaph .
Neena Mahall MBE DL laid a wreath at the Airdrie War Memorial .
Ever since the War Memorial at Coulter was dedicated on 5th June 1921 the names of Coulter’s War Dead have been read out every year . Those attending this year’s ceremony were invited to imagine these men “Walking these fields and worshiping in this Kirk “. In this way Coulter’s War Dead are no longer “black and white “but “digital high definition “. Colonel Ted Shields MBE DL laid a wreath before other wreaths were laid on behalf of the Royal British Legion and the Southern Uplands Partnership .
Terry Currie DL laid a wreath at the Waterloo War Memorial .
The War Memorial at Forth where Colonel Ted Shields MBE DL laid a wreath .
Vice Lord-Lieutenant Gavin Whitefield CBE DL laid a wreath at Carstairs Village War Memorial .
The War Memorial at Caldercruix where Derrick Hannin DL laid a wreath omn behalf of the Lord Lieutenant .
Alaistair Peat DL laid a wreath at the Calderbank War Memorial .
Shuming Kong DL laid a wreath at the East Kilbride War Memorial – she is pictured along with Avril Anderson of Calderglen Befrienders whose father was a prisoner of war – 1942-1945.
Louis Munn DL attended the Calderglen High School Remembrance Service on Friday 8th November 2024.