1. Acts of Remembrance in East Dunbartonshire
  2. Acts of Remembrance in East Dunbartonshire

Acts of Remembrance in East Dunbartonshire

Date: 
Wednesday, 25 October, 2017

East Dunbartonshire will once again mark Remembrance Sunday with a number of events taking place across the area.

On Sunday 12 November 2017, services - organised by local churches and community councils - will be held in Auchinairn, Baldernock, Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Lennoxtown, Milngavie, Milton of Campsie, Torrance, Twechar and Woodilee.

A service organised by East Dunbartonshire Council will also be held at the War Memorial, Bearsden Cross - commencing at approximately 10.40am - and will be led by the Rev. Roddy Hamilton of New Kilpatrick Church, Bearsden.

It will be attended by Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire Pat Steel, Armed Forces personnel, representatives of the Council, Police Scotland, Community Councils, Churches, Boys Brigade and other local groups.

Members of the public are encouraged to go along and support the service.

Provost Alan Brown said, “It will be a huge personal honour for me to represent the Council at the service in Auchinairn and to lay a wreath in remembrance of those members of our Armed Forces who paid the ultimate price.

“Services will be held across the authority giving us an opportunity to come together as a community to pay tribute to those men and women who lost their lives in the service of their country and together we will fall silent to remember them.”

Traffic diversions will be in place in Bearsden, with Drymen Road closed between Ledcameroch Road and Colquhoun Drive between 10am and noon, with no waiting restrictions in place in surrounding streets.

Services

WARD 1 - MILNGAVIE
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
Precinct War Memorial

Organised by Milngavie Churches and Milngavie Community Council:

  • 10.40am - Official party meets at Fraser Centre, Milngavie then on to Service of Remembrance outside at War Memorial in Precinct. 

Deputy Lord Lieutenant Anne O’Hagan will attend.

 

WARDS 2 & 3 BEARSDEN NORTH & BEARSDEN SOUTH
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
Bearsden Cross War Memorial

Organised by East Dunbartonshire Council:

  • 10.15am - Official party asked to assemble in front of All Saints Church
  • 10.42am - Parade moves from All Saints to War Memorial at Bearsden Cross.

Deputy Lord Lieutenant Pat Steel will attend.


WARD 4 BISHOPBRIGGS NORTH & CAMPSIE
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
Bishopbriggs Cross War Memorial

Organised by Community Council:

  • 10.15 for 10.30am - Service of Remembrance in St James the Less Church
  • 12.30pm - Council reps, clergy & invited guests meet in Cadder Church Hall (South), Kirkintilloch Rd to parade to War Memorial
  • 12.45pm - Brief service at War Memorial
  • Thereafter, refreshments in Scout Hall, Kenmure Drive.

Lord Lieutenant Mike Gregory will attend.
Craighead Road War Memorial, Milton of Campsie

Organised by Milton of Campsie Comminity Council:

  • 1.30pm - Meet at St Paul’s Church Hall, Cairnview Road.
  • 1.40pm - Procession leaves
  • 2pm - Service and wreath laying at War Memorial, Craighead Road.

In the event of inclement weather the service is scheduled to take place in the Village Hall

Deputy Lord Lieutenant Ellen Gibson will attend
Campsie Cemetery War Memorial, Lennoxtown

Organised by Community Council:

10.50am - Wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial Gates at the entrance to Campsie Cemetery, Main Street. Conducted jointly by Rev Jane Denniston and Fr John Deighan
Craigmaddie Road War Memorial, Baldernock

Organised by Baldernock Parish Church:                            

  • 10.50am - Remembrance Service in Baldernock Parish Church
    • 11.50am - Congregation move to War Memorial outside church on Craigmaddie Road.
Main Street War Memorial, Torrance

Organised by Community Council:

  • 10am - Remembrance Service in Torrance Parish Church
  • 10.45am - Wreath laying at War Memorial, Main Street

WARD 5 BISHOPBRIGGS SOUTH
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
Auchinairn War Memorial, Auchinairn Road

Organised by Bishopbriggs Community Council:

  • 12.45 pm – Service at Auchinairn Community Centre followed by laying of wreaths at Auchinairn War Memorial at 1pm.
  • Light refreshments in Community Education Centre thereafter.

WARD 6 LENZIE & KIRKINTILLOCH SOUTH
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
Peel Park War Memorial, Kirkintilloch

Organised by Community Council:

  • 10.30am - Service of Remembrance in St. David's Memorial and Park Church, Alexandra St, Kirkintilloch. Guests asked to arrive at 10 am.
  • 12.15pm - Congregation leave church to make their way to the War Memorial at Peel Park.

Deputy Lord Lieutenant Frank Dunn will attend
Woodilee War Memorial

Organised by Churches and Lenzie Community Council:

  • 2pm – service at War Memorial led jointly by the ministers of St. Cyprian's Church, Lenzie Union Church and Lenzie Old Church.

Lord Lieutenant  Mark Johnstone will attend

WARD 7 KIRKINTILLOCH EAST &NORTH AND TWECHAR
Location of War Memorial Details of Remembrance Sunday events
War Memorial, Twechar

Organised by Churches in Twechar

3pm – Guests from three churches in Twechar meet in the Church of the Nazerene for a short service followed by the laying of wreaths at the war memorial outside.

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