It was an honour to lay a wreath this year again at Uddingston War Memorial on behalf of the Council.
This year, I wore both a Poppy Scotland red poppy with the Black Watch regimental badge, and a Peace Pledge Union white poppy. The Black Watch poppy pin is to represent my papa, who served in that regiment and was wounded for life. The white poppy represents pacifism and the belief that the greatest honour we can pay to war wounded and killed is to ensure there are none that follow them – “never again”.
As has become somewhat of a tradition, I attended at Uddingston while my ward colleagues attended at the Bothwell service. I later visited the Bothwell War Memorial privately.
Pictured (L to R):
- Cllr Cal Johnston-Dempsey (Councillor for Bothwell and Uddingston)
- Mary Hernon MBE DL (Deputy Lord Liutenant of Lanarkshire)
- Joyce Caldwell (Vice Chair of Uddingston Community Council).
Cllr Cal Johnston-Dempsey 