SERVICES to remember those who gave their lives in conflict will take place across Inverclyde on Remembrance Sunday this weekend.
Traditional commemorations will be held in Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay on Sunday 8 November.
Church services will take place before wreaths are laid local war memorials. All services will join in the national two-minute silence at 11am.
There will be representatives from Inverclyde Council, MPs and MSPs as well as representatives of the Lord Lieutenant’s office, the armed forces and local organisations at the various ceremonies.
Provost Drew McKenzie, who will attend the service in Port Glasgow, said: “Every year on Remembrance Sunday, the people of Inverclyde take the time to come together and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
“As well as those members of the armed forces who gave their lives during the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts, many more suffered serious and life-changing injuries.
“It is important that we all take the time to remember them.”
Leader of the council, Councillor Stephen McCabe, will attend the service in Kilmacolm while the depute leader, Councillor Natasha McGuire, will represent the council in Greenock.
Following the service at Wellpark, Greenock, there will be a ceremony on Lyle Hill, at approximately 1.30pm, to commemorate the personnel of the Free French Navy who were stationed in the area during the Second World War.
The Free French Memorial on Lyle Hill and the Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow sculpture will be lit red on Armistice Day on Wednesday 11 November. Inverclyde will also mark the national two minute’s silence on Armistice Day at 11am.
Details of services:
Greenock
Wellpark Mid Kirk: 10.45am church service then Greenock War Memorial at approximately 12.30pm. Parade from Shaw Place to Wellpark at 12.15pm.
Free French Memorial, Lyle Hill: Short service at approximately 1.30pm.
A wreath will also be laid during the day at Broomhill war memorial.
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow New Parish Church: 10.45am church service then Port Glasgow war memorial at 12.30pm. Parade from Comet to war memorial.
Toll Boys Memorial, Clune Park: Short service at approximately 1.30pm.
Gourock
Old Gourock and Ashton Church: 10.45am church service then Gourock war memorial at approximately noon. Parade from church to war memorial.
Kilmacolm
Old Kirk: 10.45am church service then Kilmacolm war memorial at approximately 12.30pm.
Inverkip and Wemyss Bay
Services at Inverkip Church and Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay Church, Skelmorlie at 10.45am, followed at noon by the respective youth organisations parading to the war memorials in Inverkip and Wemyss Bay where there will be a short service of remembrance and laying of wreaths.
