Remembrance Sunday diligently marked many others in Grampian and Highlands despite reduced service due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Quiet teams solemnly piled up at war memorials in Aberdeen, Banff, Inverness, Rothes and Grantown at 11 a. m. to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the country.
At the Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Memory Hall, a smaller-than-usual service was held, while dozens of others took to the streets to pay their respects; several formal events were cancelled in many places.
He also scored at Banff War Memorial Hall through Second Lieutenant Banffshire Patricia Seligman, who deposited the Queen’s crown.
Edward Mountain MSP visited the Highland War Memorial.
He served in the British Army from 1980 to 1992 in the Blues and Royals of the Cavalry Household.
The MSP of Highlands and Islands said: “As a former soldier, I felt it was vital to spend some time alone at our local war memorials to pay tribute to everyone who gave their lives for our freedom and to protect the UK.
“Of course, it is disappointing that the official Memorial Sunday ceremonies have not taken place this year and it is only in those difficult times that we do not meet socially.
However, other tactics remain to be localized to commemorate this day. “
James Neave, who attended the Aberdeen Memorial Hall service with his grandson Ryan, said considerations about the coronavirus pandemic would prevent him from paying homage.
He added: “It’s marked through the Queen in London, so why do we show our respect here?
“They can’t hold us back from everything, I’ve been scoring for 50 years.
“We are all very far from society and we do not feel at all in danger.
Ryan Neave, 33, said: “Our circle of relatives served in the war and served on the Gordon Highlanders for many years until World War I.
“It’s also the 75th of the end of the global war, so we feel like we’re marking it, even with Covid-19, we must pay homage to the men who fought to destroy fascism. “
Corporal Fearns, who served in the fifteenth paratrooper regime, also said it is vital to mark the day.
The 73-year-old said: “First of all, I must respect a little.
“It is important, on a day like today, that we know the sacrifices that other people made and why we went to war: the coronavirus is not going to stop me. “
The 40th Boys Brigade Company of Kittybrewster Congregational Church cleaned up wasteland for several weeks for its own act of remembrance on the Site of Powis Terrace.
The corporate placed a floral offering and kept a two-minute silence.
Andy Cowie, minister of the Congregational Church of Kittybrewster, said: “The pandemic has noticed that members find a new popular to gather and be able to perform an act of remembrance on the spot, it is helping others know that even the pandemic I still cannot forget those who gave their lives so that we can live in freedom.
Aberdeen’s Lord Provost Barney Crocket, who attended the small internal service of Aberdeen Memorial Hall, who asked not to attend, described the occasion as “very moving. “
He added: “This is such a vital milestone for our people and we take it very seriously, so contemplating reduced service is a dark idea for us.
“But we felt it was really vital that we marked it as well as we imagined and I think in cases it was a deeply moving service.
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