Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Poppy Scotland Montrose to site centenary bench at town cenotaph

Jim Strachan of Poppy Scotland Montrose and Lynne Ogg of Scotmid at the Montrose cenotaph.
Jim Strachan of Poppy Scotland Montrose and Lynne Ogg of Scotmid at the Montrose cenotaph.

The Montrose fallen are to be remembered in a Poppy Scotland centenary bench.

Scotmid has funded the bench, which will be sited at the town’s war memorial in Union Road.

It will be locally designed and manufactured.

Poppy Scotland Montrose team plan to have it in place for Remembrance Sunday later this year.

Montrose team member Jim Strachan said: “We are very grateful to Lynne Ogg at Scotmid for providing the financial support.

“We are working together with several local businesses and the parks department.

“It is very much a collaborative initiative.

“We hope to commemorate the centenary of the first Poppy with an impressive bench representative of the armed forces.

HMS Montrose

As well as honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice, it is planned to feature the crest of HMS Montrose on the bench.

The Angus-affiliated warship last visited her namesake port in 2018.

Since then the Type 23 frigate has been involved in a Middle East deployment.

HMS Montrose on operations in the Gulf.

It has seen the vessel involved in a number of drug-busting operations which have seized millions of pounds worth of illegal narcotics.

The Montrose team is preparing for a bucket collection at the Aldi and Lidl stores on June 26 to mark Armed Forces Day.

Montrose firefighters will be raising money for them through a charity car wash.

The Poppy Scotland interactive learning vehicle is due to be at the Aldi store on that day.

Centenary

The first cloth poppies went on sale in the UK on November 11 1921, as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives serving in the First World War.

More than nine million were sold, raising £106,000 to help veterans integrate back into society.

Poppy Scotland is encouraging year-round fundraising for the milestone anniversary.

Sadie Gillespie at the launch of the centenary appeal earlier this year.

The first fundraiser to support the programme when it was launched earlier this year was Sadie Gillespie from Montrose.

Sadie was inspired to get involved after visiting the Balmashanner war memorial in Forfar.

It was dedicated by Queen Mary in 1921 to pay homage to more than 400 local men who fought in the First World War.