The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: Remembrance Sunday 2007

This is the first Remembrance Day since the forum began so I thought it would be worth recording what the media are saying about it this year.

I’ll start of with the online media then the Sunday papers. We can check out the dailies tomorrow and by Friday we can record the weeklies. Please add links to any articles you come across.

BBC News

Main Article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7089225.stm

Remembrance day in Afghanistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7089677.stm

Images of Remembrance Day around UK and overseas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7089455.stm

BBC News Scotland

Main Article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7089030.stm

ITN

http://itn.co.uk/news/3603018e3f66423ad06d005c9f377dbe.html

Scotland on Sunday

Article about the four Anderson brothers from Glasgow mentioned several times on this forum

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1787302007

Sunday Herald

3 articles

http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.1824213.0.the_first_telegram_sent_shockwaves_across_lewis_it_would_not_be_the_last.php

http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.1824179.0.why_weve_lost_the_capacity_for_remembrance.php

http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.1824203.0.in_1915_as_in_2007_boy_soldiers_didnt_always_come_home.php

Sunday Mail

Couldn’t find any relevant articles online

Sunday Post

Couldn’t find any relevant articles online

Independent on Sunday

http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article3149962.ece

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3150020.ece

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3150030.ece

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article3149961.ece

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3150040.ece

Sunday Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2850832.ece

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article2846746.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=2850885&&offset=9&&sectionName=UK&randnum=1194822622991

David McNay · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

This seems the best place to add these. Two images from today.

The first is part of the Garden of Remembrance in George Square in Glasgow. The large wooden cross is an original marker for an unknown grave in France.

And the second picture shows even the young have an interest. This is my daughter looking at the remembrance crosses in the "Cameronians" section of the Garden of Remembrance. At three years old she was completely silent for the two minutes silence. I was so proud of her. And surprised, since it's usually a chore to get her to keep quiet!