Commemorating centenary of war’s end

At the request of the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, Lady Susan Haughey, a special interdenominational civic commemoration to mark the centenary of the ending of World War One will be held at Bothwell Parish Church.

It will be at 5pm on Saturday, November 10, and is open to the public. The event will be supported by the church choir led by its organist and director of music, Peter Shepherd.

A wreath will be laid by Lady Haughey.

Over the past four years, Remembrance has been observed at the church for men whose lives were sacrificed or injured during the conflict.

It is intended that following this year’s Remembrance weekend, an ongoing display will be created within the church so that those who died or were injured, and their families, will be commemorated into the future.

A special concert to mark the ending of World War One and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice will also be held on Remembrance Sunday evening at Bothwell Parish Church.

The event begins at 7.30pm and the Academy of Sacred Music will premiere a new work specially composed for the event.

A Soldier’s Requiem is set to the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon with sections of the Requiem Mass.

The piece will be sung by members of the academy with a string quartet accompaniment.

Other music will be by Taverner, Parry and Finzi. The concert is open to the public. Entry is £7.50.