SUNDAY – OUR TIME TO REFLECT

100 years since end of WW1

This Sunday will mark 100 years since the world finally found peace following The Great War.

It was at 11am on November 11, 1918 that the Armistice was formally announced between the defeated Germans and Allied nations.

It meant the end of four years of conflict that claimed approximately 16 million lives and resulted in casualties estimated at 37 million.

For the communities of Rutherglen and Cambuslang, it meant that thousands of soldiers fighting on foreign soil would soon be returning home safely.

But for many families in the area, there was deep sadness that they would never see their loved ones again.

In the weeks following the war, it was confirmed that 545 men from the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen had laid down their lives for King and country.

Those men will never be forgotten as their names are inscribed on the Rutherglen Cenotaph, which was unveiled in the town six years after World War One ended.

Now, 100 years on from Armistice Day, the Reformer pays a most fitting tribute to the many heroes from the Royal Burgh who made the ultimate sacrifice.

And this Sunday, November 11 at 12.30pm the community is encouraged to attend the memorial service at the Cenotaph and remember those who had fallen.

●Cover image by Charles Clark