Special poppy memorial meadow at Black Watch Castle and Museum

A remembrance service at Balhousie Castle commemorated the sacrifice of those who have fallen on foreign fields.

Five names were read and five small wooden crosses added to The Black Watch memorial wall in the grounds to commemorate those who died 100 years earlier.

The memorial’s size has been growing in quietly dramatic tribute to the loss of life in the First World War.

A small poppy memorial meadow was planted in front of a giant willow sculpture created by Perthshire artist June McEwan.

It pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, but the wider project is a memorial to the entire nation’s war dead.

Relatives of servicemen joined visitors in creating a series of willow poppies during October workshops and they were planted in the castle grounds yesterday.

Many bore messages to relatives and some of their creators returned to take part in a moving ceremony.

The Poppy Memorial Meadow will be on display until November 30.

It was one of a number of weekend ceremonies to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in combat.

Veterans joined serving soldiers and young cadets from all branches of the armed forces to march through the streets of Perth for the city’s annual Service of Remembrance yesterday.

Military and civic parades set out from either end of the High Street before converging at St John’s Kirk.

There, the Rev John Murdoch led an emotional service, accompanied by dignitaries, councillors and politicians.

The stirring sound of the pipes and drums echoed through the city centre as the parade then made its way along Tay Street.

The salute was taken by Lord Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross Brigadier Mel Jameson and Provost Dennis Melloy.

A day earlier, the provost was present to lay a wreath and give a reading at Bowerswell, Perth’s unique war memorial.

Smaller ceremonies also took place in towns and villages across the region as Perth and Kinross remembered the fallen.