Remembrance: National commemoration event

especially is a signal of this government’s commitment to our independent nuclear deterrent.”

But SNP defence spokesman Stewart McDonald accused the chancellor of throwing “more good money after bad” by spending more on nuclear weapons.

He said: “The Tories should be addressing the immediate threats facing the UK and in doing so would be creating new jobs and delivering on their promises to Scotland.”

Mr Hammond said the UK spends more on defence than any Nato member except the US. Descendants of four brothers killed in the First World War have helped launch the national commemoration to mark 100 years since the First Armistice.

More than 1,000 people, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Princess Royal, will attend a service at Glasgow Cathedral on November 11.

A limited number of tickets for the event, organised by WW100 Scotland in conjunction with Glasgow City Council, are available to the public.

Robin Scott-Elliot, whose great grandfather was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, will be attending the commemoration with wife Karen and daughters Iona, 11, and Torrin, 9.

His great-grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel William Herbert Anderson, was killed a week after his youngest brother Teddie, while his brothers Charlie and Ronnie also died.

Mr Scott-Elliot, 48, who lives in Helensburgh, said: “It is unthinkable what the parents of Bertie, Charlie, Ronnie and Teddie must have gone through, losing all four sons in less than four years.

“When I reflect on their stories and think about when they died in relation to my age now, I’m struck by how truly short their lives were.”