Buckie honours the war fallen on Remembrance Sunday
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BUCKIE joined the rest of the country on Sunday in paying homage to those who fell in both World Wars and countless conflicts since.
An extra poignancy was added to this year's Remembrance Sunday due to passing of Her Majesty the Queen earlier this year, and the seven decades of service she gave to the country and the Commonwealth.
Opening proceedings were 1st Buckie Company Boys' Brigade and their bugle band, marching down High Street to Cluny Square.
Following shortly after was the stirring sight of the parade of veterans, military personnel, emergency services and other organisations – led by Buckie and District Pipe Band – under the command of Peter McPhee.
Taking the salute this year was William Taylor, who lives in Edinburgh but is from Buckie originally. He is chairman of the Gordon Highlanders Association branch in the capital.
Young and old came together in remembrance in the square, the sacrifice of those who fell and those currently serving put into an even keener focus due to war once more touching European shores.
Leading the service was Buckie All Saints Episcopal Church minister Rev Canon Jeremy Paisey, and his opening prayer certainly struck a chord with the situation in Ukraine when he urged that we should "commit ourselves to work in penitence and faith for reconciliation between the nations, that all people may, together, live in freedom, justice and peace".
A scripture reading by Buckie South and West interim moderator Rev George Rollo, and the exhortation that “We will remember them”, heralded the Last Post – performed by bugler Janet Winterbourne before the two minutes’ silence in memory of the fallen.
The silence was ended with the traditional Scottish lament Flowers of the Forest, played on the bagpipes by Graham Goldie, and the Reveille before the wreath laying party were called upon, one by one, to lay their poppy tributes
Prayers of Intercession followed, with the Kohima tribute – "When you go home, tell them of us and say; For their tomorrow, we gave our today" – remaining as poignant and relevant as ever.
The final blessing was given by Rev Paisey before the national anthem brought the service to a close.
During the service Buckie Community Choir led the singing in two hymns – Abide With Me and How Great Thou Art.
