Looking forward to the centenaries in

2018 and 2021

Stuart LangCorporate Fundraiser

April 2016

• World War One touched the lives of millions of Scots at home and abroad, and continues to resonate today.

• Our aim is to inform people about Scotland's unique contribution to World War One and help them discover the effects of the war on their local communities and its lasting impact on life in Scotland today.

• The commemorations, which mark the 100th anniversary of the war, are a chance to remember the sacrifices made and reflect on what we can, and should, learn from the war which was meant to end all wars.

World War 1

• 570,000 serving Scots• 1.25 million men disabled- may not taker into account

those who suffered mental disabilities like shell shock which went unrecorded. Even now estimates are still being revised upwards on the numbers of men who were affected as the Army often refused to acknowledge it.

• 279,000 women widowed

• 380,000 children orphaned

2016

• A service at St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall on Orkney Mainland

• A commemorative event at the Royal Navy Cemetery at Lyness on the island of Hoy

• A wreath-laying ceremony at sea on Jutland Bank by British and German ships

• The Royal Navy will support commemorations in the Orkney Islands with a major warship

• The laying of commemorative paving stones to commemorate the four Victoria Cross recipients from the Battle of Jutland

• Orkney Islands Council’s wider programme of cultural and educational activities

The Battle of Jutland centenary events

31st May 2016

• 14th May – March at Faslane/ Helensburgh

• 24-26th May – Events at Invergordon

• 28th May – Royals at Rosyth - Naval Ship (possibly a dazzle ship) berthed in the Forth

• Commemorative Service at South Queensferry Cemetery• Royals meet school children at Hawes Pier (South

Queensferry)• Beating Retreat by Royal Marine band

• 29th May – Service at Glasgow Cathedral

Jutland Events

• The overnight vigils will take place on 30 June 2016 and will be held at:

• A national vigil at Westminster Abbey around the Grave of the Unknown Warrior;

• The Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle;• (21:30 – 07:00 Legion being asked to provide “sentinels”)• Clandeboye and Helen’s Tower, County Down, Northern

Ireland - in association with the Somme Heritage Centre; and

• The Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff.

Battle of Somme Centenary

2017

Arras 1917

• The Battle of Arras was a British offensive from 9 April to 16 May 1917

• British, Canadian, South African, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the Western Front.

• The battle cost nearly 160,000 British casualties and about 125,000 German casualties.

• Lot of activity by both UK and Scottish Governments as an official commemorative event

• Funding for Schoolchildren to visit Arras.

2018

5th February 2018

Sinking of the SS Tuscania

• A luxury liner carrying more than 2,000 American troops to France is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of the Isle of Islay.

• An estimated 230 lives are lost.

Sinking of the SS Tuscania

1st April - Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Services of Great Britain amalgamated and established a separate service as the Royal Air Force

• A live broadcast multi-media event from the Royal Albert Hall;

• A service at Westminster Abbey;• A parade of 1500 uniformed

personnel up The Mall to Buckingham Palace where Her Majesty the Queen will take the Salute, review a flypast, and host a Garden Party.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/raf100/

Royal Air Force formed

HMS Otranto – 6th October

Moving Poppy

Poppyscotland Education in 2018

11 November: Armistice Day. Armistice between the Allies and Germany signed at 11am marking the official end of hostilities.

2019

On 1st January 1919 the Iolaire was carrying troops back to the Isle of Lewis. At 02:30 as the ship neared Stornoway Harbour it hit “The Beasts of Holm” and sank.

205 men died of whom 181 were Islanders

Worst peacetime disaster since the Titanic

Sinking of HMY Iolaire

It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Treaty of Versailles – 28th June 1919

The initial Armistice Day was observed at Buckingham Palace, commencing with King George V hosting a "Banquet in Honour of the President of the French Republic during the evening hours of 10 November 1919.

The first official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace the following morning.

Two things central to this day were the Cenotaph and Silence

First Remembrance Day

2021

Poppyscotland's 100 year Anniversary

The first Poppy made

How do I fundraise around these centenaries locally?

Group 1

What should Poppyscotland be doing to maximise fundraising around these key dates?

Group 2

How do we make the most of the centenary of the Poppy appeal?

Group 3