A GLASGOW school has been illuminated in red in memory of those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Kelvinside Academy in the city's West End is one of several locations across the country lighting up in support of Poppyscotland on Remembrance Sunday.
The school is a War Memorial Trust school with one of the biggest Combined Cadet Forces (CCF) in the country, and 177 pupils lost their lives fighting for their country in the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945.
As has become tradition, the school has also paid tribute to the fallen with a poignant display featuring silhouettes of soldiers and poppies which are designed and created by pupils.
The tribute sits outside the A-listed school building and handmade ornamental poppies, one for every former pupil whose life has been lost, have also been planted in the school grounds.
Daniel Wyatt, rector of Kelvinside Academy, said: “The Kelvinside Academy community will never forget our former pupils who fought and died during WWI and WWII.
"Lighting up the school and creating this display is a lasting reminder to everybody of the sacrifice they, and everybody who fought in those conflicts, made.
"We will always remember them.”
The School’s formal Remembrance Service takes place at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church on Monday, November 11.
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