Remembrance Day: School lights up red in memory of 177 former pupils who lost their lives in World Wars

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, a War Memorial Trust school with one of the biggest Combined Cadet Forces (CCF) in the country, is one of several iconic locations across Scotland “Lighting Up Red” in support of Poppyscotland.

Some 177 Kelvinside Pupils lost their lives fighting for their country in WWI and WWII. 

As has become tradition, the school has also paid tribute to the fallen with a poignant display featuring silhouettes of soldiers and poppies – designed and created by pupils – outside the A-Listed school building in the city’s West End. 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.

For further information on Kelvinside Academy, visit kelvinsideacademy.org.uk.