Stuart Lang, Corporate Fundraiser. The next five years will bring two significant commemorative centenary periods, the end of the First World War and the centenary of the very first Poppy Appeal. This workshop will inform you of key dates and give you the chance to discuss the commemoration and the opportunities this will bring for your area.

1. Looking forward to
the centenaries in
2018 and 2021
Stuart Lang
Corporate Fundraiser
April 2016

3. • 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

4. • 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

5. 2016

6. • 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

7. • 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

8. • 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

9. 2017

10. Arras 1917

11. • 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.

12. 2018

13. 5th February 2018
Sinking of the SS Tuscania

14. • 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

15. 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

16. HMS Otranto – 6th October

17. Moving Poppy
Poppyscotland Education in 2018

18. 11 November: Armistice Day. Armistice between the
Allies and Germany signed at 11am marking the official
end of hostilities.

19. 2019

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 2021

24. Poppyscotland's 100 year
Anniversary
The first Poppy made

25. How do I fundraise around these
centenaries locally?
Group 1

26. What should
Poppyscotland be
doing to maximise
fundraising
around these key
dates?
Group 2

27. How do we make the most of the
centenary of the Poppy appeal?
Group 3