Gerald Carlin

Charles Wright 

Denis Inglis (jnr)

Denis Inglis (snr)

John Dawson

Alex Ferguson 

Charles Matheson

Roderick Mac Lennan

Iain Mac Lellan

Hugh Boyle

Sam Brown

Bill Fisher

Frank Gallacher

Bill Gordon

Fraser Grant 

Kenny Quinn 

Alex Todd 

Ernest Sheddon

Sam Bovill 

Davie Boyce

John Bryson MM

Malcolm Robertson  

Albert Oswald 

Davie Mc Phee

Tommy Mc Niff 

Drayton Mc Kendrick 

Davie Martin

Pat Lavelle

James Kevan 

Walter Irvine

Christopher Hart

Robert Falconer  

Jake Elliott    

Tommy Dingwall    

John Auld   

Stan Connor 

Robert Cowan - Snr (Royal Navy)   

John Dickson 

Tam Byrne

Tommy Brown

John Drummond

George Thompson's

Alastair Pearson (CB, DSO***,OBE,MC,KStJ,CD)

Robbie Robertson

Martin Bell 2PARA

Bill Mc Kinnon

James Gallacher

Albert Wright

Ken Primrose

Guy Boothby

Henry Docherty

Archie 'Dusty' Milllar

Eddie Gallagher

Campbell Murdoch

Bert Stone 

Peter McGovern

Douglas McIntyre

Davie McIlroy

David Sproul

John Tutty

JIM MCINTOSH

bobby dawson

ANNIE LIVINGSTONE

JAKE BURKE

NAN CLARK

BILL MCNIFF

gEORGE RENNIE

maxi morrison

peter morrison

JAMES O’HEAR

WULLIE GRAHAM

JIM CARR

Pte Tommy Lang, 1 Para

da O Brien, PTE 15 para

ROBERT COWAN

PAT REID

WULLIE OLIPHANT

I was recently asked what was the history behind the placing of our right hand over our hearts at funerals and remembrance services and such like.  After some research I found the following and was surprised to learn that we are actually placing our hand over our medals. If you could forward to Sub Branches for their info I would appreciate it. 

The Salute by Veterans at the Cenotaph or Wreath Laying Ceremony (Remembrance Service)  It will be noticed at any Remembrance Service or when passing a Cenotaph Veterans will place their Right Hand over their “Left Side” many believing that they are placing their ‘Hand over their Heart” in Respect or Remembrance of their Fallen Comrades”;- this is not so. 

The Veterans Salute to their “Fallen Comrades” originated in London on Armistice Day in 1920, during the ceremony to unveil and dedicate the Cenotaph in Whitehall at the same time a funeral procession accompanying the remains of the “Unknown Soldier” halted at the Cenotaph during the ceremony before proceeding to Westminster Abbey for internment. Those present included the senior Soldier, sailor and many Victoria Cross winners. The ceremony concluded with a march past. The Regimental Sergeant Major of the Guard Regiment conducting the ceremony, faced with a gathering of highly decorated and high ranking military men (including many Victoria Cross winners), all wearing rows of medals, decreed that all would salute the Cenotaph as they marched past by placing their hand over their medals, signifying that “No matter what honours we may have been awarded they are nothing compared with the honour due to those who paid the supreme sacrifice”.