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memorial containing the names of nearly 150,000 Scots killed in the

conflict is expected to become a focus of remembrance and

pilgrimage. The intention is they should be seen

by people. They can come in here, pay respects, and actually see those

names. They are still doing it to this day.

And remember the fighting on the Western front. There will be a

ceremony of reconciliation where the dead of Britain and Germany live

side-by-side. In Scotland, a special service led by Prince Charles at

Glasgow Cathedral. Today the 100th anniversary of the Al wake of the

great War has marked the beginning of what will be four years

admiration around the world will stop in Scotland, representatives

from Commonwealth nations joined the Prince of Wales Cup and leading

politicians in a service will stop our political editor reports.

Glasgow's George Square. Prince Charles lays a wreath. Forts

resonating at Glasgow vehicle, most pointless from a Scots teenager. --

forts resonating at Glasgow Cathedral.

As I laid my poppy upon the headstone and gazed out over the

never ending white stones I suddenly felt so small. So time. Since then

my outlook on life has never been the same.

1914. Captain Ronald Rose recalls his thoughts. Read today by a

contemporary captain. It is a little corner of hell. They

are shooting the wounded horses. The men have been removed.

Weeks later he was killed. As narrator, Sir Trevor McDonald hosted

the huge contribution provided by Commonwealth soldiers. The Indian

High Commissioner delivered thoughts.

The state of things is indescribable. There is

conflagration all-round. It is like a dry forest and high winds in hot

weather. The cathedral's Minister, Lawrence

Whitley. It was seen by most as a just and

noble resistance to evil and oppression.

The service was not confined to the front will stop Kate Adie told of

the woman who worked in munitions factories will stop they gained more

independence, more freedom, they were also to lose so very many of

their loved. Watched by the First Minister the

Prime Minister read a lesson on service.

Who shall be chief shall be the service of all.

It was a service in which a single Scottish schoolgirl offered home

thoughts from the Western front. It will always be with me and

nothing will be forgotten. I will remember my soldier for ever.

Remarkable in that it contains the names of every Scot who lost

The rolls of honour contained here have been extended to include

the names of those killed in subsequent campaigns,

but it has remained a unique record of personal loss and to the scale

A place of beauty and reverence. A tribute to a lost generation. As the

war that was to be over by Christmas stretched across the years and

casualties grew, so did momentum for plays with a country good morning

instead. -- could mourn its dead. The money to transform a former

barracks at Edinburgh Castle was raised by public subscription.

It was supposed to end all wars and service building was part of hope

for the future. That the nation could go on to better things. The

memorial is not about the glorification of war but the

sacrifice of the people. 200 leading craftsmen and women set

to work. The magnificence belies the controversy they faced will stop in

the early 1920s debate raged over a sensitive project. Newspapers slated

its location and cost. Some claimed it was a celebration of war. Then a

decision gave the memorial its unique character, including the

names of the dead. They felt that the names were more

important than the whole event. That the individual family sacrifice

should be recorded. And the intention was that people should

come in here and pay respects to their friends, relatives, comrades.

They are still doing so to this day. Scotland is small enough to know who

all its songs by heart, wrote one commentator at the time. 148,000

names are included here. It transformed an exercise in grand and

-- iconography, into a place of pilgrimage.

I find it amazing that all the names of every Scot are located in these

books, that is fantastic. The memorial opened in 1927. Nine

years after the guns fell silent. This grainy footage of the ceremony

disguise the emotion that surrounded it. People wept in the streets as

the pipes played. Since then this flaw has been smooth by the hundreds

of thousands of visitors each year. It is an enduring commemoration of a

war which with each passing year becomes harder for us to

understand. And that is perhaps the most

challenging aspect of these four years of remembrance in that those

who fought and sacrificed can no What we can show you is a small part

of an interview with Alfred Anderson who was the last surviving Scottish

solider of the 1914-18 conflict In the summer of 1914 they had no

idea that months later they would if fighting side-by-side for their

country. You went to school, played football,

we were all together. By November The Black Watch were

amongst the first British troops to be sent to the Western front will

stop they crossed the Channel in a cattle boat.

We landed there of course, early in the morning.

Once in position, Alfred had to dig his own trench at full speed.

Oh yes. Especially when there are bullets flying overhead.

That bravery helped him survive what followed until he was injured in an

attack which wiped out many of those around him in 1916.

A shell came over our head. I was hit in the back of the neck.

85 years after being wounded, the last surviving Tommy passed away

himself in 2005, having been honoured by the French people. But

it could never relieve the pain of living a generation of friends.

Tens of thousands of Scottish soliders lost their lives

in the fierce fighting of the Western Front and within the next

hour a service of remembrance will get underway at Mons in Belgium.

To tell us more, let's cross to Willie Johnstone.

This day of all and ceremony, dignified reflection, will continue

in a short time. This site is looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves

commission. It underlines the magnitude and enormity of the human

tragedy which unfolded. This event is one of three organised today by

the UK Government. It was specifically chosen because this

effectively represents where Britain entered the war in the aftermath of

the German occupation of Belgium 100 years ago today. They are calling it

a ceremony of reconciliation. A venue carefully and deliberately

chosen. The Belgian landowner insisted that the dead were

honoured. The memorials were erected even as war raged on.

I can think of no more poignant a place. Here in this century we have

equal numbers of German and British dead -- this cemetery.

Scottish soldiers sleep here also. The Scottish regiment played a very

important role. Several Highlanders were laid to rest here by the

Germans during the war. And many of The Black Watch, who were back here

in 1918, just before the end. The battle was the first major

engagement of the war. Two days before it started, 17-year-old

private, John Parr, run into a German patrol and became the first

British servicemen killed in action on the Western front. Nearby, a

Royal Irish Alliance who died just hours or -- before armistice.

Separated by four years and 9 million lives. In their honour, the

Duke of Cambridge, the Prime Minister, and the German president

will lay a wreath. The ceremony gets underway in an hour. We expect

music, song, readings, and the relatives of those in the cemetery

here, and also Prince Harry, a serving soldier. They are calling it

a service of reconciliation but we are promised a unique and fitting

commemoration. That's all from Edinburgh for now -

we'll be back later in the programme with more, including the

opening of a First World War time capsule buried with a simple note -

to be opened on August 4 2014.But first let's go to the studio

in Glasgow and join David Henderson Athletes,

officials and fans have been leaving Glasgow, after the official end

of the Commonwealth Games. The twelve day festival of sport

came to a spectacular close, at last Here's our games reporter,

Jane Lewis. A Scottish sendoff for athletes

heading home. The biggest show in town is over. Some leaving still had

their medals on show, although Sammy the Highland cast did not seem

overly impressed -- calf. He was a little excited and shocked,

I think! The curtain fell last night, but not

before a ringing endorsement for the host city.

Glasgow, you were brilliant. Caledonia and auld lang syne round

of the ceremony of in typical Scottish fashion. So, farewell

Glasgow 2014. The memories will live on.

It has been amazing. The way things were organised and everybody was so

friendly. People could not do enough for you.

It was an experience I will remember for the rest of my life. The people

were so friendly. You had to wake up in the morning

and make sure you had your hat on! Have my little woolly gloves! It was

cold! So not everything was perfect but as

the city begins reverting back to its old self, all in all, Glasgow

2014 delivered. The former soldier convicted

of murdering a waiter in an Orkney restaurant twenty years ago has

failed in a fresh bid to have Michael Ross has been told there's

not enough evidence to support the claim that his conviction was

a miscarriage of justice. The former sniper in the Black Watch

had been found guilty of shooting dead Shamsuddin Mahmood,

in an unprovoked attack. A second Edinburgh fringe show which

received funding from the Israeli Student dancers from

Ben Gurion University have pulled out of performances due to begin

this weekend. Last week a show by a theatre

company from Jerusalem was cancelled Two Indian Commonwealth Games

officials arrested over the weekend after separate incidents have been

released without appearing in court. The wrestling referee Virinder Malik

was held by police, after an alleged He's been given an out

of court fine. And prosecutors chose not to proceed

in the case against Rajeev Mehta, who's secretary-general of

India's Olympic Association. The former world number one golfer

Tiger Woods could miss Scotland's other big sporting event this year -

the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in September -

after he picked up an injury. Woods jarred his back

during the final round of the He now looks unlikely to play

at the last major of the year - And now the weather. We have not

done too badly. Blue skies and sunshine to end the day for many.

Staying dry overnight with clear spells. Brisk winds will ease down

and we will see Mister -- mist. A lovely start to the day tomorrow.

But the showers will make progress northward as we go through the day.

Mainly focused on the West. Trying is hanging on in the East. Four

p.m., heavy spells of rain for Galloway. Pushing into Walston

Freese and Ayrshire. Light and patchy for the Glasgow area. --

towards Dumfries. Caithness, Northern Aberdeenshire, holding onto

temperatures like today, 21 Celsius. Towards the evening, the showers

continued to track North. But the rain becomes patchy and lighter. But

that is just zero so for Wednesday. A weather front heading our way,

much more heavy rain. It will track north eastwards as we go through the

day. Heaviest times in southern and eastern Scotland. Later on, an

improvement in the south-west. But it does improve for most of us on

Thursday. The weather front but will always do the North. -- will pull

away to. That is the forecast. Welcome back to Scotland's national

war memorial here at Today marks the start of events and

commemorations around the world. The theme - like that of this

memorial - is one of a remembrance and a hope for peace rather than

the glorification of war. But of course we are still learning

about life in those years and in Dundee today they revealed

the contents of a First World war time capsule that's been kept

untouched until now. In a packed the city Chambers the

contents of an oak casket are unveiled for the first time in 93

years. A time capsule created via postal workers in honour of

colleagues who fought in the war. Their instruction that it should be

opened on this day in the presence of the Lord promised. -- Lord

Provost. It will be a source of intrigue for

many years to come. The amount of memorabilia is

surprising. Janice Kennedy, whose grandfather served in the war and

the post of us learned of the casket from reading a diary. She was

determined to track it down. It had to be opened at their

request, that was what his men requested. We could not refuse what

they had asked. They have gone through so much.

240 postal workers from Dundee went to the front, more than 30 died.

These artefacts are a lasting memorial to the men who answered the

call a century ago. Meanwhile,

the Queen is attending a special She arrived at Crathie Kirk near her

home at Balmoral a short time ago. The service is being described as a

time of "quiet reflection" for her. Let's find out what the next four

years of commemoration hope to achieve.

I'm joined by historian Yvonne McEwen of

Edinburgh University and by Duncan MacMillan who has just published

What was the name here? -- aim? Does it provide a tangible link with the

past? At the book launch, my grandchildren

were present. The book was dedicated to them. They were showing the names

in the book, and that link, it is a family monument for Scotland and

important to pass on. You have compiled a People's

history. Yes, the University of Edinburgh has

worked with local authorities, libraries, archives, volunteers, to

build a picture of Scotland during the war years.

This place is very special and so many ways but uniquely provides a

focus on the work of woman during the war.

It is one of the few memorials that has an area dedicated to the work of

woman. We think of it in terms of nursing and munitions but we don't

think of the enormous contribution on the home front in terms of

raising money, conference for troops, facilities for hospitals, it

was an enormous industry of philanthropy and public giving.

This place was described as one of Scotland's best kept secrets.

Perhaps after tonight it will no longer be.

One significant part of the launch of these commemorations is called

"Lights Out" and it takes place across the UK late this evening.

Laura Bicker is at Glasgow Cathedral and can tell us more.

100 years ago today the Foreign Secretary look out over Saint James

is parked and he noticed that the gas lamps were being extinguished.

He said, the lamps are going out across Europe we will never see them

look again in our lifetime will stop tonight, a special vigil service

will be held and the candle which now sits here at the altar at the

stroke of 11, the time when war was declared, that candle will be

distinguished. -- extinguished. People are being asked to join in.

Just leave a single candle burning perhaps. At the military Tattoo in

Edinburgh the 10,000 people will be given a special light which they can

to off as they leave. These small simple acts to remember the 17

million soldiers and civilians killed in the great War of all --

the great War. And that's all from Scotland's

National War memorial on this, the 100th anniversary of the day

the First World War was declared. By its end there was barely an adult

in Scotland who didn't know of or was related to someone whose name is

inside this casket, as it lists We'll leave you with some

of images of this day.