WATCH: The Fallen are remembered at Aviemore commemorations
Poignant tributes were paid as the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings were recalled at the Remembrance Sunday service at Aviemore’s war memorial.
Rev Charles Finnie led the commemorations in front of a large turn-out in cool but dry conditions at the village’s monument earlier today.
Rev Finnie provided an overview of some the key events leading to the Allies’ victory in World War II and later in the Far East.
The D-Day Landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.
Rev Finnie paid tribute to the brave service personnel involved in these and other battles and conflicts who had paid the ultimate sacrifice.
He said many of these deaths were in not so celebrated campaigns - the names of places which had been lost to time.
Leading prayers at the commemorations, Rev Finnie said: “Lord, we are saddened at the thought of war, of the soldiers who must fight and all those people who are killed.
“Today, we remember their sacrifice with great sadness.
“We thank them for what they did for us.
“We also remember that they won for us a victory that without their bravery these wars may have been lost and our lives could have been so very different without the freedom we so much enjoy.
“We thank them for what they did for us.”
Amongst the groups laying wreathes at the commemorations in Aviemore were the Army, Navy, RAF, the 999 services, Aviemore Royal British Legion Scotland, Aviemore Community Council, Highland Council and the Guides and Brownies.
There will be a round-up of pictures from services in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Strathy out on Thursday.