MEMORIAL EVENT 'FIRST OF ITS KIND'
A 記念の service to 示す the centenary of the 突発／発生 of the First World War will be "the first of its 肉親，親類d in Scotland's history", organisers say.
Hundreds of members of the 武装した 軍隊s 同様に as cadets and 退役軍人s will 参加する the Drumhead Service at Edinburgh 城 next month.
The service is the first in a five-year 記念 programme that will remember eight events from the war which had a 重要な 衝撃 on Scotland.
It will feature 軍隊／機動隊s from each of the services 同様に as music from three 軍の 禁止（する）d, two cadet 禁止（する）d, three choirs and about 200 集まりd 麻薬を吸うs and 派手に宣伝するs.
Almost 9,000 people are 推定する／予想するd to …に出席する the service, which will be followed by a 行列 負かす／撃墜する the 王室の Mile to Holyrood Park, where at least 1,000 replica 連邦／共和国 war gravestones will form a 一時的な 記念の.
准將 David Allfrey, 生産者 of the 王室の Edinburgh 軍の Tattoo and 長，指導者 organiser of the event, said: "I am pleased that a hundred years later, so many of our 軍隊s, 退役軍人s, young people and families from across and beyond Scotland have shown such a strong 乗り気 to take their place at our commemorative service on August 10, which we think will be the first of its 肉親，親類d in Scotland's history.
"It 約束s to be a very memorable occasion."
Culture 長官 Fiona Hyslop said: "A hundred years ago nobody could have foreseen the 悲劇 that was to 影響する／感情 every town, village, community and family in Scotland - （人命などを）奪う，主張するing the lives of more than 100,000 Scots, leaving many more 負傷させるd or 無能にするd and 軍隊ing their loved ones to come to 条件 with the terrible consequences.
"It is 権利 that we remember that 残虐な 衝突 and 反映する on how it 形態／調整d our society.
"That is why, from the centenary of the 突発／発生 of the First World War until January 2019, we will encourage the people of Scotland and those with 関係s to Scotland to recognise the 重要な and 幅の広い 衝撃 the First World War had on our nation, and to 反映する on its 継続している social and 市民の 遺産／遺物."
A thousand 解放する／自由な places for the event on August 10 were made 利用できる last week to members of the public and were snapped up within two days.
A その上の 600 seats have since been 解放（する）d to the public and around 200 of these are still 利用できる on the website www.WW100Scotland.com.
