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In memory of the West: Scotland’s charred Remembrance Stone

16 November 2022

1:35 PM

16 November 2022

1:35 PM

Anger is mounting after poppy wreaths made by veterans were set on fire at the Edinburgh war memorial, Scotland, in a disturbing act of vandalism.

Organisers have expressed their devastation after it appeared that the memorial wreaths were deliberately torched at the Stone of Remembrance on November 13. Investigations are ongoing and police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

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