Members of Kilbarchan Pipe Band have travelled to France to honour those who died in the Battle of the Somme.

James Wallace, Stephen Vaughan and Coinneach Combe attended the Contalmaison Chateau Military Cemetery, which primarily contains the graves of British soldiers who fought during the First World War.

The Gazette:

The trio, along with Scotland's Minister for Veterans Graeme Dey, visited the burying place of William Dunne.

The Kilbarchan scout was killed at the age of 20 in the Battle of the Somme on August 25, 1916.

The Gazette:

Mr Wallace laid a wreath and the Kilbarchan Scout neckerchief at the grave before Mr Vaughan piped the ancient Scottish folk tune The Flowers of the Forest.

The Kilbarchan Pipe Band members and Mr Dey had previously attended a larger July 1 commemoration event to mark the 107th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.