A collaborative folk single has been recorded and will be released to mark the centenary of the First World War's Battle of Festubert, with all proceeds going to Scotland's veterans' charity Erskine.
Our Heroes written by musician Gary Innes of Scottish folk rock band MÃ nran, is to be released for download on May 18.
All funds are being donated towards caring for veterans in Erskine's five care homes in Scotland.
The single features members of MÃ nran, Treacherous Orchestra, Skerryvore, Rura and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers alongside Phil Cunningham, Julie Fowlis, Duncan Chisholm, Scott Wood and Siobhan Miller.
The track even includes a cameo appearance from Hughie Innes, Gary Innes' father.
The arrangement includes the voice of Iain Anderson who is heard reciting selected passages from a World War I poem written by Sir Owen Seaman.
Award winning piper Duncan MacGillivray plays on a set of World War I bagpipes that belonged to a relative, Lance Corporal Donald Paterson of the 4th Cameron Highlanders.
The charity single will be released 100 years to the day that 23-year-old Lance Corporal Paterson fell, alongside 17,000 allied soldiers at the Battle of Festubert - part of the second Battle of Artois.
Innes said: "I originally wrote 'Our Heroes' a couple of years ago to commemorate the war, performing it as part of a show called 'Shinty's Heroes'.
"I felt it was really important to remember the fallen at Festubert 100 years on.
"So many Highlanders lost their lives in this 10 day battle and coming from the Highlands myself I wanted to mark the anniversary in some way."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article