Lockerbie.

[alex young]

Memorial services are being held today to mark the 25th anniversary of this tragic event,thoughts are with all the families concerned.

[rigglad]

Well said

[sapper756]

God Bless

 

[yeboah]

Remember being at the crash sites as if it were yesterday ,Dreadful that only one person was convicted of this atrocity because of World Politics ,May God be with the Family's affected Today .

[andy Burgess]

still saddens me now .

[paddymac]

Sad day for a lot of families in Scotland today, thoughts and prayers are with you all.

[Walter swanston]

As a young man I served with John Orr who was in Lockerbie within hours of the disaster and subsequently ran the enquiry with dignity and compassion typical of the Scottish Police Service despite many pressures from foreign organisations.

Like every one else my thoughts today are with the relatives of the victims of this outrage.

[Novice]

Very sad indeed.

I note that Dr. Jim Swire (who I admire greatly) still maintains that the only convicted guy was a scapegoat and that he (Jim Swire) attempted to speak with the real bomber in Sweden recently.

He is one man working tirelessly to unearth the truth.

[Guest IB]

As a young man I served with John Orr who was in Lockerbie within hours of the disaster and subsequently ran the enquiry with dignity and compassion typical of the Scottish Police Service despite many pressures from foreign organisations.

Like every one else my thoughts today are with the relatives of the victims of this outrage.

 

Yes, Lockerbie was the second of two major incidents which happened within Dumfries & Galloway jurisdiction. Both were horrific with huge loss of life. The first happened nearly 100 years ago at Quintinshill (approx 15 miles south of Lockerbie on the main west coast railway line ) and even today it is still Britain's worst rail disaster. A troop train conveying half a battalion (485 officers and men) of the 7th Royal Scots collided with a stationary passenger train there and less than 2 minutes later, an overnight express passenger train collided with the wreckage of these two trains, which then caught fire. There were over 200 killed, the same number injured - leaving only about 50 to answer the roll call taken later the same morning.

 

Quintinshill's Centenary is May 2015. I expect there will be memorial services in many areas in Scotland to remember those young men bound for Gallipoli who died in tragic circumstances not too far from their own homes.