A wreath of handmade yellow poppies will be laid at the former site of the munitions factory in Linlithgow on Remembrance Day weekend
A community memorial to highlight the wartime service of Linlithgow ’s ‘munitionettes’ - women who made explosives at Nobel’s Regent Works Munitions Factory was laid at the weekend.
On February 5 1943, four Linlithgow munitionettes died in an explosion as they worked in the munitions factory - Jane Baillie, Barbara Baillie, Margaret Wilson and Susan Allan. Local researchers have been uncovering the stories of Linlithgow’s munitionettes, leading to a popular series of talks and events, and ongoing discussions about a permanent statue to be erected in the town in their honour. This Remembrance Sunday, local women had asked for permission to join the formal Remembrance Sunday parade in Linlithgow and to lay a wreath at the war memorial in St Michael’s Church.
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