The Edinburgh Garden of Remembrance has been officially opened at the city's Scott Monument.

Lord Provost Frank Ross led a special group of wreath-layers at the opening ceremony in East Princes Street Gardens on Monday morning.

Members of the armed forces community including veterans attended the event, which marks the start of the traditional two-week Remembrance period.

This year it has added significance as it concludes on the day 100 years ago that saw the signing of the Armistice that brought about the end of the First World War.

The service, organised by Legion Scotland, remembered those who have fallen in the Great War as well as the many subsequent conflicts.

Among those joining Edinburgh's Lord Provost to lay a wreath was Mrs Elspeth Ewan, whose Father, David A.M. Watson, fought in several arenas during the First World War, including Arras, Passchendaele, the Somme, Beaumont-Hamel and High Wood.

Following the opening of the Garden of Remembrance, guests and members of the public were invited into Poppyscotland's Field of Remembrance.

A sea of 8,500 memorials has been created from thousands of Remembrance symbols that were returned to the charity from supporters across the country.