On the 1st of November, the annual Oil and Gas Chaplaincy Remembrance Service will be taking place in the Kirk of St Nicholas.
The event is open to everyone. You are warmly invited to honour those who have lost their lives offshore in Aberdeen. The service includes the opportunity to look through the book of remembrance, candle lighting and musical accompaniments by Bon Accord Silver Band, Paul Anderson, Scottish fiddler and Ben Hall, a lone piper. The morning has been widely attended in the past, by many people with personal connections to the industry, including Angie who lost her father in an accident when he was working out in the North Sea. It has been 50 years since she lost her dad, and after coming across information about the service back in 2024, she got in contact with the chaplaincy, who proceeded to have her dad’s name added to the book.
The book of remembrance holds great importance to families of those who lost their lives, as it provides reassurance that their loved one has been remembered and the work they did matters still today.
Angie then attended the service that same year and said, “I knew for the first time in my life I was not alone”.
The ceremony brings together families, workers in the industry and key figures in Aberdeen, to provide support, reassurance, and shared experience.
You can hear Angie’s story about her dad Richard Dailey, through the link below.
Life Changing – Lost at sea – BBC Sounds
You are invited to attend the service on the 1st of November at 11am at the Kirk of St Nicholas on Union Street in Aberdeen.