Gravestones are looked after privately, external, rather than by the city council itself, with families usually hiring a stone mason to work on them.

In May 2015 an eight-year-old boy, Ciaran Williamson, died when a headstone in Cardonald’s Craigton Cemetery fell on him.

A fatal accident inquiry into his death heard that up to 900 headstones at Craigton were deemed unsafe in the days after the tragedy.

Graveyard visitor Gillian Sooter told BBC Scotland News she was upset to see several stickers while at the city’s Lambhill cemetery.

She said many of the labels were “covering up the people’s names”.

She added: “It looks terrible to think your loved ones are lying here and on their stones are a big white sticker.”