16th April 1746, Culloden

[StephEv]

In memory to all the Highlanders who fought and died on this day 262 years ago and to the terrible aftermath throughout the Highlands in the wake of the Battle. Slainte

[243rose]

Please don't leave out the 364 Government casualties.

[StephEv]

Their final resting place is yet to be positively located even with the recent survey as they were reputed to be buried in one pit.

[Rick]

War is a terrible thing and the resulting deaths whatever side they were fighting for were tragic.

If this anniversary is to be remembered, let us remember all that died on that day.

Rick

[243rose]

you cannot disagree with that

[StephEv]

Could include the whole Jacobite Rebellion of 1745/46, Prestonpans,Clifton, Falkirk and the terrible fate that befell the Manchester Regiment at Carsisle

[Tricia_2]

Coincidentally, a friend was talking to me about the importance of this part of our history only the other day.

It was something that fascinated me when I used to visit Scotland regularly for holidays.

[243rose]

lest we forget a caveman who once knocked some other bloke over the head with a knobbly club sparking an incident in which 27 others sadly met their end when a couple of passing mammoths joined in.

[StephEv]

Hi, A gripping story in every sense of the drama that went with the events of the 45, with many trying to trace their Ancestors to the events. Has anyone out there traced any relatives to the Rebellion ? ???Steve