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Events
this Week in Scottish History

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One of a million Centenary candles
lit at "Lights
Out" for the million British and Colonial fallen of the
Great War at 2200 hrs on 4th August 2014 and extinguished
at 2300 hrs, the hour war was declared in 1914.
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Veterans of The Royal
Scots (The Royal Regiment) at the Centenary Cenotaph Parade

The Route taken by and
Locations of
1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
10th - 27th May 1940
From Phoney War Position at Lecelles to the Battle of Wavre
on the Dyle, the Battle of the Escaut at Calonne and on to the
final Battle at Paradis on the line of La Bassée Canal, holding
the Dunkirk Perimeter with The Royal Norfolks to allow the
Evacuation to take Place...More

Visit to St-Genesius-Rode
CWGC July 2018

Piper Stevenson, fallen 14th
May 1940 at the Battle of Wavre on the R. Dyle, War Grave 14 km south of Brussels.
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8th Battalion The Royal
Scots, Le Paradis, April 1918

It is a sad irony that the very ground that was fought over by
the 1st Royal Scots and 2nd Royal Norfolks in May 1940 had been
fought over by the 8th Royal Scots in April 1918...More
2018 Commemoration Le
Paradis

WWI and WWII Site Visits
May 2018
New Paradis Website

New
Le Paradis site produced by Royal Norfolks Survivor's son,
Dennis O'Callaghan.
Le Paradis Details
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Maps, positions,
locations and contemporary photos.
2017 Visit to Le Paradis
(1940) and WWI Sites (1917), Centenary

Remembrance for 2nd Lt
Morris Attached Royal Flying Corps (k.i.a. May 1917)

11th Company "George
Garland" Valparaíso Chile
New Book on
51st
(Highland Division) at Saint-Valéry-en-Caux

Stewart Mitchell, a
researcher at The Gordon Highlanders Museum has completed 5
years of research and his book on The Gordon Highlanders at
St Valéry
has now been published. This deals not only with the battle and
the Gordons part with the 51st (Highland) Division but also
covers their time as prisoners of war.
Le Paradis 2016 and
visit to WWI Sites, May 2016

The Heroes of St Valéry:
4th Cameron Highlanders in Stalag
Luft VIIIB/334 Lamsdorf on Keith Neven's Facebook Page
Burns Night 2016

75th Anniversary of the
Defence of the Dunkirk Perimeter 1940/2015

Burn's Night 2014

New Page: "What Islam did for Us" and
the Alhambra, Granada
Tim Wallace-Murphy's book and the genius of the Alhambra

New Link: Scots
Language Centre
"Scots is spoken throughout Scotland from
Shetland to Galloway and Aberdeen to Glasgow.
Use this site to find out more about the history of Scots and to
meet the people that speak it today.
Explore, Scots song, poetry, read our blogs and find out more
about the origins of Scots."
New Aberdeenshire Pictures - September
2013

Picts
Forts
Bennachie
Moni tis Choras -
Kariye Müzesi - Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora

Built
outside the walls of Constantinople it is considered to be one
of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church
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2013: The 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Flodden

The remains of
Richard III, the last English King to fall in Battle
have
been found.
As
Alex Orr of Edinburgh has written, would
it not be fitting in the year of the 500th Anniversary of the
Battle for the body of James IV, the last Scottish King
killed in battle, last seen in the lumber room of Sheen Priory
in the 16th Century, but which may now lie lie under the 14th
fairway of the the Outer Course of the Royal Mid Surrey Golf
Club in Old Deer Park, to be found and returned to Scotland
to lay in rest with dignity, and for his sword, dagger and ring
to be brought to Edinburgh Castle to accompany the Honours of
Scotland?
More...
Heroes of St Valéry
The account of the Highland Division that fought
on in France after the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk

Added the experiences of
Pte. James (Pongo) Forbes Adams 4th Battalion Queens Own Cameron
Highlanders, as told by his son.
New Pages for Seville and Segovia

A Church thought to be Templar turns out not to
be, may be more closely connected to Moorish Architecture in
Seville and echoes of Rosslyn Chapel in Seville with its own New
World connections.
Updated Battle of Flodden Page

New links and a new account.
400th Anniversary of the Battle of Kringen, 1612

Summary of events leading to and the Battle
itself and aftermath;
Books on Kringen;
Media Coverage
2012 and
Online
Sources

Norwegian Castles and Sinclairs
in
Connections with
Norway.
Myths and Legends?
Pillarguri?

26th August 2012 marks the 400th Anniversary of the Battle of
Kringen. Norman Henderson has been translating material
which points to the historical reality of the girl now known as
"Pillarguri"...more
Centenary of the Founding of The Royal Flying Corps 13th
April 1912 - 13th April 2012

King George V signed a Royal Warrant establishing
the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) on 13th April 1912. My Grandfather,
Great Uncle and my wife, Annabel's Grandfather, served in WWI
with the RFC which combined with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)
to become the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1918, in which my parents
were later to serve.
More...
Guestbook
Tripod Lycos withdrew their Guestbook on 2nd April 2012.
Thank you very much for the many and interesting postings
received there, and please accept my apologies for their loss.
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World?

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Older News
Campaign for the Real Reel of the 51st

The dance based around the Saltire,
Scotland's Flag, and created by the Highland Division, whose
sacrifice in France in 1940 it commemorates, is being danced
incorrectly by many today, unaware of its significance.
More...
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"Carpe Diem" - Seize the Day

10 Reasons to make the most of what we have, and do
something while we can. Who knows what tomorrow may bring ?
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Laird 2016
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