Iain Laird’s Family History Project
Started in 1999, the project has gone through many stages. The time came for a major reorganisation of the site. Apologies to those who have bookmarked pages. The overall structure is similar and the change from HTML to WordPress means the page addresses have changed. The familiar articles are being restored gradually.
The content, as before, includes my Laird Family, Aberdeenshire, Caithness, Norway, Clan Sinclair, Scottish History and International.
The subsidiary site is www.laird.scot
A journey through history in the context of one family
25th April 1915: ANZAC Day which commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops at Ari Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915 marking the emergence of the young nations on the world stage and establishing a reputation for courage and determination that stands to this day. The main British Landings were at Cape Helles and Sedd-El-Bahr. The Lancashire Fusiliers famously won “six VCs before breakfast” at W Beach on April 25, and lost 164 men that day.
16th April 1746
The Battle of Culloden, on the 16th April 1746 was not a Scots defeat at the hands of the English as often portrayed, nor was this Highland v Lowland or Catholic v Protestant.
Our ancestors fought at Culloden.