In fact there were more Scots in the British army than in the Jacobite forces. And, a great deal of the atrocities perpetrated against Highlanders after the battle were carried out by Scots. Nick Serpell Sent from my iPad > On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:12, June Willing via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Richard > > The Battle of Culloden was not fought between England and Scotland. It > was 1745, not the 15th century, and both countries had the same > parliament and monarch. > > It was fought between the British Army and the Jacobites, who wanted > Britain to be ruled by the Stewarts. > > You are not the only one to make such a mistake, but there is no point > in perpetuating historical myths. > > June Willing > Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 > Willing/Willings One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ > Willing/Willings DNA Project > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ > Dominicus One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus-2/ > > > > >> On 17 Nov 2014, at 19:42, Richard Hooke via wrote: >> >> Hi Fiona ,Valerie >> I am easily side tracked by curiosity, you never know when it >> might help >> your own lines. >> To me Culloden is an England Scotland battle(wiki? gives gaelic >> chuil logair >> (? my spelling) > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >