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jamiemcginlay
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: Coldstream Guards - Coldstream |
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Coldstream Guards - Coldstream, Berwickshire District
The memorial is a large natural rock set on a rough pedestal with the regimental badge and an inscription on the face.
The monument stands in public gardens beside the main road in the middle of the village.
the inscription reads:
THIS STONE WAS PRESENTED
TO THE BURGH OF COLDSTREAM
BY THE COLDSTREAM REGIMENT
OF FOOT GUARDS ON THE DAY
ON WHICH THEY WERE PROUD TO RECEIVE
THE FREEDOM OF THE BURGH
10TH AUGUST 1968
IT WAS FROM NEAR HERE
ON 1ST JANUARY 1660 THAT
GENERAL MONCK CROSSED
THE RIVER TWEED TO START
HIS MARCH TO LONDON
CULMINATING IN THE
RESTORATION OF
KING CHARLES II
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DerekR Moderator
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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This photograph courtesy of Sapper:
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Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. |
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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There's now an Afghanistan memorial stone to its right.
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 1:57 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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WMR 13331 |
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