Memorial helps community remember both sides in 'forgotten' battle
A memorial stone honouring fallen soldiers in the largely-forgotten Battle of Littleferry has been dedicated in a ceremony in Golspie
Source: pressandjournal.co.uk
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A memorial stone honouring fallen soldiers in the largely-forgotten Battle of Littleferry has been dedicated in a ceremony in Golspie
The event had an added poignancy given the current war in Ukraine.
Major General Patrick Marriott's wife, Henrietta, is to step into the breach and give the speech he had prepared for today’s ceremony.
The ceremony at the battlefield memorial stone on Ferry Road will last around 40 minutes.
The weather in late March, 1746, was shocking, cold, sleet showers and a cutting wind. It was not good weather for soldiering.