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Opposition to red coat memorial at Culloden battlefield

A call for a memorial to the government army that fought at Culloden has been opposed by members of a society which recalls the Jacobite cause.

Historian Trevor Royle has said the soldiers should be "dignified by a memorial" on the battlefield.

But members of A Circle of Gentlemen said a monument was a "step too far".

They were opposed because of atrocities committed by the Duke of Cumberland's government troops in the aftermath of the battle on 16 April 1746.

Member Alasdair MacNeill said: "They have a grave marker the same as the Jacobite dead. That should be enough in my view.

"If people wish to leave flowers to remember the government fallen at their graveside then I have no problem with that - I can still respect the dead, be they friend or foe.

"However, the thought of erecting a monument to them is just a step too far."...
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