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Essay of the Week: Why we should honour the Redcoats

When I wrote an article suggestingthat the time may have arrived tocommemorate the government soldiers who perished at Culloden on a raw April day in 1746, I knew I was entering dangerous territory.

Even before I had put pen to paper, I realised that the idea would not be greeted with general acclaim. The response to the piece – published last week in the Scotland In Trust magazine – confirmed that my instincts were correct.