Coldstream Guards Memorial Stone. Henderson Park, Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.


The stone is inscribed as follows:- "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".


Size: 2497px × 3500px
Location: Coldstream Guards Memorial Stone. Henderson Park, Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Berwickshire, Scotla
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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