The Scots Memorial
Old Bridge, Powick, Worcester, England

The 350th Anniversary of the Battle of Worcester
1651-2001

The Memorial of Scottish Granite set by the side of the River Teme was the idea of Stephen Maggs of Annan, formerly of Worcestershire. He wrote to fourteen Clan Chiefs, whose ancestors and kinsmen had fought at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 at which some 3,000 of them were killed.

The Memorial is inscribed:

"In memory of the thousands of Scots, Highland and Lowland,
who fought here far from home, so well and so bravely,
against insuperable odds and gave their lives in devoted loyalty,
to each other and to their leaders."

On Sunday, 2nd September, 2001 Tam Dalyell, Member of Parliament and Father of the House of Commons performed the unveiling ceremony. The three children of Stephen Maggs, Kaiserin, Franz and Dieter, in a very moving gesture laid flowers and heather at the Memorial, as a Lament was played by a lone Piper. The ceremony ended with a musket volley from a Guard of Honour provided by members of The Sealed Knot Society.

Paul and Linda Ross of San Diego, California, representing the American Branch of the Clan Ross. Their forebear was captured at the Battle and with some two thousand compatriot prisoners, was transported to the American Colonies to work as indentured labour for seven years before being set free.

At the Commandery, Worcester

On Monday, 3rd September, 2001, the actual anniversary of the Battle, in the new memorial garden of the Commandery, a Stone was dedicated by the fifteenth Duke of Hamilton in memory of all those who died as a result of the Battle in 1651. It was a fitting conclusion to the commemoration of the 350th Anniversary.