Scotland's History The Stewarts James II killed at Roxburgh The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page ...

I told the story of young Einon Rees who survived the sinking of the Roxburgh Castle in World War 2. An elder brother, Evan Alcyn Rees, was already sailing in Union Castle ships; the main reason ...

Mr Rees joined his first ship, the freighter Roxburgh Castle in 1941 as a deck boy aged 15½. Sailing for Rio de Janeiro, his first three days were marked by chronic seasickness. In the early ...

ON THIS day in 1313, Sir James Douglas - or The Black Douglas - struck a heavy blow against the invading English forces by capturing Roxburgh Castle with an army of men who were disguised as cows.