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 ...

Castle Line, where he was to serve as quartermaster in the mail ships, with his younger brother, Emon, as a fellow crew member. The four Rees brothers certainly saw their share of war.

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.