Culloden Prototype Pictures... (1 Viewer)

[mikemiller1955]

These pictures have already been shown...but maybe someone might enjoy viewing them again...anyway...here are the Culloden Moor prototypes from Hackensack...

 

[theBaron]

???????

Sorry, Mike, I don't see any pics.

Prost!
Brad

 

[mikemiller1955]

I'm struggling...I don't know if it's me or the forum...sorry...

 

[mikemiller1955]

it keeps telling me I'm reposting and I can't even find the original post...hahaha...

 

[mikemiller1955]

I hope this works this time...

the officer is the Duke of Cumberland...William Augustus...

also known as "The Butcher" for his orders of no quarter on the Jacobite survivors...as he himself believed that similar orders had been found on fallen Highlanders...

In the aftermath of the battle, Government troops felt justified in giving no quarter to the wounded lying upon the moor. The Jacobites' aborted night attack in the early hours of 16 April would no doubt have been as merciless. Jacobite officers ordered their men to use only swords, dirks and bayonets, to overturn tents locate "a swelling or bulge in the fallen tent, there to strike and push vigorously". Indiscriminate killing is said to have gone on for days, with all men bearing arms hanged on location and their women raped. Families fled from their scorched hovels and were left to starve. In total, over 20,000 head of livestock, sheep, and goats were driven off and sold at Fort Augustus, where the soldiers split the profits

 

[mikemiller1955]

Here are 3 Dragoons...one is already painted from another post...all the riders and steed are interchangeable...which is really nice...giving us an option to swap mounts...my notes from John were sketchy at best...he will either to 6 or 9 total...

 

[mikemiller1955]

I took pics from both sides...here is the painted version also...again as I can't make out my notes...I'm pretty sure he said 9 figures and it would include an officer...flag bearer and trumpeter...

 

[mikemiller1955]

Also for Culloden...here is the first set of the Royal Ecossais...these will be made in sets of two to represent a full regiment...

 

[mikemiller1955]

Brad...if you have time...you might post what dialog you had with John detailing his plans for the 7 Years War Prussian figures...he told me to ask you as you two had discussed it in detail...

 

[OldDragon]

Thank you Mike for taking the trouble to share answers to our questions and the photos with us. It really is very appreciated.

I must also add the JJD's new mounted figures looks very well done ... and as I have always loved well executed cavalry figures, I will definately be adding these to my collection. The new SYW Prussians are another must have too.

Thank you John for giving us more 1814 British gunners ....

OD

 

[thebritfarmer]

I really am liking the new mounted figures from JJD. Very nice indeed.

 

[Combat]

Thanks Mike for all the pictures and info. Somewhat lost on me in all the excitement was the fact that John is doing the Royal Ecossais. That may be the highlight for me among these new releases. They have some very stunning dark blue and red uniforms. Hopefully John does Capt. Donald MacDonald who later played an interesting role with Wolfe at Quebec due to his ability to speak French and bluff his way through their lines.

 

[marco55]

Great animation on the mounted figures.
Mark

 

[RISORGIMENTO]

Mike,
thanks again for your (nice) job in our behalf, great news!

 

[nysoldiers]

Will John be releasing adversaries for the Prussians, e.g. Austrians?

 

[Combat]

Will John be releasing adversaries for the Prussians, e.g. Austrians?

It will be Austrians since he is doing the battle of Leuthen.

 

[Maj. Duncan Heyward]

Posted on behalf of Uncas, who is very busy sorting dioramas for the London Toy Soldier Show;

Windsor Great Park and Butcher Cumberland
It is often all too easy to overlook references to history that interest us. I have cycled though Windsor Great Park and enjoyed a great deal of its 5000 acres for much of my life. I have however, unfortunately, become somewhat complacent to its points of interest.

On a recent family outing to Virginia Water I decided to ‘stop and smell the roses’ and with great interest I discovered more about a feature I have passed with little regard on more occasions that I care to admit.

Beside one of the smaller lakes, known as the Obelisk Pond, not far from the main entrance stands an Obelisk memorial to the Duke of Cumberland.

 

[Maj. Duncan Heyward]

William, the Duke of Cumberland is generally best known for his role in putting down the forces of Charles Edward Stuart ‘The Young Pretender’ during the Jacobite Rebellion at the battle of Culloden in 1746, he was appointed Ranger of Windsor Great Park in the same year.

The obelisk is inscribed:
"THIS OBELISK RAISED BY COMMAND OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND COMMEMORATES THE SERVICES OF HIS SON WILLIAM DUKE OF CUMBERLAND THE SUCCESS OF HIS ARMS AND THE GRATITUDE OF HIS FATHER THIS TABLET WAS INSCRIBED BY HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH".

 

[Maj. Duncan Heyward]

The Duke’s actions at the battle of Culloden, in which the forces of Stuart where decimated, put an almost instant end to the JacobiteUprising and earned him an honorary degree from he University of Glasgow. His actions in the ‘Pacification’ of the Jacobite areas of the Highlands, in which rebels and sympathisers, including non-combatants, were murdered, villages burned and livestock confiscated also earned him the title ‘Butcher Cumberland’.

 

[Maj. Duncan Heyward]

The base tablet facing north is carved with a laurel wreath surmounted by the Royal crest inscribed 'W.A. Born April 15th 1721 Died October 31st 1765'. A garter symbol is carved in the base on sides facing south and west. Above the north tablet the obelisk was originally inscribed “Culloden” however this was erased following Queen Victoria's instruction and replaced with "CUMBERLAND".