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unusual facts about White Rose of York


White Rose of York

At the Battle of Minden on 1 August 1759, Yorkshiremen of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry's predecessor the 51st Regiment picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields as a tribute to their fallen comrades who had died.


The Way of the Roses

The route is well signposted with signs carrying the name of the route or marked with the red and white heraldic roses form which the name of the route is derived.


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