The Society of William Wallace

WELCOME TO THE SOCIETY OF WILLIAM WALLACE

Tuesday the 21st of May is our next meeting at Elderslie Village Hall, all welcome

"I have brought you to the ring, now dance the best you can!"

Words shouted by Wallace to the Scottish army at the Battle of Falkirk on the 22nd of July 1298 as the English cavalry began to charge.

"This statue of William Wallace that flanks the entrance to Edinburgh Castle was the statue that inadvertently gave the inspiration to the movie Braveheart".
The scriptwriter Randall Wallace visited the castle while on vacation in Scotland, and noticed this statue, and was intrigued as the subject had the same second name as his own. He asked one of the staff who this famous Wallace was, and was quite simply told "that sir, is our greatest hero!"
This sent Randall on a quest to discover all he could about this man called William Wallace, and resulted in "Braveheart" being released in 1995.

NEW SOCIETY MEMORIAL COINS IN BACK STOCK

These are a slightly changed design from our first run which had the white border round our logo, we have six of those left in stock which are very close to now becoming collectors items!!
We have fifty of the new coins in stock and they will be part of a series of commemorative coins, the next one will be Andrew De Moray, but shhhhh I never told you that ok?
The coins are approximately 43mm in diameter and 3mm thick, a nice weight to them and very eye catching!! Item comes in a small protective plastic wallet.

ARDROSSAN CASTLE EVENT 27th April 2013

The Society were at the seaside recently to help raise awareness of the sad state of Ardrossan Castle in Ayrshire.

The castle has strong a connection with Wallace and sadly is in severe danger of becoming extinct!!

Most towns in Scotland would kill to have this kind of historical connection with William Wallace, so let's raise the profile of the campaign and get both the council and the locals on board!!

Many thanks to everyon who showed up to help!!

SOCIETY CLAYMORE WINNER SGT MAX JANUSZ

Our heartiest congratulations go to U.S. Army Sergeant Max Janusz, who hails from Wisconsin, shown here accepting the 2012 SOWW William Wallace replica claymore sword (crafted by Bold Blades & Blazons of Shelby North Carolina) from Randy, our U.S. Liaison Officer.
Sergeant Janusz said that when he was in Elementary School, he received a book about William Wallace for Christmas. He was completely captivated by the story and by William Wallace, and read the book over and over again. So when he learned that a replica of Wallace’s sword was being raffled off, he just had to take a chance on winning the sword - and win he did!

ANDY HILLHOUSE

A lot of our members and friends of the Society are extremely talented in their chosen field, Andy Hillhouse is one such person.
Andy is an artist of some note and designed the covers of most of the late great David R Ross' books.

We've worked closely with Andy in the past and came up with the idea of showing off some of his artwork to guage the interest, an online gallery if you like.

These prints will not be for sale but if you fancy any of them then please register your interest HERE and we'll see what we can do.

THE WALACE LETTER GETS A PROPER WELCOME HOME!!

Well, the Wallace Letter is now home in Scotland. Myself & Gary were invited to the Scottish Parliament for the opening of the exhibition, at which the Lubeck Letter was also on show.

Many thanks to all who turned up at the Scottish Parliament for the return of the Wallace Safe Conduct Letter, around 150 people turned up outside the building as we gave a very personal thank you to all involved in the campaign. With Albannach & Ted Christopher setting the mood by providing the music, we had fine speeches from Gary, Jim Singer, Mark Hirst & Ted.

THE WALACE MEMORIAL CENTENARY CENTENARY TARTAN IS OFFICIAL!!

Our Wallace Memorial Centenary Tartan has now been officially registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans and we have to admit that we are slightly chuffed with ourselves.

We'd like to thank in no particular order, Alison Diamond and George MacKenzie over at the Scottish Register of Tartans for all their help.

To Stephanie and William, Chris, George and Gary and to all our wonderful members who have brought to life this wee idea that we should have our own tartan, especially in our centenary year!!

We are currently on our second bolt and are taking orders for our third bolt. If you'd like to register your interest in our tartan see link below.

All we ask is that you become a member and wear it with pride!!

If you are interested in the tartan please register your interest HERE

EVENTS CALENDAR 2011 - 2012 UPDATED!!

	We're going to leave this at the top of our home page in the future so that everyone can see what we're up to or involved in. If you have a Scottish related event going on please let us know about it and we'll be happy to add it to our calendar. To contact the webmaster CLICK HERE

DAVID R ROSS MEMORIAL FLAG AND HOW TO DONATE

This is a design that one of our members has put together with a view to commissioning a tribute flag for David R Ross which we could carry proudly at future marches, parades and Society gatherings throughout our social calendar each year.

I hope you will all consider my proposal with a favourable outcome.

I have thought very long and very hard about how David’s untimely death has had an impact on everyone who met and knew him, both here at home and also abroad in the USA. Thank You, William Ballantyne

Click On Photo To Donate.

WHAT WE GOT UP TO IN 2012

	PRO INDEPENDENCE RALLY

BALTIMORE	SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT	STIRLING BRIG'

WALLACE DAY	ROBROYSTON	FALKIRK

BANNOCKBURN	SOCIETY INTERVIEW	AVOCH

SOCIETY FUNDRAISER	LOUDOUN HILL	WALLACE LETTER

TARTAN COLLECTION	DAVID R ROSS COMMEMORATION	SOCIETY TARTAN

WHAT WE GOT UP TO IN 2011

SADR ARMADALE	DAVID R ROSS STIRLING	STIRLING BRIG'

WALLACE DAY	ROBROYSTON	FALKIRK

BANNOCKBURN	THE WALLACE YEW	AVOCH

WALLACEWELL FUN DAY	LOUDOUN HILL	SMITHFIELD

	DAVID R ROSS COMMEMORATION

THE SOCIETY OF WILLIAM WALLACE ARCHIVES

In here you'll find some things that we got up to stretching back to David's walk for Wallace in 2005.

Some of the waist lines and hair lines have changed a lot and there's some faces that are sadly no longer with us but please have a look and take a wee trip down memory lane.

If you have any old photos of any events we've attended or anything you'd like to share with us then please send them in we'd love to see them.

Please get in touch by clicking HERE

DAVID R ROSS TRIBUTE PAGE

For those of you who may not have known Author, Historian and former Society Convenor David R Ross we thought it might be a nice idea to have this section on our home page to give you an idea of just how important he was to not only his friends but to Scotland as a whole!!

David spread the word on Scotland's wonderfully rich and interesting culture and history far and wide and was especially popular on the west coast of America and Canada.

David continues to be our inspiration!!

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This website is dedicated to the memory of DAVID R ROSS.
He who inspired so many of us now sits with the patriots who inspired him!!