Yes, and in war with Russia as well...
"Berwick's status was such that even the Crimean War had to be
declared in the name of Great Britain, Ireland and Berwick Upon
Tweed. Strangely after this war, when the peace treaty was signed
Berwick's name was omitted and for many years the town was said to be
technically still at war with the Russians."
(
http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/BerwickuponTweed.htm )
And whether this story is true or not, apparently it gets transformed
with every war Britain engages into...
I can't see why Berwick would have to be mentioned along with Great
Britain. As far as I know, Berwick was (is) a town disputed by
England and Scotland. Nobody would deny that Berwick is on the island
of Great Britain, and is part of the UK.
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Anton Florian Zeilinger"
<anton_zeilinger@h...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found two links on this story on the net, both with different and
not
> really plausible (albeit funny) reasons about Berwick being at war
w/
> Germany:
>
> http://thecapitalscot.com/standrew/berwick.html
>
> http://www.bikwil.zip.com.au/Vintage14/Berwick-upon-Tweed.html
>
> Nice story nevertheless, thanks for bringing it up, Gerard!
>
> Anton Z
>
>
> >From: "Gerard J Keating" <gerard@o...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Disbuted town on Scottish/English
border
> >offer money to rejoin Scotland
> >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:37:49 +0100
> >
> > > It would seem logical for the border to follow the river out to
the
> > > North Sea, but is the municipality of Berwick contained to the
north
> > > side of the river? Where was the historical border?
> >
> >There is an old story (not sure if it is true) that states that at
the
> >start
> >of the First World War, the exact position of the english/scotish
border
> >was
> >in dispute, as in the past Berwick was part of scotland. So when
the war
> >started, England and Scotland seperatly declared war on Germany
and since
> >Berwick was unsure which side of the border it was, it also
declared war on
> >Germany.
> >
> >But Berwick never signed the peace treaty at the end of the war, so
> >technically it is still at war with the German Empire...
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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