Editing George Wade (section)

==Jacobite rising==
[[File:2003-06-06 - Aberfeldy 01.jpg|thumb|[[Wade's Bridge]] over the Tay at [[Aberfeldy, Scotland|Aberfeldy]]]]
[[File:George Wade monument, Westminster Abbey.jpg|thumb|Wade's memorial in Westminster Abbey]]
In October 1745, during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|Jacobite rising]], Wade concentrated his troops in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], on the east coast of England; however, the Jacobite forces advanced from Scotland down the west coast of England via [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] into [[Lancashire]] and the speed of their advance left Wade scrambling.<ref name=heath1/> In freezing conditions and with his men starving, he failed to counter their march into England or their subsequent retreat back from [[Derby]] to Scotland. Wade was replaced as Commander-in-Chief by [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]], who led the army to success at the [[Battle of Culloden]] in April 1746.<ref>Pollard p. 41–42</ref>

It was because of the difficulties Wade encountered marching his troops cross-country from Newcastle to Carlisle that he built his [[Military Road (Northumberland)|Military Road]] west of Newcastle in 1746, entailing such destruction of [[Hadrian's Wall]]. Wade helped plan the road but had died before construction began in 1751.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spain|first=GRB|title=The original survey for the Newcastle-Carlisle military road.|journal=Archaelogica Aeliana|volume=Series 4 xiv|page=17}}</ref> His Military Road is still in use today as the B6318; it should not be confused with the [[Military Way (Hadrian's Wall)|Military Way]] built by the Romans immediately south of Hadrian's Wall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/hadrians-wall.html|title=Hadrian's Wall|publisher=Heddon on the Wall Local History Society|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>

Wade received mention in a verse sung as part of [[God Save the King]] around 1745:<ref name=heath1/>

{{poemquote|Lord, grant that Marshal Wade
May, by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush
And, like a torrent, rush
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the King.}}