He had a meteoric rise through the ranks from private to becoming a Commander of the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Related internet links. Western Front Association. Fusiliers museum.

Sir Gilbert commanded the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. He was awarded the Military Cross for his outstanding bravery during WWI. In April 1917 he crawled into no man's land in Saint Quentin in ...

Sir Gilbert, who commanded the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, was awarded the Military Cross for his outstanding bravery during WWI. In April 1917 he crawled into no man's land in Saint Quentin ...

Unsworth’s Pole War Memorial honours soldiers from the area who fought and died in the First World War, including a number who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers – which in 1968 was merged ...

Six men from Lancashire were awarded the Victoria Cross for their part in the Gallipoli landings during World War One. They became known as "The Six VCs before Breakfast".

THE body of a war hero is to be exhumed from his grave in Spain and repatriated to the UK following a row over the cost of tending to his burial plot.

IT was the end of an era as the doors to Bury Arts and Crafts Centre closed officially on Friday 17th after more than a century ... chronicling the history of the Lancashire Fusiliers, ...

Lancashire Fusiliers soldiers famously won `six Victoria Crosses before breakfast' in the Gallipoli landings of 1915. There were more than 500 Lancashire casualties, including men from Bury, on ...

SOLDIERS from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, which has historic links with Bury, are to stage a Freedom March through the town. More than 100 soldiers will parade through the streets of Bury ...

The last of six Victoria Crosses "won before breakfast" by the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Gallipoli landings has been reunited with the other five.

The story of the Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli in Turkey is one of the most remarkable of World War One. It became known as "Six VCs Before Breakfast", as the Fusiliers attacked W Beach on the ...

The last of six Victoria Crosses "won before breakfast" by the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Gallipoli landings has been reunited with the other five. The Fusilier Museum in Bury was searching ...