THE Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, which has its north west headquarters in Bury, has been saved. And the top brass of the two regular battalions said the regiments survival was due to the efforts ...

1898: Year of Death: 1980: Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers: Place of Wartime Residence: Hanwell: George Frederick's Story. George Frederick Barnes, my father, was born on 10th October 1898 at ...

A museum's search for the last of six Victoria Crosses "won before breakfast" by the Lancashire Fusiliers in the WW1 Gallipoli landings has begun. The Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester ...

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".

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 ...

At dawn, the Bury-based 1st Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers, landed on a beach to the west of Cape Helles, the southernmost tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The Lancashire Fusiliers existed from 1688 to 1968 before amalgamating with others to form what is now the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The regiment ended the First World War with 18 Victoria ...

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.