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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Private Richard Lancaster, of the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and three other unknown comrades will be buried in cemeteries in Belgium. Pte Lancaster's remains were uncovered by ...
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 ...
People have lined Rochdale's streets for a re-enactment of the Lancashire Fusiliers final march before they headed to war in 1914. The re-enactment was arranged by the Todmorden British Legion.
The last of six Victoria Crosses "won before breakfast" by the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Gallipoli landings has been reunited with the other five.