“We were all a band of brothers.” Events have been held across Greater Manchester to mark VE Day. A number of street parties were held across the region, as well as commemorative events in ...

The sketches, by 2nd Lieutenant Noel Whittles, of the Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion, were made during the Battle of the Somme will be on show at Trafford Local Studies & Archives Centre.

The band's eponymous debut album was a huge success, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard charts. It also featured a top 10 hit, "I’ve Got A Lot To Learn About Love." ...

The parade will be made up of five Fusiliers, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Band and Corps of Drums Lancashire, Fusilier Association, Cadets, Sea Cadets and representatives from the Lorne Scots in ...

An historic Grade II-listed Army drill hall has been closed 'on safety grounds'. Castle Armoury, in Bury town centre, was designed as the headquarters of the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps ...

His father soon sent him to Hindley Band where he stayed for four years before they joined a fine Wingates Temperance Band. Aged just 12, ... and in 1944 he was called up to serve with the Lancashire ...

As part of 103 Regiment Royal Artillery, the Lancashire Artillery (Volunteers) band features musicians from the local area. Among the ranks are teachers, students, accountants, a postman and a nurse.

Among them was Harold Mottershead, a 24-year-old private from the 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers, who went almost immediately from the tunnels to the frontline. He was killed on July 2, 1916 ...

The Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Lancashire) is on the lookout to find a new bandmaster. The voluntary role will work alongside musical director Cathie Brookes in programming ...

Lancashire Fusiliers fix their bayonets before July 1, 1916 attack on the Somme He has also described how he had to collect the equipment – and corpses –scattered in the British trenches: ...

Historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the torments of an officer in the Lancashire Fusiliers in the first days of the Battle of the Somme. News you can trust since 1853. Sign In.