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The historic Lancashire landmark with centuries of power and politics hidden within its walls
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Full list of Lancashire names recognised in King's Birthday Honours
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Residents commemorate Gallipoli in Bury town centre
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Band and Corps of Drums Lancashire, Fusilier Association, Cadets and Sea Cadets. The weekend marked the 110th year since soldiers landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in ...
The Mirror6mon
Hero soldier's First World War sketches during Battle of the Somme to go display
Cartoons and sketches drawn by a hero Lancashire soldier during the Battle of the ... 2nd Lieutenant Whittles, of the Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion, described the "rat-infested" trenches ...
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Mysterious flower pressed into WW I soldier's last letter home identified a century later
(Veterans Affairs Canada, University of Toronto Libraries) When University of Toronto librarian Loryl MacDonald closes her eyes, she can imagine a young Canadian soldier, filled with nerves and ...
The National Interest4y
Never Underestimate a Single British Soldier (With a Giant Grenade Launcher)
On May 6, 1944 during the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, Francis Arthur Jefferson, a soldier with the British Army’s Lancashire Fusiliers, engaged a German tank with a Projectile Infantry ...
The National Interest5y
How One Lone British Soldier Took On A German Tank And Won
On May 6, 1944 during the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, Francis Arthur Jefferson, a soldier with the British Army’s Lancashire Fusiliers, engaged a German tank with a Projectile Infantry ...
Birmingham Mail5y
ITV Long Lost Family tells heartbreaking story of fallen WW1 soldiers tonight
Long Lost Families is back for a one off special as presenters Davina McCall and Nicky Cambell join War Detectives in their search to identify the remains of fallen World War One soldiers.
The Sun6y
Unidentified British soldier who died in First World War laid to rest 101 years after he was killed
The body of the unknown hero, who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment, was buried alongside two Australian soldiers on Tuesday afternoon in Ypres, Belgium AN unidentified British soldier ...
Irish Sun6y
Unidentified British soldier who died in First World War laid to rest 101 years after he was killed
The body of the unknown hero, who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment, was buried alongside two Australian soldiers on Tuesday afternoon in Ypres, Belgium. A ceremony at the Commonwealth ...
Belfast Telegraph6y
Unidentified British First World War soldier buried in Ypres
The body of the unknown man, who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment, was buried alongside two Australian soldiers on Tuesday afternoon in Ypres, Belgium. A ceremony at the Commonwealth ...
Daily Mail6y
Honoured forever: Unidentified British and Australian soldiers who died during the Battle of Passchendaele and whose remains were found during roadworks are buried with full ...
Three unidentified British and Australian soldiers who died in the First ... The Briton, who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment, is estimated to have been between 23 and 29 when he ...