Memorial

1st Lancashire Fusiliers - Gallipoli

cMike Coyle

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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Current Location

ST MARYS CHURCH, Market Place, Bury, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BW, England

SD 80424 10855

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 23211
Description: POINTED TOP. BLUE LETTERING ON MARBLE GILT AND COLOURED REGIMENTAL BADGE AT POINTED TOP. ABOVE INSCRIPTION, CROWNED BADGE OF HMS EURALYUS, WITH GOLD ANCHORS AND LANCASHIRE ROSES AT THE CORNERS
Inscription: TO COMMEMORATE/ THE OFFICERS/ NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND MEN OF/ THE FIRST BATTALION/ THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS/ WHO FELL IN ACTION/ AT GALLIPOLI IN 1915/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THE/ OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF/ H.M.S. EURYALUS/ THE SHIP WHICH LANDED/ THE FUSILIERS AT CAPE HELLES/ APRIL 25TH 1915.

Tablet

Height: 900MM

Width: 500MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

The 1st Lancashire Fusiliers were almost wiped out in the attempted landings at Cape Helles, as the beach which still bears their name today. HMS Euryalus was an aged pre-Dreadnaught cruiser on which the battalion had been transported. A photograph and watercolour of the ship and one of its name plates are in the Fusiliers Museum. A very unusual memorial