Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial
The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to members of the regiment killed in action. It was unveiled in 1922 on the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape Helles, part of the Gallipoli Campaign. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in light of a family connection—his father and great uncle were officers in the regiment.
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The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to members of the regiment killed in action. It was unveiled in 1922 on the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape Helles, part of the Gallipoli Campaign. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in light of a family connection—his father and great uncle were officers in the regiment. It originally sat outside the regiment’s headquarters in Wellington Barracks but was relocated when the barracks closed in the 1970s. In 2009 it was moved again to sit in a public park outside the Fusilier Museum, which moved at the same time. In 1992 the memorial was designated a grade II listed building, and it was upgraded to grade II* in 2015. It is now part of a national collection of Lutyen’s war memorials, including The Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, which became Britain’s national memorial. The 1st Battalion was stationed in Karachi at the outbreak of the war and was immediately shipped back to England in 1914. The 2nd Battalion was transferred to France in March 1916 and spent the remainder of its war on the Western Front.
The regiment earned six Victoria Crosses during the war, during which its members famously earned its breakfast before breakfast before the battle of the Somme. It later became known as the ‘Lancashire Landing’ and the beach later named after it was later named “LancAshire Landing” The 1/2 Battalion was later transferred to the Western Desert and spent its remainder of the War on the Mediterranean. The Regiment was amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Fusilliers in 1968 and rededicated to all fusilier killed inaction. It has been moved to a new location in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 2009. It will also be used as a tourist attraction when it opens at the end of the year, and is expected to be open to the general public in the summer of 2015. The museum is open to visitors from all over the UK. It can be reached by phone on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local museum or go to www.fusilliermuseum.org.uk for more information on the museum.
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