Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

About

Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a memorial in north west. (War memorial in Greater Manchester, England.) According to Wikipedia: "The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to members of the Lancashire Fusiliers killed in that conflict. Outside the Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, it was unveiled in 1922—on the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape Helles, part of the Gallipoli Campaign in which the regiment suffered particularly heavy casualties. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. He was commissioned in light of a family connection—his father and great uncle were officers in the Lancashire Fusiliers, a fact noted on a plaque nearby. He designed a tall, slender obelisk in Portland stone. The regiment's cap badge is carved near the top on the front and rear, surrounded by a laurel wreath."

Coordinates

53.5923, -2.2987

Sources

• osm: n12412269164 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Lancashire Fusiliers memorial, Gallipoli Garden, Bury (5).JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)