The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will once again commemorate Gallipoli with a special church service and parade through the town.
Over 300 Fusiliers, veterans, cadets, and VIPs are expected to take part in the event which will take place on St George’s Day (Sunday 23rd April) the 55th anniversary of the regiment’s formation.
The commemorations start with a church service at Bury Parish church before a wreath laying ceremony to remember the fallen at Gallipoli. The parade made up of 5 Fusiliers, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Band and Corps of Drums Lancashire, Fusilier Association, Cadets, Sea Cadets and representatives from the Lorne Scots in Canada.
Lt Col (Retd) M R McDonald, Area Secretary North, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers said: “Gallipoli is such an important date in the Fusilier calendar, so we are delighted to be able to gather in person and commemorate it with a special church service and parade through the town once again. We hope the people of Bury will join us on this special occasion and pay tribute to all those who took part and lost their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign.”
The Gallipoli campaign was fought during World War I and took place in Turkey. At dawn on 25th April 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, part of the British 29th Division landed on a beach, to the west of Cape Helles- the southernmost tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Lancashire Fusiliers were famously awarded ‘Six VCs before breakfast’ and W Beach was renamed Lancashire Landing in honour of the Battalion that captured it.
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, known as ‘The Fusiliers’, is an English infantry Regiment in the British Army, formed from four historic Fusilier Regiments in1968. Since then, the Fusiliers have seen service across the world in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Balkans, the 1st and 2nd Gulf Wars and Afghanistan. The Regiment has two battalions – First Fusiliers in Tidworth and Fifth Fusiliers in Newcastle – and both adapt readily to challenging scenarios.
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