Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Bury
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1969
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23196
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Market Place
Bury
Bury
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 800 100
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- COLOURED REGIMENT BADGE ON TOP. QUEEN'S AND REGIMENTAL COLOURS ARE PRESENT.
- Inscription
- TO HONOUR THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS OF ALL RANKS WHO SERVED IN PEACE AND WAR. THE REGIMENT RAISED BY SIR JOHN PENNINGTON IN 1688 BECAME THE 20TH OR E. DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS, 1702 AND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS IN 1881. ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY 1968 THE REGIMENT JOINED WITH 5,6 AND 7 FUSILIER REGIMENTS TO FORM THE ROYAL REGIMENET OF FUSILIERS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1600MM, width 900MM
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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