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The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial, now situated in Gallipoli Gardens, outside the Fusilier Museum, in Bury, Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire), England. Date 27 November 2017, 11:39:55
The Fusilier Museum was originally housed in the Wellington Barracks on Bolton Road. In 2009, the museum moved into the former Bury Arts and Crafts Centre building on Broad Street, which had closed in December 2004 after 110 years on the site. [1] The new museum was officially opened by the Duke of Kent on 25 September 2009. [2]
The barracks were completed as part of the response to the Chartist riots in 1845. [1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment with the Bury-based 7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles). [2]
Fusiliers Museum may refer to: Fusilier Museum, Bury, Greater Manchester; Fusiliers Museum (London), Tower of London; Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, Alnwick, Northumberland; Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; see Royal Irish Fusiliers § Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
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 trustees of the museum joined forces with Warwickshire County Council to acquire St John's House in 1961. The Council opened their museum of the ground floor and the trustees of the regimental museum occupied the first floor. Both museums were opened by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery on 2 August 1961. [1]
The Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester [33] The Museum of the Manchesters was based at Ashton Town Hall but remains closed while the town hall is being redeveloped [34] The Middlesex Regiment museum, formerly in Bruce Castle, closed in 1992 and was absorbed into the National Army Museum [35]
Royal Fusiliers Regimental Museum, August 2014 The Fusilier Museum is located in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Headquarters at HM Tower of London . It also represents World War One soldiers of six London Regiment battalions ( 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 29th and 30th ) which had been attached to the Royal Fusiliers prior to 1908.