2014

SD8010 : Fusilier museum and war memorial

taken 9 years ago, near to Bury, England

Fusilier museum and war memorial
Fusilier museum and war memorial
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial, Gallipoli Gardens, Bury

The war memorial to the Lancashire Fusiliers in Gallipoli Gardens, Bury, was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944) and was unveiled on 25 April 1922 by Lieutenant General Sir H De Beauvoir De Lisle. The Lancashire Fusiliers suffered heavy losses in the Gallipoli campaign and Lutyens, whose father and uncle had both been members of the regiment, gave his services without fee.
The memorial was originally located outside the entrance of the Wellington Barracks on Bolton Road, Bury. However, the barracks were largely demolished during the 1970s and the memorial's location was adjusted slightly in response to this. The Fusilier Museum remained at the Bolton Road site until 2009 when it moved to a new location in the Grade II listed former Arts & Crafts Centre overlooking the junction of Silver Street and Moss Street. The war memorial was subsequently dismantled, repaired, restored and re-erected within Gallipoli Gardens (formerly known as Sparrow Park), adjacent to the newly relocated museum.
The memorial is Grade II listed. LinkExternal link

War Memorials

War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, LinkExternal link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. LinkExternal link
A search for memorials can be carried out at LinkExternal link


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SD8010, 1716 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 28 October, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 15 February, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 8031 1065 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:35.5232N 2:17.9368W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 8031 1067
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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