Kitchener's Bugle Posted 18 February , 2015 Share Posted 18 February , 2015 Hi all, here are some recent images that I took in Bury!. Firstly the War Memorial with its exceptional panels which tell the story of the Great War in the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kitchener's Bugle Posted 19 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2015 9). Plaques and memorials from inside the Fusilier Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kitchener's Bugle Posted 19 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2015 17). From the museums Garden of Remembrance............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Hone Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Other interesting war memorials in the town centre are the Unitarian Church Memorial opposite the Fusilier Museum and the triptych wooden memorial inside St Marie's Roman Catholic Church. Both have names inscribed on them, unlike the main town memorial shown in the excellent photos. Bury Parish Church contains a number of memorials to units and individuals including Major Geoffrey Clarkson Kay, an LF Gallipoli veteran who was killed in the 1918 German Spring Offensive. A plaque to its fallen employees which used to be inside the old central post office can now be seen in the foyer of the Wellington Road sorting office outside the town centre. Bury Grammar School has two memorials to its old boys who died in the Great War: the original in the Roger Kay Hall in what is now the Girls' School and another, also incorporating the Second World War names, commissioned for the Boys' School Hall in the 1990s. Bury College has a room containing war memorials formerly housed at its predecessor establishments, such as Stand Grammar School. The magnificent Fusilier battle honours board is one of my personal favourites. Careful examination ( and I've spent a lot of time looking at it) does reveal a couple of spelling mistakes by the letterer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 I haven't got a photo to hand of the grave, but there's a special memorial in Gallipoli Gardens to Sir Gilbert Mackereth MC. This (with some changes of tense to reflect the current situation) is the story of Sir Gilbert as taken from the Lancashire Fusiliers Asscoation web site. Sir Gilbert Mackereth, former Commanding Officer of the 17th Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers was evicted from his grave in 2009, by the authorities in San Sebastian due to unpaid taxes. Following a considerable amount of footwork by Terry Dean of the Western Front Association and Friend of the Fusilier Museum, the remains of Sir Gilbert were returned to this country and have been interred in the refurbished Gallipoli Garden. Sir Gilbert's story is fascinating and combines two of the regiments that were to become the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He was born in Salford in 1892 and was educated at Keswick Grammar School and then Manchester University. It was from the University that in 1914 he joined the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, which was part of the University and Public Schools' Brigade. He travelled to France in November 1915, spending three months in the trenches east of Bethune. It is of significance that the Colour of the 21st Battalion still survives and is currently part of the Royal Fusilier Collection in the Tower of London. In 1916 Sir Gilberth was selected to become an officer and on completion of his training in Oxford, he joined the 17th Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers in France, east of Arras. It was during the action by the 17th Battalion to capture Gricourt in April 1917, that Sir Gilbert saved a patrol that had been cut off by a German machine gun post. He was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. In August he was seriously wounded near Cambria and was hospitalised in Manchester for several of months. He returned to France in July 1918 and took command of the 17th Battalion in October remaining in post throughout the final British offensive of the Great War. Following his released from the army in April 1919, Sir Gilbert joined the Diplomatic Service, during which time he was knighted. Following his distinguished service he retired to Spain and died in San Sebastian, in 1962. Sir Gilbert is believed to be the first soldier from World War I to be repatriated to England since the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey in 1920. It's some story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 If you check out the Fusiliers websites there are rather a lot of activities in Bury by the Fusiliers in commemoration of GALLIPOLI quite soon. They are calling it GALLIPOLI 100. See here; http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/Gallipoli100.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickpreston@nasuwt.net Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Terry Dean of Preston and a member of North Lancashire WFA was largely responsible for the Sir Gilbert repatriation. He is an excellent researcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 19 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Hi Mark, here is the Bury Unitarian Church Memorial................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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