Features Pages
and
Lancashire Fusiliers of Interest
Famous (or infamous)


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Items:

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The latest feature to go on site

The Feature page
of
Lt Frank Wood 1LF and 1st 7th LF

The Feature Page
of
Sgt Henry James Batt

who served in the Boar war as a bandsman
he served with 1LF 2 LF and 3LF
and with John Lynn VC DCM

11th March 2021

The feature page
of

Ken Swift
And his history with

HMS Euryalus anf the Lancashire Fusiliers

 

 

The feature page
of
Private Joseph Bryant McKenna,

39042, 2nd/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
An Aussie in the Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1

The Feature Page
of

Pte George Heard / Heardley DCM MM
1st / 7th Lancashire Fusiliers
He also served with the Manchester Regiment and the 4th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Militia

Feature page
of
Pte Maurice Rosenthal
C Coy 15th Battalion
(1st Salford Pals )
Lancashire Fusiliers
KIA first day of the Somme
and how the sewer men dug his rifle up

The feature Page of
Arthur Lawson
1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
India 1945
he is the son of Edward Lawson VC Gordon Highlanders 1898

The Murder
of
Cpl Samuel Ashworth from Bolton
in 1884
whilst Stationed in Ireland
includes court transcript of his inquest

Murdered for standing on a dog leg by accicdent

Seth Farrington

born 2nd August 1915 died 24th April 1970), Army Number 3458346

enlisted at Rochdale aged 24 on the July 1st 1940 joining the Lancashire Fusiliers

and following initial training he served with the 11th Battalion.

James Hornby

2nd / 5th Lancashire Fusiliers Served at D Day
transfered when 2nd/5th disbanded
and A Coy went on to served with
7th Welsh Fusiliers

The Feature page
of
George Bradley
2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
who served in the Boer War in South Africa Omdurman and Spion Kop and is on the web site list as serving there
between 11th October 1899 and 31 May 1902.

The feature Page
of

Fusilier James Garner (Jim). 1/8 Battalion, Lancs Fus.
Army no. 4350469. POW no. 1206.

Born Salford, Lancs in 1919. Enlisted T.A. in May 1939;

called for active service Sept 1939;
transferred to the 1/8th Lancs Fusiliers in Nov 1939
sent in by
Lynne Wilkinson

The Feature Page
of
David Hallworth
2nd Bn Lancshire Fusiliers
Trieste

After 5 years of getting his Feature ready

Geoff Pycroft has finished it
The Feature Page
of
Geoffrey Pycroft

The Les Ingham

Feature

his military Life

Not Finished

The Feature Page
Of
LCpl Milner Phillips

his Diary on the lead up to Gallipoli


The feature page
of

Lt Allen James Beeson
1st / 8th Lancashire Fusiliers
and
5FFR now known as the Frontier Force Regiment
( Pakistan Army ).

Captain Geoffrey Bowen MC
2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

The Feature page
of

Arthur Chappell


1st 8th Lancashire Fusiliers 1943

The Regimental Colours
of the
Lancashire Fusiliers

(this will be a large project and is on going and is far from complete)

The Feature Page
of

Joseph Newton

2nd / 6th Lancashire Fusiliers
1915 1918
Great Grandfather of Tony Wroe 2RRF

The Feature Page
of
Victor Power
2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Served in Dunkirk

The Feature page
of
WO2 Rudolph (Drummy) Robinson

The Feature Page
of
Edward Morrison
we think he is our oldest LF

25th November 2018

Parliamentary War Memorial

Fusiliers in both WW1 & WW2

 

The Story
of
John (Mucky) Mason DCM
"The Ghost Gunner of Monte Cassino”
2 LF


The Mystery
of the
Minden Roses

 

The Feature
of
Captain Deans Graham-Brown
8th September 1914 to 23rd April 1921

18th Royal Fusiliers, 9th ,19th, and 3rd Lancashire Fusiliers
includes letters home from the Somme

The Feature page
of
Major-General Lewis Owen Lyne CB, DSO

9th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

and Commander of the Desert Rats
for final leg through the Siegfried Line in to Germany

John Albert Hollingsworth
2nd/7th 2nd/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

Joy Foy's (2RRF) Grandfather


6th Feb 2019
now with John's Great Uncle
John William Threlkeld
1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

Lt Francis Kevin McCormack
He was the Baggage officer on return from India and oneof his charges was Minnie and tells the story of how he nearly lost Minnie

18th Feb 2017

The
Kenneth Pollitt
Story
Kenneth was 2nd / 5th Lancashire Fusiliers a wrote a diary of his time in the army called

"THE DIARY OF A CONSCRIPT SOLDIER"
it is now on site with permission from David Pollitt his son

One of the many
Gallipoli 100 success Stories
cuttings from
British Bandsman Magazine

Captain A.A. Townsend,
2/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers,

The Feature Page
of
Donald Barrett

This is a Bury lad joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in June 1940

Joe Eastwood's and Ray Cunningham's

trip to the Somme 4th April 2014

41440 Pte William Phillips

KIA 2nd 5th Lancashire Fusiliers 20th September 1917

East of Ypres

 

William Roberts
2nd 5th Lancashire Fusiliers
KIA
8/8/1916

6th Jan 2014

3rd July 2016

The Nally Family

30th December 2017

Sgt James McDonald
1st / 8th Bn Lancashire Fusilier
through out WW2 served in Burma and was at Dunkirk includes war diaries news paper cuttings and citations

This is our biggest feature to date over 4 weeks work by us to put it on site
Heaven knows how long James had been working on it.

There is a Burma silk map in the pack which the Fusiliers Museum is getting preserved as it is quite delicate

Richard Jones

1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

China 1937
he was a battalion boxer

6th Jan 2014

James (Vince) Moran
in his own words

John Barlow
1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Chindits
1939 - 1948

Abner Settle

2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers.

 

Battles of The Boyne, Athlone

and Aghrim Hill

Capt John Tattersall

16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd Salford Pals
1915 - 1916
Letters / Diary

The Feature Page
of
Jack Eastham
11th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
WW2 Malta

The Feature Page
of
Peter Maher MM
2nd and 15th Bn Lancshire Fusiliers


But not Finished
15th November 2011

The Feature Page
of
Alf Brewster

Updated 17th Oct 2011

The Feature Page
of
L/Cpl George Gallagher

2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
1916-19 then again 1919-1922

The Feature Page
of
3448128
Fusilier George Tracey
2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
1936 to 1946
Battle Axe Div

The Feature page
of
Sgt Walter Bullock

The Feature page
of
Sir Gilbert Mackereth,
former Commanding Officer of the
17th Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers

Feature page
of
Lt Col J A Cross


12th October 2011

John Edward (Jack) Cannon
23 years in the Lancashire Fusiliers
and then became the Band leader at
Bury Palais

He also wrote the tune
"The Minden Rose"

Bill Spurin

10th Bn Lancashire Fusilier
1940 to 1946

MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT ROSS
Served with distinction in Holland, Egypt, Italy, Spain, and France.Conquered in America, and fell victorious at Baltimore. Born 1766, Hilden 1799, Alexandria 1804, Maida 1806, Corunna 1809, Vittoria 1813, Ortho 1813, Pyrenees 1813, Bladensburg 1814, Baltimore 1814.

The Story
of
Wellington Barracks
and
Castle Armoury
(Drill Hall Bury)

William Watson DCM
2nd Lancashire Fusiliers
and
Durham Light Infantry
and others
1858-1918

Charles Thomley

2nd Bn and 1st / 8th Bn

Lancashire Fusiliers

Lt. Kenneth N Tuffnell DSO
And
3385345 Private
Charles Verdun Wride MM

3442451 RSM Thomas Vincent McMahon
2nd Bn
Lancashire Fusiliers

Four Groups of photos dating back to
1905

1923

1967

 

David Hindley

1LF Egypt

1950 - 1952

over 230 photos

The Wallace Jackson

Feature

2LF Battle Axe Division

Wallace was a friend of
Frank Jefferson VC

 

Major Arthur Alexander McKay

10th Battalion
The XX
Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action in Burma
27 December 1942"

Sgt. Walter Armstrong
Served with 2LF at Omderman,
Spion Kop moved to Australia
and then went to
Gallipoli and Mudros and France where he won the Croix de Guerre
He did 41 years in the British and Australian Army's

Major John Neville Smale
2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
and
No 3 Commando.

Fusilier H. B. Pattinson MM
10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Burma

There is alot more to come with this Feature so keep watching

Bill Hastings
120 photos of his time with the Lancashire Fusiliers
1931 to 1939
in China, Aldershot, Aden, and India

"The Ghost Gunner of
Monte Cassino”
Updated 6th Jun 2014

22495305 Cpl Paul Harrison
Signed on in Chester 19th July 1951
Served with 1LF
Bury Depot, Egypt, Kenya, Cyprus, and Iserlohn
over 220 photos of his time with the LFs and include some photos of the storming of the Police Station in Ismailia by 8Plt C Coy
sent in by Diana Needham Paul's Daughter


30th June 2008

Anthony Bramham
story
Natioal Serviceman
1959 to 1961
he took 336 Photos of his time in Bury, Cyprus, and Osnabruck.

 

I mentioned the war
The
Joseph Holt
Story
2 LF at the
Battle of
Medjez el Bab

Cyril Robinson
Here Cyril tell his own stories click here

Minnie the Mascot

new Photo 1/12/05
14/01/06

William Roughly


3rd July 2016


Francis Arthur Jefferson VC



18th June 2012

Walter Dyer
The Shouting Fusilier

2/8/07
Spion Kop Memorial

Alfred Richards V.C
one of the Famous six before breakfast VC'

The George Powell
Story
1LF
World War 2

7th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers TA

Converted to 354 Searchlight Bn


3rd April 2019

284 Private
Nathaniel Hartley
[1888-1914]
2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers.

Henry Gething
Lancashire Fusilier
1892 - 1915

Colonel Hugh Crofton

The XXth of Foot"
and
Fulwood Barracks and McCaffery's Ghost

The Battle Signs
of
The XXth The Lancashire Fusiliers
in
WW1.

Shot at Dawn
8
Lancashire Fusiliers
Pardoned

Albert Green MM BEM
2LF


L/Cpl
Albert Ernest Edwards

Lancashire Fusiliers.
wounded at
Gallipoli.

The Laverick Family



22/07/2020

The Mystery of the wooden plaque found near Salibury signed by 3 20th Bn LFs before going to the front in WW1
Pte Frank Nuttall
L/Cpl John Higham

Pte John W Flynn

Lancashire Fusiliers of Interest
Famous (or infamous)

Ian Greaves,
Lancashire Fusilier National Service Sergeant
and Manchester United Footballer



Jack Howarth

Uncle Albert Tatlock
Left Coronation Street to be the Curator of the LF museum
The Making of a Monster

Joe has the book in his locker its called
"The Knick-Knack Man."
WILLIAM
"THE MUTILATOR
MACDONALD"