1st
5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Gallipoli |
1st 5th Bn Landing at Gallipoli
Waiting to go over the top at Gallipoli
"A folding card sent to loved ones from 1/5th Bn in Gallipoli"
From the collection of pics sent by Gladys Warne.
A group photo postcard of men in the
1/5th Battalion
August 1914 : in the Castle Armoury, Bury. Part of Lancashire Fusiliers
Brigade, East Lancashire Division.
25 September 1914 : landed in Egypt.
5 May 1915 : landed on Gallipoli.
26 May 1915 : formation became 125th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.
28 December 1915 : landed on Mudros and proceeded to Egypt.
27 February 1917 : landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front.