A 75 year old alliance was celebrated on Sunday when the Lancashire Fusiliers renewed their friendship with Canadian military allies.

The Lorne Scots Guards' links with the Lancashire Fusiliers began in 1929 when Sir Robert Peel gave the volunteer fighting force the right to be allied with the famous British regiment.

In the ensuing years, and during the Second World War, officers from the Lorne Scots would serve with the LFs.

The Lorne Scots were also permitted to wear the LFs hackle.

To mark the 75th anniversary of their alliance, the Lorne Scots Pipe Drum Band, the majority of whom are Canadian police officers and firefighters, flew into Bury to lead the town's annual Gallipoli Parade as well as performing a series of concerts at Bury Drill Hall along with the Lancashire Fusilier Association Band and Corps of Drums.

On Sunday morning, hundreds of spectators enjoyed glorious sunshine as the parade marched through the town. Among those taking part were members of the Bury LFA, the Fusilier Territorial Army unit, the Fusilier Army Cadet Force, Bury Grammar School Combined Cadet Force, Sea Cadets, Air Cadets and various civilian organisations.

During the serving at Bury Parish Church the Rev Dr John Findon reminded the congregation of the bravery shown by young boys, many from Bury, who poured on to the heavily defended beaches at Gallipoli at great cost to their lives.

On the first day of the famous battle, on April 25, 1915, 11 officers and 350 men of the battalion, and 63 of the 80 naval ratings manning the cutters were killed or wounded.

However, the 1st Battalion won undying fame on W Beach and the regiment's proud boast of "six VCs before breakfast".

During the next ten months, the 6,000 men of the six LF battalions, lost a total of 1, 808 soldiers and many more were wounded.

Eighty-nine-years on, the heroic survivors of Gallipoli have all passed on: age will, like those who were killed on the beach, not weary them.