SOLDIERS old and new united on Sunday to commemorate Bury's brave and fearless Lancashire Fusiliers.
Eight-nine years ago to the very day, April 25, hundreds of local "boys" were slaughtered as they stormed the Turkish held beaches at Gallipoli during the First World War.
Despite the losses on the first day of action, the brave Lancashire Fusiliers (LFs) won not only undying fame on W Beach but six VCs "before breakfast".
Over the ten months that followed, 6,000 men from six battalions of LFs fought in the campaign. Eighty-eight officers and 1,728 fusiliers perished.
On Sunday, those who died were honoured by the LFs' home town.
Led by the Lorne Scots Pipe and Drums and the Fusiliers Association Band and Drums, the parade of veteran LFs and soldiers and cadets from the local TA and ACF detachments made its way through the town centre after a service of remembrance at Bury Parish Church.
A wreath was laid at the cenotaph and a two minutes' silence was observed in tribute to the Gallipoli heroes.
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