Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Bury Boer War Memorial

The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial is located in Whitehead Gardens also known as the Clock Tower Gardens on the junction of Manchester Road and Knowsley Street in Bury. The memorial was moved here in the 1980's from its original location in the Market Place.




TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF LANCASHIRE FUSILERS
LINE MILITIA & VOLUNTEER
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR SOVEREIGN & COUNTRY
IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900-2
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY THEIR COMRADES OF ALL
RANKS & BY FRIENDS OF
THE REGIMENT


THE NAMES OF OFFICERS
NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN
WHO WERE KILLED OR WHO DIED
IN SOUTH AFRICA
1900-1902

CAPTAINS
C H HICKS
G M STEWART
V H A AWDRY
R R CHALLENOR
G de C LEMARCHANT
D H PARKER
R B BLUNT

LEUTENANTS
J J R MALLOCK
E FRASER
P F NEWNHAM
(INDIAN STAFF CORPS)
F O BARKER

COLOUR-SERGEANTS
ASTLEY J
POTTER R J
SHOEBOTHAM A
WAINWRIGHT J

SERGEANT-DRUMMER
BROWN T

SERGEANTS
CASS F
COX J
GREGORY J
HOLMES J A
HOPE F
HORRIDGE J
LIGHTFOOT R
STEWART J

CORPORALS
ALLEN A J
DARBY J
GREENHALL S
HEATON J V
KING T
LEIGHTON S
LUNN J
MASON E

LANCE-CORPORALS
CONCANNON J
CONNOLLY F T
DAVIES A
FLETCHER T
FOY N
KENNEDY W
KENYON W
LANG J
MITCHELL C
MITCHELL H
NIXON J
PRICE D
WALSH E
WALSH T

DRUMMERS
BACON J H
GREGG R
HODGSON F
SHEARON R



PRIVATES
APPLETON J
BAINBRIDGE E
BALLARD E
BARLOW R
BATTINSON W R
BEARD J
BECKFORD W
BENNETT S
BINNS W
BIRCH C
BOOTH W
BRADLEY G H
BRADY J
BRAZIER E
BRODERCK J
BROWN A A
BROWN E
BROWN J
BUCKLEY A
BULLO R
BURKE J
BUTLER T
BUTTERWORTH R
CADMAN J
CARNEY M
CARR J
CARTER T
CAVANAGH P
CHANEY J
COALBY J
COOKE B G
COPE B
CORRIGAN P
CROSBY J
DALANEY D
DALE A
DANIELS J
DEMPSEY W
DEVINE D
DODD C E
DOYLE G
DOYLE J
DYER D
EAVES R
ESCRITT H
EVERETT F
FLETCHER J
FOLEY J
FOTHERGILL T
FRASER J
FRIARS A H
GARNER W
GILL L
GOUGH A
GREEN G
GREEN M
GREENHALGH S
GREENWOOD F
GRIMSHAW W
HANDS W H
HANNON J
HARAN J
HARMER J
HART J
HARTLEY D
HASLAM T
HAWKER E
HAYNES W
HEATH G
HENDERSON J
HENRY J
HEYES J
HILL H
HILLYARD C
HINDLEY R
HODGSON F
HOGAN J
HOPKINS A
HOPKINS R
HOPKINS T
HORNER F M
HOULTRAM A
HOWELL A
JACKSON A


PRIVATES
JACKSON J
JACKSON T
JACQUES H
JOHNSTON J
KAVANAGH T
KAY A
KAY J
KEARNS J
KENNY J
LANE J
LAWSON J
LEE J
LEVETT T
LIGHTBOWN E
LINDLEY E
LONGWORTH S
LYONS J
M'CORMICK W
M'KEOWN W H
M'MANN C F
MARCHINGTON J
MARGERISON J
MARR P
MILLER G
MILLER H E
MOORE T
MOORES T
MOSELEY A
MOULTON F E
O'HARA J
OPENSHAW S
ORTON G
PEARSON J
PENDLEBURY J W
PENNOCK J
POLLARD J
POLLITT F
POWELL T
PRATT J
PULLEN F
RATCHFORD W
RAVEN H
REED H E
REEVES C
RICE T
RICHARDSON G H
RIGBY C
ROBERTS T
ROBINSON E
ROGERS R
ROTHWELL H
ROYLE J
RUSHMAN W
SALISBURY W
SINGLETON C
SINGLETON J
SINNETT T
SMITH A
SMITH E
SMITH G
STINSON J
STREET A
SWALES W
TAYLOR J
TAYLOR J
TAYLOR R
TAYLOR S
TERNEY G
THOMPSON E
TIMMINS P
TOBIN J
TURNER J T
WALKER J
WALSH M
WANLESS A
WELSFORD J
WESTHEAD J
WHITE J
WHITEHEAD C
WHITEHEAD J
WHITEHEAD R T
WILDMAN R
WILLIAMS A
WILLIAMSON J
WILSON G
WILSON J
WOODFORD H J
All photographs by Chris Gleave

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