The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial
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The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 May 2021
The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial at the southern end Bury’s Whitehead Gardens comprises a sandstone plinth with bronze inscriptions and a realistically-depicted statue of a soldier in ‘review order’ uniform in a pose of dignified triumph, holding aloft his busby in his right hand and with his left heel slightly raised. The soldier is depicted wearing the regiment’s home uniform, rather than the one worn in South Africa, allowing the full regimental honours to be displayed. The memorial was unveiled by the 17th Earl of Derby on 18 March 1905. The statue was originally erected in Market Square in Bury town centre (where it is marked on the 1910 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map), before being moved to its present site in 1920 where it is marked on the 1930 1:2,500 map. The inscription on the plaque reads: "To the glorious memory of Lancashire Fusiliers 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" Image] The memorial was Grade II-listed in 2017 (List Entry Number: 1440258 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440258 Historic England)
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