FUSILIERS marked the 250th anniversary of one of the most important battles in their history with a colourful parade in the newly-named Gallipoli Garden.
Veterans from the Regimental Association Lancashire from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and others took part in the Minden Day Parade and Fusilier March Out on Sunday.
They formed up at the Wellington Barracks in Bury and, after a brief ceremony, travelled by bus to the town’s Moss Street, where the new Fusilier Museum is now located.
Association members then formed up at the nearby Gallipoli Garden for a drumhead service, conducted by the Reverend Hugh Bearn, vicar of St Anne’s Church, Tottington, who is padre to the regimental headquarters.
His son, Freddie, played the bagpipes, while bugler Michael Pickering, also from the Fusilier Association Band, performed The Last Post. During the event, silver memorial drums were piled up on top of each other and regimental standards placed on the drums.
The Battle of Minden, which brought important battle honours for the Lancashire Fusiliers, was fought in 1759 and saw British infantry, including Lancashire Fusiliers, advance on French troops despite being outnumbered by a formidable mass of calvary.
The move surprised the French who were eventually beaten.
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