BURY’S Fusilier Museum is holding a free talk on the Battle of Spion Kop on January 24 at 2pm.

The talk will commemorate the 117th anniversary of the Boer War battle and will be hosted by author Jane Marchese Robinson.

Ms Robinson will provide an overview of the war and will recount the stories of men from the fusiliers who died or were terribly injured at the battle.

This focus on the stories of ordinary soldiers is echoed in her book, ‘Tracing your Boer War Ancestors: Soldiers of a forgotten war’.