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Title
Cenotaph
Date
1922 or before
Medium
stone
Accession number
M5_MH_S020
Work type
Monument
Owner
Salford Council
Custodian
Salford Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
17th July 1922
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front: OMNIA AUDAX / EGYPT / THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / IN MEMORY OF / OFFICERS, W.Os, N.C.Os & MEN OF / THE 1 / 7TH, 2 / 7TH, 3 / 7TH, 1 / 8TH, 2 / 8TH, 3 / 8TH / 15TH, 16TH, 19TH, 20TH & 21ST / BATTALIONS / THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / AND OF / OFFICERS, W.Os, N.C.Os & MEN / OF SALFORD / SERVING IN OTHER BATTALIONS / OF THE REGIMENT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / / ALSO / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945; right: EGYPT / / 1914 – 1919 / GALLIPOLI / SALONICA / SINAI / / 1939 – 1945 / BURMA. MALTA. G.C. / NORTH AFRICA. / SICILY. ITALY. ; rear (on base): THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY / THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / SALFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / AND WAS UNVEILED BY / THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF DERBY K.G. P.C. G.C.B. G.C.M.O / ON THE 17th JULY 1922 / NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE MONEY RAISED / WAS HANDED TO THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / COMPASSIONATE WAR MEMORIAL FUND / FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF / THE REGIMENT AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; left: EGYPT / / 1914 – 1919 / FRANCE / BELGIUM / EGYPT / / 1939 – 1945 / GREAT BRITAIN / FRANCE BELGIUM / HOLLAND GERMANY
