2015 marks the Centenary of the ill fated allied invasion of Gallipoli in which almost 600,000 Allies and Turkish soldiers were killed. Included in the British Forces were the men who formed 1/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. These men were drawn mainly from Bury, Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale, Todmorden and what is today Greater Manchester. It is to the memory of the men of both sides and the recognition of their sacrifice this blog and the Reading The Century events have been facilitated by the Rochdale Co-operative Members Volunteer Group.
Local Area Roll of Honour

Cut Up About World War One

Germans’ anchored Council questions?
Churchill thoughts?
Council believe
Sedd-el-Bahr minefields
ability Peninsula fleet
a disaster however
a gamble
had become LOUDER
over 200,000
gone.  

© Julia McClay 2015
Langley Writers