Lancashire Fusiliers Cenotaph Sphinx - Salford, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 29.047 W 002° 16.324
30U E 548303 N 5926372
This sphinx is on top of a WWI war memorial that commemorated the men of the Lancashire Fusiliers regiment who died in WWI.
Waymark Code: WM11Y9R
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/10/2020
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The memorial is in the form of a Cenotaph surmounted by the carving of the sphinx.
The memorial has an inscription part of which is a list of countries that the regiment fought in. Immediately underneath the Sphinx is the word Egypt.
IN MEMORY OF
OFFICERS, W.O'S, N.C.O.'S & MEN OF
THE 1/7TH.2/7TH.1/8TH.2/8TH.3/8TH
15TH.16TH.19TH.20TH & 21ST
BATTALIONS
THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
AND OF
OFFICERS, W.O.'S, N.C.O.'S & 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
1914-1919
GALLIPOLI
SALONICA
SINAI
1939-1945
BURMA
MALTA G.C.
NORTH AFRICA
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