New to Transdev Lancashire United as 1824 for 'Spot On' services at Blackburn.
One of 6 Rosso buses named to complement the 'Gallipoli Bus' (204) to commemorate the centenary of the '6 VC's before breakfast' at the Gallipoli landings during the 1st World War. Every year the Gallipoli campaign is celebrated in Bury, the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
To mark the centenary the Fusilier Museum opened a new exhibition which for the first time displayed all six VC medals but only for a limited period.
Sgt. Alfred Joseph Richards V.C.
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Richards from Plymouth served in the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers and was one of six members of the Regiment to be elected for the Victoria Cross.
The award reflected their extreme bravery when they supported an attack on enemy machine gun positions during a hard-won beach landing west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey on 25 April 1915. Collectively, they became known as 'the six VCs before breakfast'.
Alfred was wounded during the action and, as a result of this, had to have his right leg amputated above the knee a month after the attack. He was discharged from the Army on 31 July 1915 but went on to serve in the Home Guard as a Provost Sergeant during the Second World War.
Alfreds father had also served in the Lancashire Regiment.
The other five of the '6 VCs before breakfast' were awarded to Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Kenealy, Richard Raymond Willis and Frank Stubbs.
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New to Lancashire United as 1829 at Blackburn for 'Spot On' services.
One of 6 Rosso buses named to complement the 'Gallipoli Bus' (204) to commemorate the centenary of the '6 VC's before breakfast' at the Gallipoli landings during the 1st World War. Every year the Gallipoli campaign is celebrated in Bury, the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
To mark the centenary the Fusilier Museum opened a new exhibition which for the first time displayed all six VC medals but only for a limited period.
Frank Stubbs was 27 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War. He was killed in action on 25 April 1915 while landing on W Beach in Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Stubbs was one of the six members of the regiment elected for the award by the survivors. These were hailed in the press as 'six VC's before breakfast', and the commander of the Allied troops at Gallipoli, General Ian Hamilton ordered that the beach be renamed 'Lancashire Landing'.
The other five of the '6 VCs before breakfast' were awarded to Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Kenealy, Alfred Joseph Richards and Richard Raymond Willis
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One of 6 Rosso buses named to commemorate the centenary of the '6 VC's before breakfast' at the Gallipoli landings during the 1st World War. Every year the Gallipoli campaign is celebrated in Bury, the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
To mark the centenary Rosso buses and the Fusilier Museum in Bury 'joined forces' with a special version of the Rosso livery in the regimental colours of The Lancashire Fusiliers on bus 204, and a new exhibition which for the first time displayed all six VC medals but only for a limited period.
An account about Lt. Col. John Grimshaw can be found on this link.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimshaw
The other five of the '6 VCs before breakfast' were awarded to Cuthbert Bromley, Frank Stubbs, William Kenealy, Alfred Joseph Richards and Richard Raymond Willis
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New to Lancashire United as 1822 at Blackburn for 'Spot On' services.
One of 6 Rosso buses named to complement the 'Gallipoli Bus' (204) to commemorate the centenary of the '6 VC's before breakfast' at the Gallipoli landings during the 1st World War. Every year the Gallipoli campaign is celebrated in Bury, the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
To mark the centenary the Fusilier Museum opened a new exhibition which for the first time displayed all six VC medals but only for a limited period.
Captain Richard Raymond Willis V.C.
In 1915 he was part of the near-disastrous Gallipoli landings on 25th April, when he led ‘C’ Company of the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers ashore under the most intense fire from Turkish defenders at Cape Helles.
Willis led the few survivors against the gun emplacements and was one of the six members of the regiment elected for the award.
Captain Willis was Elected by Ballot to receive a Victoria Cross, one of the famous ‘Six VCs Before Breakfast’ of the initial Gallipoli assault.
The other five of the '6 VCs before breakfast' were awarded to Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Kenealy, Alfred Joseph Richards and Frank Stubbs.
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New to Lancashire United as 1826 at Blackburn for 'Spot On' services.
One of 6 Rosso buses named to complement the 'Gallipoli Bus' (204) to commemorate the centenary of the '6 VC's before breakfast' at the Gallipoli landings during the 1st World War. Every year the Gallipoli campaign is celebrated in Bury, the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
To mark the centenary the Fusilier Museum opened a new exhibition which for the first time displayed all six VC medals but only for a limited period.
Private William Kenealy V.C.
On 25 April 1915 west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, he was 28 years old when he performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Three companies of the 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by deadly fire from hidden machine guns which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, including Pte Kenealy however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Pte Kenealy was selected by is comrades as having performed an act of bravery and devotion to duty and was awarded the V.C.
The other five of the '6 VCs before breakfast' were awarded to Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, Frank Stubbs, Alfred Joseph Richards and Richard Raymond Willis
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