Three of the 65 UGLE Freemasons awarded the VC came from this Battalion: Richard Raymond Willis, Cuthbert Bromley and John Elisha Grimshaw (of the famous “six VCs before breakfast”), for a single action of bravery at the Gallipoli landings. All three survived the war. An additional five Freemasons were members of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
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