17th (Service) Battalion, (1st South East Lancashire), Lancashire Fusiliers.
Formed in Bury on 3rd December 1914 by Lieutenant Colonel G.E.Wike & a Committee as a Bantam Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 501 recorded WW1 deaths for the 17th (Service) Battalion, (1st South East Lancashire), Lancashire Fusiliers.
NIGHTINGALE, J. Serjeant, 17184. 17th (Service) Battalion, (1st South East Lancashire). Lancashire Fusiliers. Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Sunday 30-07-1916.
SYMONS, A. Private, 46490. 17th (Service) Battalion, (1st South East Lancashire). Lancashire Fusiliers. Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. Saturday 01-06-1918. Age 24. Son of Edwin & Frances Mary Symons of Rucklidge Avenue, Harlesden, London, UK.