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30/03/2015
Lee Rigby Memorial Unveiled
A Lee Rigby memorial has been unveiled in his home town of Middleton in Greater Manchester.
25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered as he made his way back to Woolwich Barracks in London on 22 May, 2013.
A bronze drum and plaque were unveiled at the town's Memorial Garden, to honour Mr Rigby's service as a drummer and machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Speaking at an unveiling ceremony, regimental secretary of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Col Mike Glover, said: "The afternoon of May 22 2013 Fusilier Lee Rigby... paid the ultimate sacrifice when the horror of the battlefield was brought to the streets of Woolwich.
"That day will forever be embedded in our nation's history and for many here today it will remain forever in our hearts."
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25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered as he made his way back to Woolwich Barracks in London on 22 May, 2013.
A bronze drum and plaque were unveiled at the town's Memorial Garden, to honour Mr Rigby's service as a drummer and machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Speaking at an unveiling ceremony, regimental secretary of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Col Mike Glover, said: "The afternoon of May 22 2013 Fusilier Lee Rigby... paid the ultimate sacrifice when the horror of the battlefield was brought to the streets of Woolwich.
"That day will forever be embedded in our nation's history and for many here today it will remain forever in our hearts."
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19 November 2014
Permanent Memorial For Lee Rigby To Be Erected In Middleton
A bronze drum is to erected in Middleton as a permanent memorial to murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Fusilier Rigby was murdered near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22nd May 2013 in an attack by two British Muslim converts. He was 25-years-old.
Permanent Memorial For Lee Rigby To Be Erected In Middleton
A bronze drum is to erected in Middleton as a permanent memorial to murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Fusilier Rigby was murdered near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22nd May 2013 in an attack by two British Muslim converts. He was 25-years-old.
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