Accrington Pals - work in progress
Created | Updated Jul 17, 2005
A First World War piece - a haunting story of a community devastated by the policy of having friends fighting together in the belief that men would fight harder if they were fighting alongside people they felt deeply for them. Unfortunately, in this kind of war, bravery wasn't enough.
11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment, better known as the Accrington Pals