Pals Battalions Information and memorials. Accrington ‘Accrington Pals’ were the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment About.

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Pals Battalions Information and memorials

Accrington ‘Accrington Pals’ were the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment About half from Accrington and others from nearby towns 720 took part in attack at Serre on 1 st July 1916 with 584 killed, missing or wounded

Accrington Accrington war memorial commemorating local men who served in WW1. © Historic England, 2016

Accrington Accrington war memorial commemorating local men who served in WW1. © Historic England, 2016

Chorley ‘Y’ Company of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals) 221 local men from Chorley 175 involved in attack at Serre on 1 st July killed or wounded Chorley Pals memorial © Stephen Williams, 2013

Preston Part of 7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Served in France during 1915 including at Loos Due to fight at the Somme in the afternoon of 1 st July but attack cancelled Heavy casualties later in the battle and in 1917 Disbanded 1918 © War Memorials Trust, 2016

Barnsley Like Accrington Pals, the two Barnsley Pals Battalions of the York and Lancaster Regiment served in Egypt in 1915 Moved to France in 1916 Fought at Serre on 1 st July st Barnsley Pals suffered 270 casualties and the 2 nd Barnsley Pals suffered 275 casualties

Barnsley Barnsley memorial to locals who fought in WW1 © Historic England, 2016

Bradford Memorial in Bradford includes a tablet commemorating the Pals Bradford Pals were two Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment Suffered heavy casualties at the Somme on 1 st July 1916 Bradford memorial to locals who fought in WW1 © Historic England, 2016