ACCRINGTON PALS
The 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and the 158th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Published on 23. December 2008
256 pages
978-1-78346-882-9 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accrington and Burnley) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) and their families. Using information gathered from years of painstaking research in national and local archives and in private collections, he reconstructs, in vivid detail, the role played by these men on the Western Front. His book, which draws extensively on diaries, memoirs and letters, follows both infantry and artillerymen into the British armys bloodiest battles of the war, giving a graphic close-up view of their experiences. It is a moving record of the wartime service of a select group of local men during a time of unprecedented conflict.
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William Turner
Accrington Pals: a History of the 11th (service) Battalion (accrington) East Lancashire Regiment
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09/1993
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Person
Andrew Jackson was born and raised in Accrington and he has been fascinated by the story of the Accrington Pals since first visiting the battlefields of the Western Front in 1972, accompanied by Harry Bloor, one of the Pals who went over the top on 1 July 1916. He began researching the history of the Pals in 1980 and has been accumulating information about them ever since. He is the creator of the Accrington Pals website (www.pals.org.uk). From its inception in 1997, the website has grown to more than 280 pages. He has also created the one of the best Peninsular War websites: www.peninsularwar.org
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Terminology
- Chapter 1. A Determination to Make Good
- Chapter 2. On the Verge of War
- Chapter 3. Why Not Accrington?
- Chapter 4. Very Badly Shake
- Chapter 5. We Want to be There
- Chapter 6. Not Enough Men Born
- Chapter 7. Men of the Mechanic Class
- Chapter 8. A Most Colourful Personality
- Chapter 9. 'Some' Colonel
- Chapter 10. Away From All Civilization
- Chapter 11. No Time for Anything
- Chapter 12. They Fought Like Heroes
- Chapter 13. A Devilish Hot Time
- Chapter 14. The Old Spirit Still There
- Chapter 15. Ceased to Hope for Anything Better
- Chapter 16. The Hottest Show
- Chapter 17. This Gallant Officer
- Chapter 18. With Our Backs to the Wall
- Chapter 19. Peaceful Penetration
- Chapter 20. With Great Enthusiasm
- Chapter 21. Remembrance
- Chapter 22. Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
