VISITORS to the ‘Pals’ memorials in Northern France are facing a struggle to get there after ‘harassment’ from a local farmer. The memorial site at Serre-les-Puisieux contains a memorial wall made ...
Early in September 1914 the Mayor of Accrington called for 100 men to form a battalion. Over 1200 men volunteered in only ten days. Near Somme at 7.30a.m. in the bright sunshine of 1st July 1916 over ...