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Retlaw · 28-07-2012, 21:12

The fallen from all wars were represented by the names of the ‘Accrington Pals’, who lost 500 of their 700 members in the battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Very nice for it to be recognised.

Nice one Mr Boyle[/quote]
Thats a load of tripe, the Accrington Pals casualties on the 1/5th July 1916 were well over 600 of the fighting strength of 720.
Wonder where they they got the names from, their not even all listed in Bill Turner's books, even Bill didn't know the true figures, I was getting ready to give Bill the figures when he died, if only I'd been ready 2 hours earlier.

28-07-2012, 21:12	#10
Retlaw I am Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington. Posts: 4,627 Liked: 601 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Olympic Ceremony The fallen from all wars were represented by the names of the ‘Accrington Pals’, who lost 500 of their 700 members in the battle of the Somme in the First World War. Very nice for it to be recognised. Nice one Mr Boyle[/quote] Thats a load of tripe, the Accrington Pals casualties on the 1/5th July 1916 were well over 600 of the fighting strength of 720. Wonder where they they got the names from, their not even all listed in Bill Turner's books, even Bill didn't know the true figures, I was getting ready to give Bill the figures when he died, if only I'd been ready 2 hours earlier.