Pals Battalions Information and memorials Accrington Accrington Pals

Pals Battalions Information and memorials

Accrington • ‘Accrington Pals’ were the 11 th (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 war memorial commemorating local men who served in WW 1. © Historic England, 2016

Chorley • • Chorley Pals memorial © Stephen Williams, 2013 ‘Y’ Company of the 11 th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals) 221 local men from Chorley 175 involved in attack at Serre on 1 st July 1916 93 killed or wounded

Preston • Part of 7 th (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 1916 • 1 st Barnsley Pals suffered 270 casualties and the 2 nd Barnsley Pals suffered 275 casualties

Barnsley memorial to locals who fought in WW 1 © Historic England, 2016 Barnsley

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 WW 1 © Historic England, 2016