22-12-2009, 21:55
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Re: World War 1
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Originally Posted by spw
I've got some photographs and postcards in addition to the attached which I will scan over the Christmas break.
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The answer to the question in the poem, how many lads from Accrington.
5520 men from Accrington took the Kings Shilling during WW1. Over 500 of them served in the 11th Battalion East Lancs, but not all could be called Pals, after July 1st 1916 the pals ceased to exist.
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