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dotti34 · 07-11-2016, 06:06

Some time ago Retlaw you gave me information that answered a query for me and made sense of some family research I was doing. I was very grateful and I was most impressed with your knowledge then. I am absolutely blown away now with what you have achieved with your Accrington Pals research. Huge congratulations on a job well done and books printed.

Over the years so many good men and women have fought for their country, far too many paying the supreme sacrifice, but as time goes by they are often forgotten, except by their families. Walter, by devoting your time and effort into this very worthwhile project you have ensured that at least the ones who were the Pals are remembered, that their names will live on in perpetuity in your books.

You have a right to do with it all as you wish of course and on the one hand I can definitely understand your reluctance to give public access to this information knowing what some people with no scruples or morals have done in the past in claiming your work as their own. However, on the other hand I think it is such a shame that the names and information of those gallant Pals should be hidden away again after all the painstaking hours you have spent bringing them to light.

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dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: Greater Accrington Heroes. Some time ago Retlaw you gave me information that answered a query for me and made sense of some family research I was doing. I was very grateful and I was most impressed with your knowledge then. I am absolutely blown away now with what you have achieved with your Accrington Pals research. Huge congratulations on a job well done and books printed. Over the years so many good men and women have fought for their country, far too many paying the supreme sacrifice, but as time goes by they are often forgotten, except by their families. Walter, by devoting your time and effort into this very worthwhile project you have ensured that at least the ones who were the Pals are remembered, that their names will live on in perpetuity in your books. You have a right to do with it all as you wish of course and on the one hand I can definitely understand your reluctance to give public access to this information knowing what some people with no scruples or morals have done in the past in claiming your work as their own. However, on the other hand I think it is such a shame that the names and information of those gallant Pals should be hidden away again after all the painstaking hours you have spent bringing them to light.