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davidf · 16-03-2008, 19:20

May I post this as an observation? Not all Accrington infantrymen who fought in WW1 were enlisted into the Pals. A Grand Uncle of mine, who was a 32-year old married man with a child, was killed at the Battle of Loos in late 1915 (before The Battle of The Somme, which as you know was July 1916). He was serving with 2nd Battalion The Suffolk Regiment! He has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Loos Memorial in north France. My GU had been born in Bury in 1882 but his family had moved to Accrington during 1883 or 1884.

16-03-2008, 19:20	#9
davidf Full Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 116 Liked: 5 times Rep Power: 1411	Re: Pals May I post this as an observation? Not all Accrington infantrymen who fought in WW1 were enlisted into the Pals. A Grand Uncle of mine, who was a 32-year old married man with a child, was killed at the Battle of Loos in late 1915 (before The Battle of The Somme, which as you know was July 1916). He was serving with 2nd Battalion The Suffolk Regiment! He has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Loos Memorial in north France. My GU had been born in Bury in 1882 but his family had moved to Accrington during 1883 or 1884.