|
Re: Pals
Two of my relatives were killed in the Great War, I was told one of them was the youngest English soldier to die in this war, he was only 15 and the regiments drummer boy, he was serving in the East Lancs Regiment, with his two older brothers, they were with him when he was shot and relayed the message that he died quickly to my great grandfather, who was the colour sergeant major for the regiment.
The other was killed at the Somme aged 24, he was born in Birtwistle Street yard in Accrington.
All my family are from the Coppice end of Accrington, although as a child we lived in Park Road and then College Street
|