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Originally Posted by Eric
Sorry my link didn't seem to work ... but the Pals' web site is well worth a visit for those of you who haven't already been there .... there is even an old movie clip of the Pals marching past.
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I have a copy of that film, managed to freeze frame it and identified
several of the men as they marched over West End Oswaldtwistle on August 1st 1915. Then I digitally copied them, removed all the blurring, touched them up, they are now in the William Turner collection.
The war diaries I obtained copies of them from Kew, they have been transcribed as near as possible. They are now in Accrington Library, there is also a copy in Fulwood Museum.
That pals web site does not list all the Accrington Pals, several are missing, and that does not include the many errors on that site. I have the names of over 4000 men who served in the 11th Battalion East Lancs Regiment. Since Bill Turner died, I have found 11 more, three of them last week.
Retlaw.