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Eric · 01-07-2008, 20:18

Just as an aside, and it is something worth considering for any community impacted by that terrible day, July the first in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is Memorial Day, a day on which Newfoundlanders remember the heroism of the First Newfoundland Regiment, a unit which, like the Pals, was a regiment formed of friends and brothers. The University in St. John's Nfld is called Memorial University to honor the memory of the men slaughered on July 1. The Newfoundlanders attacked at Beaumont Hamel, very close to Serre, where the Pals went over the top. Not that it is any of my business any more, but I think it would be a great idea, if every year on July 1, there was some formal recognition in Accrington and district of what those men of the Pals did. After all, the Accrington Pals are the most famous of the Pals battallions.

01-07-2008, 20:18	#17
Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58528	Re: July 1st 92 years ago Just as an aside, and it is something worth considering for any community impacted by that terrible day, July the first in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is Memorial Day, a day on which Newfoundlanders remember the heroism of the First Newfoundland Regiment, a unit which, like the Pals, was a regiment formed of friends and brothers. The University in St. John's Nfld is called Memorial University to honor the memory of the men slaughered on July 1. The Newfoundlanders attacked at Beaumont Hamel, very close to Serre, where the Pals went over the top. Not that it is any of my business any more, but I think it would be a great idea, if every year on July 1, there was some formal recognition in Accrington and district of what those men of the Pals did. After all, the Accrington Pals are the most famous of the Pals battallions.