The book tells the story behind the lives of a group of young men from St. Helens who volunteered to serve with the 11th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment – also known as the ‘St. Helens Pals’.
Lt Charles Cautherley, of the Hertfordshire Regiment, died on 26 April 1918 near Ypres. He had been commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing close to Zonnebeke, but recent research ...
who died in Belgium in WW1 A soldier who died in World War One will be rededicated after his body was identified at a cemetery in Belgium. Lt Charles Cautherley of the Hertfordshire Regiment died ...
The "heroic courage and self-sacrifice" of Private James Miller during the Battle of Somme saved the lives of his comrades.
In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds ... Private Charlie 'Ginger' Byrne from the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment was number three in a Vickers gun team which ...
Arthur Bradley from Crewe fought and survived WW1. His 91 year old son has recently discovered his father's amazing journey ...
A BENCH commemorating the centenary of WW1 has been destroyed by vandals just weeks before Remembrance Day- causing shock and anger in the community.