matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 4 Sat 15th Mar 2014 7:21pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:241 Now that we are in the 100th anniversary year of the start of the Great War, and coupled with the fact that I'm trying to trace the last weeks of my great uncle who, like many others never came back has posed the question: Was there a Coventry pals battalion? |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 4 Sat 15th Mar 2014 9:19pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Here is a list of "Pals Battalions" and sadly Coventry is not on it.
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DBC Nottinghamshire All posts by this member | 3 of 4 Sun 16th Mar 2014 10:44am Member: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:168 I would say "fortunately" instead of sadly. With Pals Battalions when things went wrong, and there many casualties, whole districts of towns could find they have lost all their young men in one fell swoop. |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 4 Sun 16th Mar 2014 12:03pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I think you are spot-on DBC, "fortunately" for local families, "sadly" from an investigative point of view. |
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