@accringtonpals

Author of Accrington's Pals: The Full Story (2013) and One Day at Passchendaele (2026). Creator and owner of the Accrington Pals website at https://xitter.cf/t.co/ikjYE13vPG.

 Harrogate, England
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Joined September 2009
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Now published! For an introduction, see my article on the @penswordbooks blog at pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/one…
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#OTD in 1917, the 49th (West Riding) and 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Divisions made an assault against the Passchendaele Ridge under atrocious conditions
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Supplementary maps and some thoughts to accompany “One Day at Passchendaele” can be found at pals.org.uk/one_day.htm
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Andrew Jackson 🇺🇦 retweeted
Pen & Sword Books@penswordbooksJul 30
#NewBook 📖 - One Day at Passchendaele, 9 October 1917 Focusing on the dramatic events below the Passchendaele ridge on 9 October 1917, the author has drawn on British, Australian and German sources to reconstruct the battle in unprecedented detail ✍🏻 🛒 buff.ly/liYJ9G0
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Memories of a first visit to Ypres fifty-four years ago when dad and I stayed at the De Maan, then the HQ of the Ypres chess club.
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A visit to @nationaltrust Quarry Bank Mill (very highly recommended) and a reminder of the time when Accrington engineering was globally renowned.
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Just completed the #HangingStones walk from #RosedaleAbbey with its ten art installations by Andy Goldsworthy. One of the ten was a room with walls fashioned from barbed wire. Very appropriate on this day!
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Remembering the Accrington Pals on the 110th anniversary of their fateful attack at Serre on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme: pals.org.uk/map0720.htm
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Accrington RBL@AccringtonRBLJun 30
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#OTD 110 years ago the Accrington Pals left their camp in Warnimont Wood to march to the front line trenches: pals.org.uk/destiny.htm #serre #somme #ww1
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Chorley Pals Memorial@ChorleyPalsJun 28
There will be a short Act of Remembrance at the #WW1 Chorley Pals Memorial in #Chorley #Lancashire this coming Wednesday (1st July), commencing at 7.25 a.m.; all welcome. @AccringtonPals @ChorleyWW1 @LindsayHoyle_MP @ChorleyCouncil @BBCLancashire @leponline @guardianchorley
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My updated guide to visiting the 1st July 1916 battlefield at Serre: pals.org.uk/visit.htm
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Three soldiers killed during the First World War laid to rest. Two are likely to have served with 330th (2/1st East Lancashire) Brigade, RFA. gov.uk/government/news/three…

Three soldiers killed during the First World War laid to rest

Burial services for three unknown Commonwealth soldiers found on the Western Front have taken place at Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension in France (2 June 26)...

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The graves in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XLIX, Row H
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A beautiful morning in Ypres
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Very sad to see the stains disfiguring gravestones in @cwgc Queens Cemetery, Puisieux
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Returning to this hallowed ground #Serre #Somme #WW1
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New car/coach park adjoining #Serre Road No.1 Cemetery and new path around back of cemetery to join gravelled track to Sheffield Memorial Park #WW1 #Somme
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Tom Tulloch-Marshall@SommePhantomMay 15
Anybody know what's happening between Serre Rd Cem No1 & the French National Cem ? There are temporary traffic lights & the road Infront of the cemeteries has been re-laid. A large "lay-by" has been built on the cemeteries side of the road, & the field between them cleared🤔
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Publication date put back to 30 June
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