Lord Derby was the first ... outbreak of World War Two saw the immediate introduction of conscription, with no need and no attempt to replicate the local character of the Pals Battalions that ...

The Pals Battalions were a pioneering idea during World War 1. Kitchener’s belief that man power was the key to winning the war meant that men from across the nation were encouraged to volunteer ...

The First World War does not grow old ... of the young men in boaters and flat caps who queued to join Pals' Battalions was born from a Boy's Own-magazine conviction that British Is Best, as ...

This film tells the epic story of the young men who joined up together, fought together and died together in World ... in the first days of war to serve in Kitchener’s Army and the Pals Battalions.

And the 1,200-strong “Swansea Pals” battalion found ... outbreak of the Second World War. Mametz Wood was the objective of the Welsh 38th Division during the First Battle of the Somme.

During World War II, more than 11 million soldiers served ... It was a small, almost entirely forgotten infantry battalion formed as part of an effort to recruit and train “free” units ...

Every year, the Premier League organises a Truce Tournament in Ypres, Belgium, commemorating the 'Christmas truce' – a temporary ceasefire during initial months of the First ... to the War each year.

Lord Derby was the first ... outbreak of World War Two saw the immediate introduction of conscription, with no need and no attempt to replicate the local character of the Pals Battalions that ...

With 2014 marking 100 years since the start of the First World War ... service as part of the Pal Battalions The Pals Battalions were a pioneering idea during World War 1. Kitchener’s belief ...

Hundreds of events are taking place across Britain to remember the "Pals" - groups of friends, neighbours or colleagues who joined up to form their own battalions in World ... first few years of ...