Author of Accrington's Pals: The Full Story (2013) and One Day at Passchendaele (2026). Creator and owner of the Accrington Pals website at pals.org.uk.
Harrogate, England
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Now published! For an introduction, see my article on the @penswordbooks blog at pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/oneโฆ
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Andrew Jackson ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Wreaths ready for tomorrow. There will be a short Act of Remembrance at our iconic #WW1 โPalsโ Memorial in #Chorley town centre tomorrow #RemembranceSunday at 12.30 pm - all welcome. @ChorleyCouncil @ChorleyWW1 @TheWFA @accringtonpals @LindsayHoyle_MP #LestWeForget #Lancashire
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Outstanding episode. Hope to see the idea of a direct path to the crater from Newfoundland Park realised.
In this latest @OldFrontLinePod we're joined by Terry Berry & Rick Smith of @HawthornRidgeCA to explore its history, new discoveries in German archives, battlefield preservation and future plans. #Somme110 #WW1
oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/11/0โฆ
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We are pleased to support the Royal British Legion and invite people to the upcoming Armistice and Remembrance Day events.
๐ For details of ALL Remembrance & Armistice Day 2026 services, head to: hyndburnbc.gov.uk/news/armisโฆ
ALT Photograph of Accrington Pals Memorial at Oak Hill, Accrington
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A little gem. In 1966, Tom Rawcliffe reminisced for the @lancstelegraph about the early days of the Accrington Pals. The article appears on the website with thanks to Newsquest Media Group/Lancashire Telegraph and Tomโs grandson, Peter Kirmond: pals.org.uk/rawcliffe_tw.htm
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Still a work-in-progress, a nominal roll for the Sheffield City Battalion is now linked from the battalion home page at pals.org.uk/sheffield/index.โฆ #Sheffield #WW1
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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 โOne Day at Passchendaeleโ can be found at pals.org.uk/one_day.htm
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Andrew Jackson ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
#NewBook ๐ - 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 โ๐ป
๐ 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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#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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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/threeโฆ
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