Hull Pals: 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment
- ISBN-10
- 1783461853
- ISBN-13
- 9781783461851
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 451
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-31
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Author
- David Bilton
Description
In response to Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised entire battalions for the service on the Western Front. Hull folk are reticent people and the Hull Pals were no exception. This book tells their inspiring story of sacrifice and gallantry under appaling conditions. Hull Pals contains a great number of hitherto unpublished eye-witnessed accounts and photographs.??As featured on BBC Radio Humberside and in The Yorkshire Post.
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