Matt: Here’s my great-granddad Tommy with his pals in the 11th Tradesmen Battalion. He became a mule ... do we misunderstand WW1 because we focus on poems like Owen's? WW1: Why was the first ...

The book tells the story behind the lives of a group of young men from St. Helens who volunteered to serve with the 11th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment – also known as the ‘St. Helens Pals’.

When World War One (WW1) broke out, the British government ... which later became known as Pals Battalions Many nations today legally require their citizens to serve in the military.

In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared ... the battle were members of the ‘pals’ battalions’, volunteer units ...