These groups, called battalions, were full of friends, or pals, so people called them Pals Battalions. Soon there were Pals Battalions all over the country and in four months a million new men ...

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’.