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The Somme 1916 (Hardback)

& Other Experiences of the Salford Pals

Military WWI > Battles & Campaigns > Somme WWI > By Year > 1916 WWI > Pals Battalions

By Michael Stedman
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pages: 240
Illustrations: 100 black and white illustrations
ISBN: 9781844153947
Published: 20th July 2006
Last Released: 1st August 2007

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Salford was late in recruiting for its Pals battalions, with many of its men already joining Territorial units and a new Pals battalion in Manchester. Yet within a year it had raised four Pals battalions and a reserve battalion. Raised mainly from Lancashires most notorious slums, the men trained together in Wales, North East England and on Salisbury Plain, they had great expectations of success.

On the 1st of July 1916 the Somme offensive was launched and in the very epicentre of that cauldron the first three of Salfords battalions were thrown at the massive defences of Thiepval - the men were decimated, Salford was shattered.

Michael Stedman records the impact of the war from the start on Salford and follows the difficulties and triumphs. Whether the actions small or great the author writes graphically about them all.

Unusual photographs and a variety of sources make this both a readable and a scholarly account.

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About Michael Stedman

Michael Stedman was born in Salford, his interest in the history of the Salford and Manchester Pals developed after many visits to the battlefields with students and colleagues.

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