Great Britain, World War I, Life & Institutions, Regiments, Engineering 

Liverpool Pals, is a record of duty, courage and endeavor of a group of men who, before war broke out in 1914, were the backbone of Liverpool’s commerce. Fired with patriotism, over 4,000 of these businessmen volunteered in 1914 and were formed into the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th (Service) Battalions of the King’s (Liverpool Regiment); they were the first of all the Pals battalions to be raised, and they were the last to be stood down.It is commonly held that the North of England’s Pals battalions were wiped out on the 1st July, 1916, certainly this befell a number of units, but the Liverpool Pals took all their objectives on that day. From then on they fought all through the Somme Battle, The Battle of Arras and the muddy hell of Passchendaele in 1917, and the desperate defense against the German offensive of March 1918.REVIEWS Many of the young men who joined up at the beginning of World War One did so in groups, according to their trade - my Granddad was a bricklayer who joined up with his bricklaying mates in 1916. This terrific book traces the story of the "Liverpool Pals" who were formed into the King's Liverpool RegimentBOOKS MONTHLY UK - from Amzon