Pea Shooter Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 I thought that I read some where there were 145 Pal regiments in WW1. Is there a list of the Pal Regiments? Thank you, Vaughn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 26 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Google is your friend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pals_battalions mind you I think the Stockbrokers might be upset to be called ‘Pals’ they were locally raised Battalions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Bear Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 32 minutes ago, kenf48 said: Google is your friend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pals_battalions mind you I think the Stockbrokers might be upset to be called ‘Pals’ they were locally raised Battalions Agreed, as someone who has looked in to it quite somewhat the term means different things to different people. However the quoted list is a good place to start. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Shooter Posted 26 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Thank you Kenf48 and Polar Bear. This exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again. Vaughn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Would it not be good to correct the reference to "regiments" when what is meant is battalions within regiments ? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 27 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 27 May , 2020 14 hours ago, Tom Tulloch-Marshall said: Would it not be good to correct the reference to "regiments" when what is meant is battalions within regiments ? Tom Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Locally raised company sized units and placed within service battalions were also sometimes referred to as Pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 27 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 27 May , 2020 2 hours ago, ilkley remembers said: Locally raised company sized units and placed within service battalions were also sometimes referred to as Pals. I think we'll stick with battalions, often the companies were because they could not raise enough men for a battalion in spite of good intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 3 hours ago, kenf48 said: I think we'll stick with battalions, often the companies were because they could not raise enough men for a battalion in spite of good intentions. Not sure that i would be quite so fast as to dismiss the importance of the smaller Pals units. Your comment misses the important point that some Pals battalions, certainly up here in the north of England, were made up were made up of units raised across several communities. The 1st Durham Pals who had contingents from a variety of towns across the county. The town of Chorley provided 250 men for the Accington Pals. The 2nd Bradford pals battalion found it necessary to spread the net to Cleckheaton and Dewsbury because it was unable to fill the ranks of a second battalion. The 9th and 10 battalions of the West Riding Regiment, although, neither designated as a Pals battalion,were made up of significant company strength contributions from separate communities who regarded themselves as Pals units. I would suspect that for many Pals battalions their make up was not quite as homogeneous in terms origin as is sometimes suggested, even if they nominally affiliated to a particular place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelcave Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 The problem with the designation 'Pals' is that it was unofficial. So I would surmise that any definitive listing, universally accepted, is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 49 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Not sure that i would be quite so fast as to dismiss the importance of the smaller Pals units. Certainly several ex-Chorley Pals I knew considered themselves to be primarily Chorley Pals and secondarily Accrington Pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 30 May , 2020 Share Posted 30 May , 2020 (edited) On 26/05/2020 at 21:27, kenf48 said: Google is your friend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pals_battalions mind you I think the Stockbrokers might be upset to be called ‘Pals’ they were locally raised Battalions Yep, the 'upper classes' would have been 'chums' ? Edited 30 May , 2020 by tom bowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 30 May , 2020 Share Posted 30 May , 2020 I believe the Grimsby Battalion were known as Chums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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