Warfare
Pals battalion
A British army unit of volunteers recruited from a single town, workplace or club on the promise that they would serve together. Many suffered devastating local losses, notably on the first day of the Somme.
Mentioned in
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §1 The Plan for 1916: Chantilly§8 The Somme I: The First Day
- Chapter IX In the Trenches Overview§5 Going Over the Top§9 Who the Soldiers Were
- Chapter XII The Home Fronts §2 Conscription and Its Politics