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Capt Arthur de Bells Adam (MC)
1885 - 1916


CPL David Wallace Crawford
1887 - 1916


Lce-Corpl John Joseph Nickle
1894 - 1916


Pte 17911 Morton Neill
1897 - 1916


Lieut Edward Stanley Ashcroft
1883 - 1918
Lieut Edward Stanley Ashcroft

The response to notice in the Echo.

The response was overwhelming. Lord Derby later recalled it as the Great Gathering. There were so many in attendance that Lord Derby had to make two addresses during which he first used the phrase Pals, which was to become synonymous with the Great War.

Lord Derby addresses the meeting:

"This should be a battalion of Pals, a battalion in which friends from the same office will fight shoulder to shoulder for the honour of Britain and the credit of Liverpool.

I don't ask you to uphold Liverpool's honour it would be an insult to think that you could do anything but that, but I do thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming here tonight and showing what is the spirit of Liverpool, a spirit that should spread through every City and Town in the Kingdom.

You have given a noble example in coming forward. You are certain to give a noble example on the field of battle."

Killed On This Day.

(108 Years this day)
Wednesday 8th November 1916.
Pte 17836 Reginald Charles Heyes
22 years old

(107 Years this day)
Thursday 8th November 1917.
Pte 24359 Arthur Crumbie Ledger
22 years old

(107 Years this day)
Thursday 8th November 1917.
Pte 86364 Louis De Witt Tomlinson
37 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 268610 George Acton
24 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 332819 William Adams
36 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Lieut Harry Leslie Baker (MC)
26 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 202891 Joseph Frederick Peter Bartley
20 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Sgt 19404 Anthony Bolton
23 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 18192 Edwin Cartwright
36 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 204609 Henry Curran
38 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 269493 Samuel Henry Derry
32 years old

(106 Years this day)
Friday 8th November 1918.
Pte 65291 Norman Gordon Grant
23 years old

A total of 19 Pals were killed on this day. View All