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    Barnsley Pals were two 'Pals battalions' formed as part of 'Kitchener's Army' during World War I. Raised by local initiative in the town of Barnsley in...
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    Accrington Pals were accompanied by pals battalions drawn from Sheffield, Leeds, Barnsley, and Bradford. Of an estimated 700 Accrington Pals who took part...
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    as first headquarters and billets for "Barnsley Pals" during World War I. In 1962 the building became Barnsley Civic Theatre, closing in 1998. The Civic...
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    The Accrington Pals, officially the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, was a pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in...
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  • weekly feature on the history of two Kitchener battalions, known as the Barnsley Pals, aroused a public interest. Over the years these books have been reprinted...
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    officially opened the Barnsley Pals Centenary Square on the south side of the town hall, which commemorates the lives of the Barnsley Pals who died in the First...
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    (2008). "Chapter Six - Poachers' Rest". Barnsley Pals: The 13th & 14th Battalions York and Lancaster Regiment. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1473891982...
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  • battalions of 'Barnsley Pals', and in September was given command of the 13th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (1st Barnsley) with the rank...
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    of Pals battalions from Northern England – Accrington Pals, Barnsley Pals (two battalions), Bradford Pals (two battalions), Durham Pals, Leeds Pals and...
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    Old Town Hall, Wombwell (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley)
    recruiting station for young men joining the 13th (1st Barnsley Pals) and 14th (2nd Barnsley Pals) battalions of the York and Lancaster Regiment at the...
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    The Manchester Pals were pals battalions of the British Army raised in 1914 during the Great War, formed as part of Lord Kitchener's New Armies. They were...
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    This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial...
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  • September 1914 he was given command of the Barnsley Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals) as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He relinquished...
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  • Sheffield City Battalion (category Pals battalions)
    Sheffield City Battalion, (12th(S) Bn, Y&L Regiment) and the 1st and 2nd Barnsley Pals (13th and 14th (S) Bns, Y&L Regiment). In April 1915 the Fourth New...
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    and Lancaster Regiment (aka 2nd Barnsley Pals), although many of the 2nd Barnsley Pals were to join the 1st Barnsley Pals. 5th Entrenching Battalion Formed...
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    Liverpool Pals were Pals battalions formed during the First World War as part of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. They, along with the Manchester Pals, are...
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  • and 2nd battalions of the Barnsley Pals (York and Lancaster Regiment), who had made attacks in support of the Accrington Pals and Sheffield City Battalion...
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    1914 '1st Barnsley Pals', later 13th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (1st Barnsley) – raised by the Mayor and Town of Barnsley on 17 September...
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  • 94th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Pals Brigades of the British Army)
    Bramall Lane cricket and football ground and in Norfolk Park, and the 1st Barnsley Pals at Queen's Ground. In December the battalions went into hutted camps...
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  • being called. The battalion was known as the 1st Barnsley Pals. The battalion was formed in Barnsley on 17 September 1914. It moved to Silkstone in December...
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    Bilton, Hull Pals, pp. 139–45. Bilton, Hull Pals, pp. 146–66. Horsfall & Cave, pp. 77–88. Bilton, Hull Pals, pp. 166–78. Bilton, Hull Pals, pp. 178–91...
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    Bilton, Hull Pals, p. 174. Bilton, Hull Pals, Appendix 3. "No. 30023". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 April 1917. p. 3682. Bilton, Hull Pals, p. 189....
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  • Kitchener's Army. The 18th and 20th Service battalions, were referred to as "Pals" because they were predominantly composed of colleagues, the 19th battalion...
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  • 93rd Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Pals Brigades of the British Army)
    978-1-78346-185-1. Jon Cooksey, Barnsley Pals: The 13th and 14th Battalions York and Lancaster Regiment, 6th Edn, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016, ISBN 978-1-47389-198-2...
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  • Jackson Smith (footballer) (category Barnsley F.C. players)
    professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Barnsley. After playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Kettering Town, Smith moved...
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    Grimsby Chums, a Pals battalion (10th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment). The infantry of the 34th Division, which was composed of Pals battalions from...
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    Bilton, Hull Pals, 10th, 11th 12th and 13th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment – A History of 92 Infantry Brigade, 31st Division, Barnsley: Pen & Sword...
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    French). Retrieved 6 April 2019. Andrew Jackson, Accrington's Pals: The Full Story, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2013, ISBN 9781-84884-469-8. Buzzell, Nora, ed...
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    Paul Kray (redirect from Baron Pál Kray)
    Hohenlinden. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK:p 203 Smith, Paul Kray. Chisholm 1911, p. 925. Arnold, James R. Marengo & Hohenlinden. Barnsley, South Yorkshire...
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    p. 6. BIlton, Hull in the Great War, p. 73. Bilton, Hull Pals, pp. 24–5. Bilton, Hull Pals. Bilton, Hull in the Great War, p. 91. Wyrall, p. 401. London...
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