Bradford Pal - `It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of France Broadhead JohnPevná vazba
Bradford Pal - `It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of France Broadhead JohnPevná vazba In 1914, the city of Bradford was the world's leading manufacturer of fine…
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Bradford Pal - `It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of France Broadhead JohnPevná vazba
In 1914, the city of Bradford was the world's leading manufacturer of fine woolen goods. Within a matter of months, two volunteer "pals battalions" were formed--battalions comprised of men who enlisted together as long as they could serve together. Upon the outbreak of war, and at the urging of the city's wealthy industrialists, thousands of young men rushed to enlist.
John Broadhead, the son of a Bradford Pal, tells the story of the battalions and the part played by his father, George William Broadhead, a town hall clerk from Batley.The author's research was inspired by his father's diary of 1916, which he handed to the author shortly before his death in 1980, saying, "Here lad, you might be interested in this." Like many soldiers, he rarely spoke about the war, but the diary, alongside the author's use of official records, newspaper reports, and memoirs, reveal the stark