Raising funds for a suitable memorial to the Chorley Pals – Y Company, 11th (Service) Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, who left the town in February 1915 to fight in World War One.

The Chorley Pals

94 years on, there are two small plaques remembering the Chorley Pals – one in the front line trenches at Serre on the Somme in northern France and another placed on a wall of a Supermarket in Chorley during 2008. Our aim is to erect a statue in Chorley Town Centre, to honour their memory and ensure their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Please help make our aim become a reality.

The front cover of the new book

New Chorley Pals Book Now Available

The long-awaited book featuring a comprehensive history of the Chorley Pals by Steve Williams and John Garwood has been published.

The book has 160 pages and over 300 photographs and covers the history of the Chorley Pals from their formation in September 1914 right through the Great War. There are eye-witness accounts of the attack on the 1st July 1916, maps, diaries and a complete breakdown of everyman who served in the Company – one of four units who eventually made up the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), the East Lancashire Regiment – known collectively as “The Accrington Pals”.

Priced at just £12.95, copies can be purchased from any branch of Chorley Building Society and can also be purchased from Lindsay Hoyle’s Constituency Office at 35 – 39 Market Street in Chorley, direct from the Chorley Pals Memorial by calling 01254 854298 or sending a cheque for £15.95 made payable to “Chorley Pals Memorial Fund” to 42 Smithy Close, Brindle, Chorley, PR6 8NW.

Proceeds from the sale of the book go towards the Chorley Pals Memorial Statue Appeal.