DURHAM PALS

The 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry in the Great War. The book covers raising, training and active service of these four battalions. The 18th were in action on 1st July 1916 when they supported the Leeds and Bradford Pals. After fighting at Messines in June 1917 the 20th went to the Italian Front. After losing its Bantams in 1917, the 19th Battalion fought on and distinguished itself in the advance in Flanders in the latter months of 1918. The 22nd Battalion had such a hard time in March and April 1918 that it was rebuilt and again practically wiped out, before being disbanded in June 1918.