The Salford Pals in WW1 | Mike Stedman

The 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th Lancashire Fusiliers were collectively known as the Salford Pals. In this highly illustrated presentation, Mike Stedman looks at the conditions in Salford before the war and the recruitment of the battalions in 1914. Mike also reviews the famous action on the Somme which was the Salford Pals' 'baptism of fire' in 1916. They ended the war as part of the army of occupation in Germany in 1919.

Mike reviews the careers of many individuals who served in the battalions, including - for example - one man (Seth Taylor) who was a Company Sergeant Major at the age of just 20.

Many men who served in the Salford pals survived into old age and through these men and Mike's forensic research into the four battalions we can see how 'typical' pals units experienced the First World War.

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