Rugby League & Perspective

We've seen Today That England RL "Fearsome Forwards" as the Press as Called them in the last month Can on Occasion be a Bit Rubbish Admittedly after winning the Test series. Also the Footballing version of the Red Devils aren't up to Much at the moment. Or Manchester United if you're not sure who I mean !!
But Today is the Day is the Day for Perspective


Salford Red Devils (@salforddevils) Tweeted:
The Salford Pals battalions is a harrowing tale of dedication to duty and bravery. Salford raised four Pals battalions, which was more than many larger British cities.

Over 15,000 men served in the four infantry battalions of the Salford Pals.

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On the 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, three battalions of the Salford Pals were involved in attempts to storm German trenches, losing nearly a 1,000 men on this one day.

Salford remembers the enormity of their sacrifice.

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Sorry to be a pedant but the number given of 15000 men,is simply not correct. Purely for accuracy in 1914 a battalion was about 1000 men so 4 battalions was about 4000 all heroes to a man. Salford later raised a battalion of Bantams who were men who were initially deemed to be too short to serve. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Thanks for posting this - what people went through in both world wars and other conflicts must not be forgotten. And we do indeed need to have a perspective like this.

The way to judge how these heroes are remembered is by seeing how well the 11am ceremonies are observed at the war memorials.

And I have to say that the act of remembrance in Cumbria that I attended (and have done so each year since before the start of this millennium) was gratifyingly larger than usual and in pretty bad weather conditions.

What was it like at the memorials that you blokes went to?