Nelson Leader War Record

The Nelson Leader Local War Record (1914-15)

Ref: LFHHS-CD009

Supplied by the Lancashire FHHS.

“It is fitting that the local record of this historic time should be preserved in compendious form. This is the purpose of the present publication.

Of interest today, it will be of no less interest and value tomorrow. It will serve to show in years to come, how we in this corner of North East Lancashire, rose to the demands of an unparalleled crisis …” (Local Ward Record, 1915).

For the most part, the chapters are compiled from the news pages of the “Leader”, with letters from the Front, Lists of Fallen Heroes and Local Roll of Honour. The book is almost exclusively devoted to a record of the first year of the war, as it affected the immediate locality and families.

It contains as full a list as it was possible to compile, of the local men who responded to the call of their King and Country.

£4.50