Andrew Jacksons new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals) the 158th (Accrington & Burnley) Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) & their families. Using information gathered from years of painstaking research in national & local archives & in private collections he reconstructs in vivid detail the role played by these men on the Western Front. His book which draws extensively on diaries memoirs & letters follows both infantry & artillerymen into the British armys bloodiest battles of the war giving a graphic close-up view of their experiences. It is a moving record of the wartime service of a select group of local men during a time of unprecedented conflict.