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1918

31^st January. orders received to disband the 18^th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (2^nd Bradford pals). 16^th Battalion posted to Arleux Sector.

11^th February. 16^th Battalion relieved from the front lines.

February 28^th. Officers and men transferred to 3^rd Entrenching Battalion as the Bradford Pals are disbanded.

20^th July. 5^th (Reserve) Battalion attack Marfaux. 80 men of 2/5^th are killed. In the week that followed, 2/3rds of the 2/5^th Battalions fighting strength is killed or wounded.

18^th August. 2/5^th (Reserve) Battalion formally disbanded.

Post War

1922. Memorial toi the Bradford Pals who died on the First day of the Somme unveiled. Link, Link 2

1935. Memorial Cairn placed at Colstersdale, the site of the Leeds Pals first training camp. Link

November 2007. JB Priestley’s unpublished letters from the First World War are donated to the Universoty of Bradford and made available for public viewing. Link. Further information about Priestley’s wartime experience can be found on firstworldwar.com.

2002. memorial to the Bradford Pals unveiled at Hebuterne. Link