Western Front Association
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Burnley's
Adoption of Devastated French Villages
(by Denise North)
During the Great War the town of Burnley
and the towns/districts which made up Greater Burnley :
(Altham, Barley, Barrowford, Briercliffe, Brierfield, Cliviger, Colne,
Crawshawbooth, Fence, Hapton, Higham, Huncoat , Nelson, Newchurch in
Pendle, Padiham, Read, Sabden, Simonstone, Wheatley Lane, Worsthorne)
suffered a disproportionate amount of casualties compared to many other
towns and cities in Great Britain. The site aims to honour the men from
Burnley and its districts, who served in this terrible conflict and
also to show the effect of the war on the town and also to use the site
as a gateway to the Burnley Roll of Honour database compiled by Andrew
Gill, Alan Mackay and Denis Otter.
Burnley in the Great War
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