Help with - WW1 Military Records re my wounded ancestor - Somme

[jim1]

There are 2 Pension cards for him 1 as T.Norris & the other as Thomas Morris
both with the same number.
It states 1st. Btn.
War diary on Ancestry but also at TNA.

[Jayhen6]

There are 2 Pension cards for him 1 as T.Norris & the other are Thomas Morris
both with the same number.
It states 1st. Btn.
War diary on Ancestry but also at TNA.

Thanks for that. I shall have a look on the NA site.
Regards
John

[jim1]

As far as being wounded at the Somme is concerned they certainly were involved
in that. In fact they were in thick of it at Thiepval.

[Viktoria]

I am not very good with Battalions etc but as this soldier was a Chorley man might he have been in “ The Chorley Pal’s ‘?
They fought alongside TheAccrington Pals( T he 11th East Lancs” ).almost wiped out on the first day of The Battle of The Somme.
Their modest memorials are in a tiny enclosure near railway cuttings .
The Accrington Pals ‘memorial is a brick wall made  of Accrington Brick — (engineering bricks), The Chorley Pals is a plaque on a tree next to The Accrington Pals’.
Viktoria.

[jim1]

He was in the 1st. Btn. Viktoria.
The Accrington Pals were 11th. Btn.
Chorley Pals were the 7th. Btn.

[Viktoria]

Thanks, I have The Roll of Honour for the area, hardly a street without  a casualty, brothers, fathers and sons.
It was a stupid idea in one way to recruit men from the same area in the same Regiments etc.
If you can get it ,a book about the lead up to and the first day of The Battle of the Somme “ Covenant With Death “is a wonderful but heartbreaking read, by John Harris , 1961, so as far as I am aware no ISBN number.
It does right through to the day and aftermath.
Buy a lot of tissues !
We stood in the bivouac trench the 11 the East Lancs occupied the night before the battle.

The little memorial park is Railway Hollow.
Viktoria.