February marked 100 years since the Chorley Pals left for war.

The past and the present came together in the city centre for a poignant tribute to the brave First World War soldiers who became known as the Chorley Pals.

Pals' historian, Steve Wilson, said: “The original 221 Pals who enlisted in Chorley between September 1914 and June 1915, 46 died while serving in the Company during the war, 12 died serving in other battalions or regiments, while two died shortly after the war either from sickness or their wounds.”

“Of those 175 Chorley men in the front line trenches at Serre on the morning of the July 1, 1916, 34 were killed or died of their wounds, while a further 59 were wounded. Many who survived bore the physical and mental scars of