The Lancashire Fusiliers: Roll of Honour of the Salford Brigade.
Edited by Sir C. A. Montague Barlow. (Sherratt and Hughes. Ls. net.)—Salford in 1914-15 raised four battalions of the Lancashire Fusiliers, which were formed into the Salford Brigade, with a resetwe battalion to supply drafts. Sir C. A. Montague Barlow, who organized this patriotic movement, has compiled a very full record of the brigade and its services up to the end of 1916. The names of the officers and men are recorded for each platoon, with a group photograph. The lists of those who volunteered for service are also given under the names of the local firms which employed them. It would be well if such records were compiled in other towns and given a permanent form, so thatamsterity may know of the wonderful zeal with which Britons sprang to arms against the German menace. Three of the battalions served in the famous Thirtysecond Division. The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers, on the right flank of the Ulster Division, distinguished themselves by their heroic but unavailing bravery at the attack on Thicpwal on the first day of the Somme battle, July 1st, 1916.
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