The War History of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment / now the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), 1914-1918

THE WAR HISTORY OF THE 1st/4th BATTALION THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
THE COLOURS
“ The Lancashire foot were as stout men as were in the world and as brave plunderers as ever went to a field.... “ It was to admiration to see what a spirit of courage and resolution there was amongst us, and how God hid us from the fears and dangers we were exposed to. ” Captain Hodgson, writing in 1648, on the Battle of Preston.
1921
Printed by Geo. Toulmin & Sons, Ltd., Guardian Works, Preston.
Published by the Battalion History Committee.
Photo: A. Winter, Preston.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RALPH HINDLE, D.S.O.
He commanded the Battalion from February, 1915, till wounded in action at Festubert, and again from August, 1915, till killed in action at Vaucellette Farm, on 30th November, 1917.
“ What do these fellows mean by saying, ‘I’ve done my bit’? What is their ‘bit’? I don’t consider I’ve done mine yet. ”—Lieutenant-Colonel Hindle in 1917.
Dedication.
To The Main Body of our Comrades, who have gone forward in triumph to the Unknown Land,