The story of 161 men from Chapel Street, Altrincham, who enlisted to fight in the First World War.
Chapel Street was a row of old Georgian terraced lodging houses in Altrincham, home to some 400 Anglo-Irish lodgers. From this tight-knit community, 161 men from 60 houses volunteered for the First World War. King George V called it the 'the Bravest Little Street in England'. The men fought in all the campaigns of the war, with twenty-nine men killed in action and twenty dying from injuries soon after the war. This book highlights their journeys of war and peace.
The men came home to a society that didn't know how to react to rehabilitation. Fiercely proud, they organised their own Roll of Honour, which recorded all the names of those brave men who volunteered.
About the Author
Sheila Brady is a former local town councilor who has a degree in Education Studies. She formed a friendship with the author Dick King-Smith after finding out that her great uncle was awarded the Military Medal for carrying King-Smith's father through no-man's land in the First World War.
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