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Birkenhead Bantam Battalion brown plaque

Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

The Birkenhead Bantam Battalions. On 30th November 1914, volunteers converged on Birkenhead Town Hall to enlist in the nation's first Bantam battalion raised from men between 5 feet and 5 feet 3 inches tall. In four days 2,200 recruits had joined the 1st and 2nd 'Bigland's Birkenhead Bantams. The lo

cal community financially assisted, billeted and clothed the Bantams. "The little effort I made at the beginning has been rewarded by such a magnificent return, because not only in Birkenhead, but als

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