Comrades of the Great War
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The Comrades of The Great War were formed in 1917 as a non-political association to represent the rights of ex-service men and women who had served or had been discharged from service during World War I
. Comrades of The Great War was one of the original four ex-service associations that amalgamated on Sunday 15 May 1921 to form The British Legion. http://www.britishlegion-northstaffs.org.uk/images/history/comrades_of_the_great_war-s.gif
The organisation was founded by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
as a right-wing alternative to the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
(NFDSS) and the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers
. In particular, the NFDSS had put a candidate up against Derby's son in the Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917
.
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Comrades of The Great War was one of the original four ex-service associations that amalgamated on Sunday 15 May 1921 to form The British Legion. http://www.britishlegion-northstaffs.org.uk/images/history/comrades_of_the_great_war-s.gif
The organisation was founded by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...
as a right-wing alternative to the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
The National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers was a British veterans' organisation.The group was founded in early 1917 at a conference in Blackburn, drawing together various local groups representing working men who had served in World War I but had since been discharged. It...
(NFDSS) and the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers
National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers
The National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers was a British veterans organisation.The organisation was founded in January 1917 by various London-based veterans groups opposed to the Review of Exceptions Act, which made it possible for people invalided out of the armed...
. In particular, the NFDSS had put a candidate up against Derby's son in the Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917
Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917
The Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 June 1917 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Abercromby. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Richard Chaloner had taken the post of Steward of the...
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External links
- British Legion Memorabilia Collectors Club - Comrades of the Great War Badges
- Badge Exhibition at the Royal British Legion in North Staffordshire's On-Line Museum
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- Unity Badges of the Founding Associations
- History of the association in Bures, Suffolk
- Collection of Invoices from the Bures association
Clubs
- Comrades of the Great War Club, Coulsdon Club History - 27 June 1919
- Comrades [of the Great War] Club, Godmanchester History 1920 - 1929
- Ballyclare Comrades Football Club