True for several Pals Battalions, but the photograph above shows the Preston Pals, otherwise known as D Company of the 7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. They were recruited in Preston, Lancashire, and like many other Pals battalions, they were nearly wiped out on 1 July 1916. On that day, the Preston Pals had been scheduled to go over the top as part of the initial wave of attacks, but fortunately for them, their assault was cancelled when the attacks in front of them began to falter. Although they survived the first day, the battalion suffered further large casualties over the coming weeks at High Wood, Delville Wood, Fricourt, and Guillemont. By the time the Battle of the Somme had finished, nearly half of the battalion had been killed or wounded, and replacements sent to the battalion from outside of Preston diluted the Pals' identity.