WWI - A group of new British recruits to the 'Optimists Corps' drawn from groups of trademen, businessmen and were nicknamed the ‘opti's’, or 'oppie's' but became better known as PALS REGIMENTS, Officially they were known as 'locally raised; or 'service' battalions

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