LarrysRightFoot Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I was watching This Morning the other day (amazing what you will watch when you are off work) and Bradley Walsh was one of their guests. At the end of the interview he said that he was going to be in a film about Bolton Wanderers players who signed up for World War II in 1939. Just wondered (no pun intended) if anyone else had heard anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The film is in pre-production, according to the IMDB. In 1939, unlike 1914, most men waited to be conscripted rather than volunteering. The government preferred it that way as it had been difficult to train and equip the large number of volunteers at the start of WWI. It also didn't want to repeat the 1914 pattern of men joining with their friends and work mates in units such as McCrae's Battalion and the Accrington Pals since this meant that some parts of the country suffered particularly heavy casualties. The Bolton players joined up together at the start of the war by volunteering for the Territorial Army rather than the regular army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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