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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.[1]

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.^[1]

References

^ Ian Frederick William Beckett, The Great War, 1914-1918, p.572

External links

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

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[1] Ian Frederick William Beckett, The Great War, 1914-1918, p.572

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 *Comrades [of the Great War] Club, Godmanchester [http://comradesclub.com/history19201929.aspx History 1920 - 1929]
-*[http://www.ballyclarecomrades.co.uk/5930.html Ballyclare Comrades Football Club]
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