Great-grandfather of Graham Jones MP to feature on new Accrington Pals beer bottle

The Irwell Works Brewery are releasing a beer at the request of the Accrington Pals to mark their centenery and the bottle will feature Edwin Taylor, the great-grandfather of Hyndburn MP Graham Jones.

Graham said, "He served for 4 years in the RAMC. His ship, Prince Edward, was sunk by a German submarine in 1915. The vessel went down in just four minutes according to extensive research and he was one of 400 survivors out of 1,200."

He added, "Great-grandfather served on the western front after that. He lived on Grange Street in Accrington, now pulled down, and was a delivery driver for Accrington Railway Station. I'm looking forward to the beer, I'm just awaiting the bottles!"

An Accrington Pals page listing the details of Mr Taylor can be found here:

http://www.pals.org.uk/avl/sw_wa.htm

'Gallantry at Gallipoli' will be released soon and is expected to feature at the Accrington Food Festival on 6th June 2015.

Another Accrington Pals beer will also be on sale at Strangers Bar at Westminster later this year. Graham said, "'Lest We Forget' Accrington Pals beer will available on draught in Parliament between 30th June and 5th July. Big thanks are due to the Accrington Pals committee for that one."