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The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958. The regiment was created during the 1881 Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot as the 1st and 2nd battalions; the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia became the 3rd (Reserve) and 4th (Extra Reserve) battalions and the ...
Group of Tommies of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, part of the 32nd Division, after the advance on the Ancre, possibly around Serre, January 1917.. The Division was one of those created for Kitchener's Fifth New Army ('K5') on 10 December 1914 and was originally numbered 38th until the six K4 divisions were converted into reserve units.
0–9. 1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 3rd (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
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22nd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (7th City) 23rd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (8th City) However the 23rd (8th City) Battalion was a 'Bantam battalion', composed of men between the heights of 5 foot (152 cm) and 5 foot 3 inches (160 cm), and in May 1915 it was transferred to the 35th Division composed of Bantams and ...
2nd Battalion, Malay Regiment – Lt. Col. Frederick Walter Young; 2nd Malaya Brigade; Brig Francis Hugh Fraser 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment – Lt. Col. Edward Barclay Holmes; 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders – Lt. Col. John Heslop Stitt/Richard Gilbert Lees; 2nd Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment – Lt. Col. Sidney Clermont Scott
The Bendovers – 96th Regiment of Foot later 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment [1] [3] The Bengal Tigers – Leicestershire Regiment [1] [3] (In 1825 the regiment was granted the badge of a "royal tiger" to recall their long service in India) – 24th Foot [3] The Bermuda Exiles – Grenadier Guards [3] The Bill Browns – Grenadier Guards [1] [3]
12th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 9th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (until August 1917) 3/4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (joined 3 August 1917, disbanded by 20 February 1918)