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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 ...
0–9. 1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 3rd (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
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.
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]
2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery; 1st Survey Regiment [32] I Corps Troops, Royal Engineers. 102nd, 107th, 221st Army Field Companies; 105th Corps Field Park Company; 13th Corps Field Survey Company; Infantry—Machine Gun 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
27th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, (from 22nd, 23rd and 24th (Oldham Pioneers) Bn depot companies) became 71st Training Reserve Battalion Almost 10,000 men enlisted in the Manchester Pals battalions, of whom 4,776 were killed.
However, the 6th and 7th Manchesters were merged, in 1921, to create the 6th/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. [8] To fill the gap left by the absence of the 7th Battalion, the 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment was transferred from the 126th (East Lancashire) Infantry Brigade and this remained the structure of the brigade until 1936. [8]
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