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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 ...
The 1st Manchester Rifles, later the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Manchester.It served as infantry at Gallipoli, fighting with distinction at the Third Battle of Krithia, and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in the First World War.
Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus) [85] Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969 [42] Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965) [110] Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966) [124]
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]
0–9. 1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 3rd (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
18th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (3rd City) 19th (Manchester) Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps; 19th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (4th City) 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (5th City) 21st (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (6th City) 22nd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (7th City) 23rd ...
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.
The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [3] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.