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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 ...
2nd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps (from 30 April 1941; renamed 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment on 6 June 1942; became the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment. Royal Armoured Corps on 1 January 1944) 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment – (Machine Gun Battalion) [ 57 ]
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]
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Foot 1756, reconstituted as 63rd Regiment of Foot 1758. [102] 1881: 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 64: 64th Regiment of Foot 1745–1748 [103] 1745 Raised 28 August 1745 as Earl of Loudoun's Regiment, ranked as 64th, disbanded 1748. [103] 64th Regiment of Foot 1757 ...
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.
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.
2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Machine-Guns) [nb 1] 2nd Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 2nd Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2nd Company, Corps of Military Police 4th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Royal Scots 2nd Battalion, Royal ...