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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 ...
In 1898 the University of Manchester raised a company, sanctioned by the War Office, which was known as N Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment. [93] In 1908 N Company became the Manchester University contingent of the Officers' Training Corps. [ 45 ]
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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2d Battalion, 2d Marines (2/2) is a light infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.Also known as "The Warlords", it consists of approximately 1,000 marines and sailors and normally falls under the command of the 2d Marine Regiment and the 2d Marine Division.
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, 25th (the King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot [3] 2nd Battalion, 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot [4] 2nd Battalion, 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) [5] It was assigned to garrison duty and so played no part in the Battle of Waterloo. [6] [7]