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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.
The Bloodsuckers – 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot later 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (Supposedly derived from a regimental emblem worn by officers, the Fleur de Lis, 'which resembled that insect' – (Most commonly said to be a mosquito, associated with the Regiment's frequent service in the Caribbean and America).) [3] [17]
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.
No. 168 Acting Corporal Issy Smith, 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment. For most conspicuous bravery on 26 April 1915, near Ypres, when he left his Company on his own initiative and went well forward towards the enemy's position to assist a severely wounded man, whom he carried a distance of 250 yards into safety, whilst exposed the whole ...
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]
2/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (from 6 October 1916) 91st Brigade (from 20 December 1915) 2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment; 21st (Service) Battalion (6th City), Manchester Regiment (until 13 September 1918) 22nd (Service) Battalion (7th City), Manchester Regiment