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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 ...
26th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, (from 19th, 20th, 21st Bn depot companies) became 70th Training Reserve Battalion 27th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, (from 22nd, 23rd and 24th (Oldham Pioneers) Bn depot companies) became 71st Training Reserve Battalion
20th (Reserve) Battalion (3rd Rhondda), Welsh Regiment: 60th 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment: 61st 14th Reserve Brigade (former 102nd Brigade) Kinmel Park: 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers: 62nd 18th and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers: 63rd 21st and 22nd (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers: 64th
Depot companies of 21st Battalion 21st Reserve Brigade [91] Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) Did not form any locally raised battalions. [91] Manchester Regiment: 16th (Service) 1st City: Manchester, 28 August 1914 Lord Mayor and City 90th Brigade, 30th Division [46] [92] 17th (Service) 2nd City: Manchester, 28 August 1914 Lord Mayor ...
21st (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (6th City) (joined September 1918) (except for the 13th East Surreys, which joined from the 39th Division, these battalions joined from the brigades of 7th Division serving in Italy) [11] 7th Trench Mortar Battery; Pioneers. 13th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (joined September 1914, left ...
The 21st (Wigan) Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, later the 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Wigan. It served as infantry in Egypt, at Gallipoli, and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in the First World War.
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; 91st Brigade Machine Gun Company (from 14 March 1916, until 1 April 1918) 91st Trench Mortar Battery (joined ...
17th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (2nd City) – joined February 1918, left as cadre June 1918. 2/5th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment – joined May 1918, left June 1918. 21st Machine Gun Company – joined 8 March 1916, moved to 30th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (M.G.C.) 1 March 1918.