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The 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment was a Territorial Force (TF) unit of the British Army.Formed in 1908 from Volunteer units recruited in Cheshire since 1859, it was one of the first TF units to go to the Western Front in World War I.
5th Battalion (East Cheshire) Cheshire Volunteer Regiment later the 5th Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment: Stalybridge: Disbanded post war 6th Battalion (Knutsford) Cheshire Volunteer Regiment later the 6th Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment: Wilmslow: Disbanded post war 7th Battalion Cheshire Volunteer Regiment
The County Association of Rutland did not have charge of any units, but did provide facilities for sub-units of the Leicestershire Yeomanry and the 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. A number of units, particularly those attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers , had their titles altered again in 1910.
The 2nd Battalion took part in the D-Day landings in 1944, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, while the 6th and 7th Battalions fought in the Italian Campaign. [12] The 6th Battalion served with the 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division in North Africa before transferring to the 56th (London) Infantry Division.
2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) (joined October 1915, left June 1918) 75th Machine Gun Company (joined on 15 March 1916, moved into 25 MG Battalion March 1918) 75th Trench Mortar Battery (formed June 1916) During reconstruction in mid 1918 1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (joined May 1918, left July 1918)
The building was designed by Henry Bowman as the headquarters of the 4th Administrative Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1862. [2] The unit evolved to become the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1883 and the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in 1908. [3]
After the war the Cheshire Brigade was reconstituted in 1920, incorporating the former 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, at Stockport and the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery at Shrewsbury to form the 6th (Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade, RGA.
4th Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 15th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (1st Birkenhead) 16th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (2nd Birkenhead) 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 46th Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 51st (Graduated ...