5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

488:, was the junior. Throughout this period of time, the battalion, like many other Volunteer Battalions had a shortage of Officers.L & M Companies, located at Farnworth are a typical example. In the 1880s they were led by Captain E.S. Hargreaves and Captain Cuthbert James Taylor. However, both men resigned, the former on 14 September 1889 and the latter on 15 March 1890. To remedy the immediate shortfall, Officers from the Wigan Detachment took over the running of L & M company. Captain John Laidler Hedley, ex 'E' Company, was placed in temporary command of L & M. This was not ideal, Laidler's strengths lay in his organisational abilities and he was utilised in assisting the Quarter Master in his duties at the annual camp. This effectively left L & M leaderless during this time. In 1891, Laidler returned to the Wigan detachment and newly promoted Captain Walter Tomlinson, ex 'B' Company, replaced him. By 1884 the social composition of the Wigan corps had changed, with 43 per cent of the rank and file now employed in building trades, only 25 per cent in engineering and metalwork, and a further 12 per cent were clerical workers. 1368:, and telephone lines back to brigade HQ were cut. The defences in the Hargicourt sector were close to the enemy's jumping-off trenches, and aided by early morning fog, the German attackers quickly penetrated the outposts at Villaret. Although the companies of 2/5th Manchesters in front reported 'all OK' at 10.00, Battalion HQ at 'the Egg' soon found itself attacked from the rear, and Lt-Col Maxwell and about 30 men broke out to join 2/6th Manchesters in the Red Line (the Battle Zone). The front line companies had effectively disappeared. 2/7th Manchesters marching up to occupy their positions in the Battle Zone met a few survivors of 2/5th Bn, who joined them, a story repeated all along the line as 66th (EL) Division fought to hold the enemy advance. The rear details of 2/5th Manchesters at the transport lines were sent forward under the second-in-command to reinforce 2/6th Manchesters. 765:, and ex-coal miners in 42nd (EL) Division were active in this. The Turks regularly exploded mines in front of the British trench known as the 'Gridiron'. On 29/30 October one such explosion blew in 15 yards (14 m) of trench, killing two men and burying six, of whom three were quickly dug out, but the other three, all miners, were given up for dead. Three days later, led by Private Grimes, 1/5th Manchesters, the three missing men emerged from their mine shaft, having dug through 12 feet (3.7 m) with a pocket knife. Between 6 May and 4 November 1/5th Manchesters lost 10 officers and 144 other ranks (ORs) killed, 23 officers and 463 ORs wounded, and 6 officers and 57 ORs missing. Nevertheless, the division continued to hold its position, suffering further casualties from mining and bad weather until its infantry were evacuated to Mudros on 29 December. 809:, which was heavily engaged. 1/5th and 1/7th Manchesters led off, through heavy sand in intense heat, and extended into line when 2,000 yards (1,800 m) from the Turks, 1/5th Bn on the right, to attack Mount Royston. However, seeing fresh troops arriving and the Anzacs remounting their horses, the Turks fled or surrendered. The brigade had moved so fast that it left its transport behind, but that night the camel transport carried vital water and supplies up to the front line troops. During 5 and 6 August the brigade pursued the defeated Turkish force, suffering badly from extreme heat and lack of water, with many men falling out through exhaustion, until it reached Qatiya. 1305: 1383:, while British forces retreated over it. On 24 March the Germans carried out a heavy bombardment and at 18.00 the engineers destroyed the bridge, the last one standing over the Somme in this sector. Next day the German fire drove 66th (EL) Division back from the banks of the Somme, and Lt-Col Maxwell was posted as missing. From 26 March 199th Bde was so depleted that it operated as a single composite battalion. 66th (EL) Division was finally relieved on 31 March as Fifth Army's retreat ended in front of 1333:. 197th and 198th Brigades attacked through the shellholes and mud, which seriously hindered movement, clogged weapons and deadened artillery fire. Although patrols from 66th Division did reach Passchendaele, by the end of the day all temporary gains had been wiped out, and the division did note even hold a consolidated line. During the night 2/5th Manchesters moved up to hold the old British front line, now the support line, which was under shellfire. The battalion was pulled out to camp near the 913:. The BEF was now suffering a manpower crisis, and in early 1918 around a quarter of its battalions were disbanded to reinforce others; the 1/5th Manchesters absorbed a draft of 6 officers and 174 ORs from the disbanded 1/9th Manchesters on 16 February. Lieutenant-Col Darlington left the battalion on medical grounds on 18 February and Maj T. Blatherwick was promoted to take over. On 1 March the battalion was at virtually full strength, with 43 officers and 975 ORs. 721: 59: 76: 697:) was launched on 4 June. After a bombardment starting at 08.00, the assault was launched at noon. 127th Brigade led 42nd (EL) Division's attack, with half of 1/5th Bn in the first wave, and in this sector all went well to begin with: despite intense rifle and machine gun fire the brigade took all its first objectives, the second wave passing through and parties advancing up to 1,000 yards (910 m) into the Turkish fourth line. The 1073: 774: 741:

the assault was launched at 15.50. 1/5th Manchesters reached their first objective with hardly a casualty, but this turned out to be a dummy trench. Meanwhile 88th Bde had been shattered within a few minutes, and a Turkish counter-attack drove the Manchesters out of the trench they had captured. The battalion was ordered to make a new attempt to take H11b after dark and get in touch with 4th Bn

945:, and 127th Bde advanced in artillery formation across open ground to take up its positions. At dawn on 25 March the Germans attacked, making some penetrations but being stopped by the Manchesters. That night the 1/5th Manchesters took up positions at Logeast Wood. During 26 March the enemy began working round the division's flanks, and it was ordered to pull back to the 1391:

officers and 775 ORs, and two weeks later received 10 officers and 184 ORs from 2/8th Manchesters). 66th Division had suffered some of the heaviest casualties during the battle, and in April its battered battalions were reduced to training cadres; one group of 80 ORs from 2/5th Manchesters was posted to 1/5th Bn with 42nd (EL) Division on 7 May (

1292:, with the men accommodated in tunnels and dugouts beneath Nieuport when they were in the line. The whole sector was regularly shelled and bombed, and the battalion suffered numerous casualties. The division remained at Nieuport until 23 September when it was relieved by 42nd (EL) Division (2/5th Manchesters was relieved by 1/5th Manchesters, 1288:. The battalion continued training, and supplied large working parties to dig gun pits for the corps heavy artillery. When 66th (EL) Division took over the westernmost section of the line in July, 199th Bde was posted to watch the coast against flanking attacks from the sea. From August it moved round to face the German trenches across the 705:. However, things had gone disastrously wrong for 127th Bde's neighbours, and the Turks were counter-attacking both flanks. Although the Manchesters held on to the first Turkish line they had captured, casualties had been severe. The Manchesters consolidated their position on 5 June before being relieved that night and going into reserve. 1109:, the citation stating that 'He succeeded in delivering the message although the journey involved exposure to extremely heavy machine-gun and shell fire for 600 yards (550 m). He showed magnificent courage and complete indifference to danger and throughout the remainder of the day continued to do splendid work'. 958:, where it was heavily shelled and began digging in. Casualties had been heavy, the battalions of 42nd (EL) division now averaging only 350 remaining effectives. However, the first stage of the German offensive had been checked, although shellfire and raiding continued along the line (particularly during the 750:. 29th Division's proposed attack that night was therefore cancelled. 42nd (EL) Division launched its own attack at 09.45 next morning, from H11b to F13, but this also failed. 127th Brigade was now temporarily unfit for service and its total strength was only that of a single battalion, though it relieved 1337:

on 11 September, having suffered 141 casualties even though it had not participated in the attack. 2/5th Manchesters received 140 reinforcements, but they were from a number of units, many untrained men from the Labour Corps. Lieutenant-Col Hewlett was sent to a rest camp (later evacuated to England)

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on the nights of 17–19 October and the attack went in at 02.00 on 20 October. 127th Brigade set off at 07.00 and passed through the leading brigades to follow the creeping barrage towards the second objective at Marou. There was a lot of confusion: much of the barrage fell short onto the battalion as

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Ridge 'in fine stye'. They were in the opposing trenches by 08.26. B Company was briefly held up by machine gun fire but 'dashed in' and captured the Black Line objective, after which 6th and 7th Bns passed through to the second and third objectives. The situation on the right flank was confused, so

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On arrival the 1/5th Bn went into garrison at Mustapha Barracks in Alexandria and underwent intensive training. At first the division's role was simply garrison service, but on 5 November Britain declared war on Turkey and Egypt became a war zone. While the East Lancashire Division went to guard the

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where Maj K.G. Maxwell arrived from 2/6th Manchesters on 14 October to take over command. The battalion resumed training, moving back to Ypres in November, where it did some short spells in the line along the Ypres–Comines Canal and provided working parties. In January 1918 it returned to Zonnebeke

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on the morning of 9 July, wiping out the occupants and then attacking a working party; the whole raiding party received decorations. On the night of 20/21 July 127th Bde advanced its line by 500 yards, establishing a new outpost at 'Fort Stewart', which it consolidated over the following nights. On

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The battalion had gone back into the line on 16/17 April, by which time the Third Army front was relatively quiet, the Germans having switched their offensive to the north. The policy was now to advance the line by means of small raids and aggressive patrolling (so-called 'peaceful penetration'). A

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line; 127th Brigade slipped away unnoticed and the German advance was held in front of Bucquoy, despite heavy shellfire. Over the next two days the Germans continued to attack from Ablainzeville, and 1/5th Manchesters sent up platoons and companies to support the rest of the brigade as required. On

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wa to launch the attack, but to protect its right flank 1/5th Manchesters was tasked with an attack on two small trenches (H11a and H11b) on the right bank of West Krithia Nullah. The battalion moved into the front line overnight, but then had to wait in the sun during the artillery exchanges until

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After the 3rd Line TF battalions were formed in May 1915 the remaining Home Service and unfit men were separated to form brigades of Coast Defence Battalions (termed Provisional Battalions from June 1915). The men from the 5th Manchesters, together with those of several other TF battalions of the

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issued instructions to separate those men who had opted for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of

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responsible for part of the East Coast defences. However, all the division's units were still providing large drafts for units serving overseas and it was not until January 1917 that it was considered ready for service. It received its embarkation orders on 11 February, and the transport of 2/5th

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in the front line trenches. The trenches were in poor condition, but the sector was generally quiet. There were a few casualties from shellfire, and to working parties or patrols. 2/5th Manchesters carried out the battalion's first offensive operation when C and D Companies raided the trenches

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with support from tanks, aircraft, mortars and a creeping barrage that began moving forward at 05.18. 5th Manchesters on the right made good progress and the village was entered at 05.50 and cleared by 06.00, though the right-hand company was held up by pockets of enemy until the field guns and

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of December 1888 proposed a more comprehensive Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units, which would assemble in their own brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training. Under this scheme the five (later six) VBs of the Manchester

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After a period attached to the 8th (Bury) Lancashire RVC, the 21st (Wigan) Lancashire RVC also joined the 4th Admin Bn in 1869, and Eckersley became one of the battalion's majors the following year. The 21st expanded to five companies during the 1870s. When the Volunteers were consolidated into

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on 20 January 1860. The corps had a strength of two companies, with the riflemen drawn mainly from artisans employed by the local collieries and engineering works, officered by local professional men. A permanent headquarters was built at Wigan, the £6000 cost being raised by the formation of a

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swept away the Home/Foreign service distinction, and all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service, if medically fit. The Provisional Brigades thus became anomalous, and on 1 January 1917 the remaining battalions became numbered battalions of their parent units: 45th Provisional Bn became

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to Frezenberg on 7 September. The battalion was now regularly shelled and bombed, suffering a trickle of casualties. It was not involved in the division's failed attack on Borry Farm but practised for a renewed attack that was cancelled on 12 September. After a short spell in the Salient, the

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When the casualty list was drawn up on 13 April, 2/5th Manchesters reported losses since 21 March of 2 officers and 3 ORs killed, 8 officers and 22 ORs wounded, and 23 officers and 670 ORs posted as missing – killed or captured. (On 1 February 1918 the battalion had had a total strength of 43

674:, and so the Manchesters arrived late on 6 May, after the rest of the division had gone into action. The 1/5th Bn bivouacked above 'W' Beach ('Lancashire Landing') and during the night of 7/8 May was moved, with ammunition, rations and entrenching equipment, but no blankets or baggage, to the 590:

On the outbreak of war, the division was at its annual camp when the order to mobilise was received at 05.30 on 4 August. The units returned to their drill halls to mobilise, the men being billeted close by. The 5th Battalion mobilised at Bank Chambers under the command of Lt-Col W.S. France.

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After a short rest and receiving a few drafts and returning casualties, the division was put back into the line on 19 August, still badly under strength and suffering from sickness. Lieutenant-Col Darlington was one of those who were evacuated sick, and the 1/5th and 1/6th Manchesters were

1395:). On 1 June 2/5th Manchesters consisted of 14 officers and 77 ORs under the command of Lt-Col Hancock. The division was used to train newly arrived US troops: in June 2/5th Manchesters was attached to 106th Regiment of 27th US Division in a succession of training camps behind the lines. 1112:

By the end of the day 42nd (EL) Division had secured all its objectives. Major W.M. Tickler took command of the battalion. When the advance was resumed on 23 October 127th Bde was in support. During the subsequent pursuit (3–11 November), it remained in support, marching through the

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onto its first objective, then the barrage switched to precede 127th Bde advancing with two battalions, each with a company of 5th Manchesters in support. Assisted by morning mist, the Manchesters took their first objective and then moved on, finally advancing along the ridge up to

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to garrison and improve the line at Broodseinde and 'Daring Crossing' during the winter. 199th Brigade was relieved on 9/10 February and on 13 February 2/5th Manchesters received a draft from 2/8th Manchesters, which was being disbanded as part of the BEF's reorganisation.

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for rest. It returned to Cape Helles on 21 June and 1/5th Bn went up to the forward sector on 23 June. They relieved the 1/6th Bn in the firing line in the Krithia Nullah sector on 29 June. The battalion then spent the next six weeks alternating in the line with 1/6th and

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these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix and would absorb the flood of volunteers coming forwards. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.

1019:(8–12 August), as a result of which the Germans began to give ground. Patrols from 5th Manchesters found posts like 'Watling Street' unoccupied on 14 August and 42nd (EL) Division began following up against rearguards next day. Third Army began its formal assault (the 832:, near the Palestine frontier, on 22 December. On 28 January 1917, orders arrived for the division to be sent to the Western Front. By 12 February the division had withdrawn from El Arish to Moascar, and on 22 February the division began embarking at Alexandria for 1069:

C and D Companies of 5th Manchesters were sent to form a defensive flank. 6th and 7th Battalions were too weak to attempt the final objective, Welsh Ridge, but it was taken that night by the rest of the division, which continued to advance the following morning.

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On 5 May 1942 6th Manchesters was used to reform the Regular 1st Battalion of the regiment, which had been captured in Malaya. At first it remained in 199 Bde but later it was converted to the machine gun role. In February 1944 it became the MG battalion of

1519:(TA) in 1921) the 5th Bn Manchester Regiment reformed at the Drill Hall, Wigan, under the command of Lt-Col A.W.W. Simpson. It was still in 127th Bde (which was commanded by the battalion's former CO, Col Henry Darlington, in 1920–24) in 42nd (EL) Division. 1057:

aircraft accompanying the advance were turned onto them. The division then exploited this success, and a period of open warfare ensued, with cavalry passing through 127th Bde and going into action as the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line once more.

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During another spell in front of Krithia beginning on 25 May, the 1/5th and 1/6th Manchesters advanced their line between 50 and 200 yards (180 m). The lines were now within assaulting distance of the nearest Turkish trenches, and a new attack (the

905:). It went into the line on 26/27 September and remained here until November. In the front line it engaged in active patrolling; when not in the front line trenches it had to supply working parties to build underground passages. It then marched to the 745:

of 88th Bde, who were believed to be hanging on in trench H13. The battalion's second attack also failed, and a reconnaissance by 1/7th Bn revealed that H13 was fully held by the Turks, and that the remnants of the Worcesters were slipping back across

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amongst others); 25 ORs transferred from each of the other battalions in 127th Bde (1/6th and 17th Manchesters); and 48 ORs straight from England. On 17 May the battalion received a draft of 80 ORs from 2/5th Manchesters, which was being reduced to a

801:, former brigadier of 127th Bde) formed to counter a threatened Turkish thrust across the Sinai desert before it reached the canal. 127th Brigade was the advanced brigade of this force, and 1/5th Manchesters moved up from El Ferdan to rejoin. The 1152:

On 31 October 1918 the battalion calculated that its total casualties since 4 May 1915 had been 399 killed, 1308 wounded and 137 missing. The later divisional history lists 34 officers and 468 ORs killed, died of wounds or sickness, or missing.

1007:), and thereafter was officially the 5th Bn, though it continued to refer to itself as the 1/5th. Lieutenant-Col Darlington returned to the battalion on 4 August, but was sent to hospital four days later, when Lt-Col Panton resumed command. 1364:. When the German spring offensive opened on 21 March the divisional front was held by three battalions in the Forward Zone (or Outpost Line), including 2/5th Manchesters. A heavy bombardment came down at 04.30, including a large amount of 785:(EEF) and the Suez Canal defences. From February to 1916 it was stationed at Shallufa, base for the Southern Sector of the defences, broken by spells of training in the desert. In June the division was moved to the Central Sector, between 1729:

In 1937 the Regular battalions of the Manchesters had been reorganised as divisional machine gun (MG) battalions, equipped with Vickers machine guns and other heavy weapons. The reformed 5th Bn was organised as the MG battalion for

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30/31 July a patrol of the battalion came under fire and the officer was killed; Corporal J. Melling took command, withdrew the patrol successfully and carried back the body of the officer. In July the division was struck by the

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larger units in 1880, the 4th Admin Bn became the 21st Lancashire RVC on 6 March, taking the number of its senior subunit, but renumbered as the 4th Lancashire RVC on 3 September the same year, with the following organisation:

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in June. In the reorganisation after Dunkirk 66th Division was disbanded and 199 Bde transferred to 55th (WL) Division. The division was serving in the East Coast defences under XI Corps, where 6th Manchesters joined it at

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threatened the BEF's flank, and it had to withdraw again. On 17 May 127 Bde was assigned to a scratch force under Maj-Gen Noel Masone-Macfarlane ('Macforce') formed to protect this flank, denying the crossings of the

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the TA was doubled in size and most units formed duplicates. The 5th Manchesters formed a new 6th Battalion as its duplicate at Leigh on 5 August 1939. (The number had become vacant when the original 6th/7th Bn became

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42nd Armoured Division was disbanded at the end of 1943, and several of its units reverted to their original designation and role, including 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, on 1 December 1943 when it was at

1032:. 5th Manchesters moved up behind to the 'Redan'. A counter-attack from Miraumont at 04.15 the following morning was shattered by the Manchesters, as were two more against the division that day, but the German 1359:

on 27 February. The line ran through the undulating valleys of the Somme's tributaries. Reconnaissance had revealed strange new holes in No man's land, which turned out to be forming-up points for the German

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began. As the men went home the division's units were reduced to cadres by 16 March 1919. On 27 February Lt-Col Darlington returned to the battalion to take command of the cadre and take it home. It moved to

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on 25 September, the first complete TF division to go overseas. Major Henry Darlington, who had seen active service in the Boer War, was promoted to Lt-Col to command 1/5th Manchesters and take it overseas.

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rifle was issued in place of the obsolescent long model with which the battalions had gone to war. The division was employed on working parties in the area abandoned by the Germans when they retired to the

3889: 531:. By now the 1st VB's HQ was established at 42 Lancaster Avenue, Fennel Street, Manchester, still with the Earl of Crawford as Lt-Col Commandant and Lt-Col Bootle-Wilbraham as second-in-command. 1734:. The division was on a lower establishment, serving in home defence and acting as a feeder for formations overseas. Although it was restored to a higher establishment in May 1944, just before 1249:. By then parties of the battalion had already been taken up to the Givenchy sector in London buses to carry out 48-hour familiarisation spells in the trenches, suffering their first casualty. 522:

While the sub-districts were referred to as 'brigades', they were purely administrative organisations and the Volunteers were excluded from the 'mobilisation' part of the Cardwell system. The

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to dig a new trench 300 yards (270 m) closer to the enemy line, which was completed and occupied the following night. The battalions also carried out regular night patrols and raids.

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The headquarters (HQ) of the 4th Admin Bn moved to Manchester in 1862, to Wigan by the beginning of 1877, and back to Manchester in 1879. From 16 March 1865 the battalion was commanded by

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records that 'The Manchester Territorials, fighting like veterans, were all in high fettle'. There was almost nothing between them and Krithia, and beyond that the ultimate target of

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On 10 August, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service. The infantry brigades of the East Lancashire Division volunteered by 12 August and on 15 August 1914, the

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temporarily combined under the commanding officer of 1/6th Bn. For the rest of the month the combined battalion alternated in the front line with 1/8th Manchesters.

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sector, where the men went into the firing line for a 10-day period. On 12 May the brigade made a feint attack to attract attention away from a movement elsewhere.

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on 15 November 1945, remaining there until the battalion was demobilised in November 1946. The remaining 157 men of the battalion transferred to 1st Battalion in

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The division then travelled to the Ypres salient to join the Third Ypres Offensive. The battalion practised the new attack formations and then moved up to

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By now Lt-Col Chambers had become the battalion's honorary colonel, and with so many companies the unit was entitled to two lieutenant-colonels, of whom

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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular

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2/6th Manchesters with the remnants of 2/5th Bn held on doggedly next day until 14.00 before falling back under cover of fog to the 'Green Line' at

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The Gallipoli Campaign was shut down at the beginning of January, but 42nd (EL) Division remained on Mudros for some time before returning to the

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199th Brigade was pulled out of the line on 19 June for training and then on 28 June the battalion entrained for St-Pol, behind the lines on the

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where the division was concentrating. Training was hindered by the lack of instructors and weapons: the infantry battalions eventually received

1003:, but did receive some drafts: on 31 July the 1/5th Manchesters absorbed the remaining cadre of the 2/5th Manchesters from 66th (EL) Division ( 3753: 3616: 1608:. On 23 May the BEF fell back to the 'Canal Line' to avoid encirclement, with 42nd (EL) Division still facing east on the Belgian frontier. 1920: 1903: 1410:

This battalion was formed at Wigan on 25 May 1915, with the role of training drafts for the 1/5th and 2/5th Bns. Early in 1916 it moved to

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After AA Command was abolished on 10 March 1955 the regiment was also disbanded by 30 June, though some of its personnel transferred to

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by machine guns, Lt-Col Panton being wounded. Four runners were killed trying to get a message back to the supporting company: Private

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where received large drafts of reinforcements: 13 officers and 127 ORs)from battalions that had been disbanded in February, including

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was hurriedly digging in. On 23 March Lt-Col Maxwell and the remnant of 2/5th Manchesters helped 2/6th Bn to hold Bristol Bridge at

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drove 5th Manchesters' HQ out of the Redan into Munich Trench. 5th Manchesters continued supporting 127th Bde as it crossed the

1604:. In the event this was not needed but by 21 May the whole BEF was back on the Escaut, with 42nd (EL) Division under attack at 1419: 1365: 1033: 990:). On 26 May Lt-Col Blatherwick was transferred to command 1/6th Manchesters, and Maj W.F. Panton was promoted to succeed him. 794: 682: 574: 515:, the 4th Lancashire RVC was formally attached to it as a volunteer battalion (VB) on 1 July 1881, and was redesignated as its 1576:(BEF) in France, 127 Bde arriving on 24 April. When the German offensive began on 10 May, the BEF advanced into Belgium under 1831: 1500: 1496: 1398:

2/5th Manchesters was disbanded on 31 July, the remaining personnel being transferred to the 1/5th Bn in 42nd (EL) Division (

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After a period of rest and training, the division returned to the line for the set-piece assault on the Hindenburg Line (the

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and captured Miraumont on 24 August. The division continued to advance slowly against rearguards until the end of the month.

942: 926: 737: 3540: 733: 3869: 1431: 1376: 1277: 821: 782: 404: 359: 260: 1304: 534:

Volunteers from the battalion served for a year in a Service Company alongside the Regulars of the regiment during the

1880:

with scarlet Facings until 1908 when it became 5th Manchesters and adopted that regiment's scarlet uniform with white

1352: 1225:

the same night, but the sea was too rough and it returned to port. The rest of the battalion successfully sailed from

1213: 1061: 930: 620: 380: 341: 268: 176: 1241:

after the outbreak of war and had been rapidly promoted). It was not until 12 March that the transport reboarded the

3712:, London: Samson Books, 1978, ISBN 0-906304-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9. 1265:

opposite on the evening of 8 June behind an artillery barrage and smoke screen, taking prisoners while accompanying

1851: 1786: 1194: 1166: 959: 910: 798: 729: 686: 528: 333: 150: 117: 1774: 1672: 1664: 1487: 955: 352: 3373: 3362: 3351: 3746:

Death of a Division: Eight Days in March 1918 and the Untold Story of the 66th (2/1st East Lancashire) Division

3663:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009, ISBN 978-1-845747-28-2. 3340: 3329: 3318: 3307: 3296: 3267: 3256: 1893: 1656: 1652: 1049: 496: 3837: 2059: 1705:

In October 1941 42nd (EL) Infantry Division returned to Northern Command and on 1 November was reorganised as

909:

sector, arriving on 27 November, and spent the winter building concrete defences to replace the existing poor

797:

between El Ferdan and Abu Uruk. In July, 42nd (EL) Division became part of a Mobile Column (under Maj-Gen Hon

3231: 1723: 1590: 1285: 1102: 1077: 1020: 1016: 922: 885: 742: 694: 276: 171: 145: 17: 2406: 1738:, it was never deployed overseas. In August and September 1944 5th Manchesters guarded the royal family at 1189:) and all the personnel of 2/5th Manchesters were eligible for overseas service. The division was numbered 666:

shipping line vessel that had just arrived with a cargo of wounded from the initial landings at Gallipoli.

1935: 1561: 1326: 1122: 806: 671: 400: 228: 3590: 1372: 1855: 1709:, when its infantry battalions converted into tank regiments. 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment became 1668: 1648: 1339: 1261: 1098: 714: 658: 653: 504: 160: 2687:

1/5th Manchesters War Diary March 1917–March 1919, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/2660/1.

1182: 708:

On 12 June the Manchester Brigade was withdrawn from the Gallipoli Peninsula and went to the island of

344:) Lancashire RVC, formed as one company on 24 February 1860 and absorbed No 12 (Eccles) Company of the 3717:

Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945

3630: 1911: 1907: 1460: 1309: 938: 3558:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8. 1675:

in the East Coast defences, where it remained for the next year. 5th Manchesters was first based at

3429: 1818:. In December 1941 55th (WL) Division moved to Northern Command, with 6th Manchesters stationed at 1743: 1549: 1089: 1024: 906: 894: 523: 508: 408: 316: 215: 181: 3607:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom

3565:

London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.

538:, followed by two further drafts in succeeding years. This service gained the battalion its first 480:

and MP for Wigan, was the senior, and his brother-in-law Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham (grandson of the

3759: 3605: 2888: 2883: 1846:

When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, 5th Bn Manchester Regiment reformed at Wigan as

1835: 1819: 1815: 1616: 1548:, the TA was mobilised on 1 September. 5th Manchesters mobilised in 127 Bde and trained first in 1161:

The 2nd Line battalion was formed at Wigan on 31 August 1914, and by November it was training at

649: 612: 325: 304: 288: 1237:

on 6 March under the command of Lt-Col Alfred Hewlett (who had only joined 5th Manchesters as a

1114: 720: 362:) Lancashire RVC, formed as one company on 6 March 1860; joined the 4th Admin Bn in October 1861 2813: 2686: 3749: 3612: 1927: 1747: 1380: 1356: 1238: 1218: 1000: 825: 790: 562: 485: 220: 83: 3705:, London: Country Life, 1920/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, ISBN 1-84342-642-0. 2978: 2964: 1807: 1577: 983: 870: 802: 512: 507:

into Sub-district No 16 (Lancashire). When the 63rd and 96th were amalgamated to create the

492: 477: 284: 194: 155: 1201: 3845: 1854:, but when that was disbanded on 9 September 1948 the regiment was probably taken over by 1806:

in Suffolk on 23 June. In November the division moved to IV Corps with 6th Manchesters at

1763: 1739: 1680: 1504: 1427: 1266: 1053: 877: 862: 566: 558: 535: 292: 248: 79: 75: 607:

On 20 August the East Lancashire Division moved into camps, with the Manchester Bde near

3850: 3520: 1072: 1601: 1557: 1281: 1137: 1106: 1081: 974: 941:

road and set up an outpost line. The following day the division was ordered to relieve

762: 64: 3863: 3601: 1881: 1644: 1553: 1523: 1314: 1041: 995: 950: 881: 813: 539: 473: 3430:'The Vickers Machine Gun and The Manchester Regiment' at Manchester Regiment Museum. 805:

opened early on the morning of 4 August, and 127th Bde was rushed up to support the

3677: 1581: 1545: 1246: 1118: 994:

small party of 1/5th Manchesters raided a German post in 'Watling Street', west of

817: 773: 747: 616: 396: 308: 280: 188: 1793:

was reformed on 27 September 1939. From April 1940 6th Manchesters trained in the

876:

From 9 July to 22 August the division was in reserve, with 127th Bde stationed at

573:, with its HQ at Bank Chambers, Wigan. The Manchester Brigade became part of the 3764:

The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive

3730: 3583:

Rupert Bonner, 'The Development of the Rifle Volunteer Movement in Manchester',

1877: 1811: 1759: 1684: 1620: 1411: 1174: 1093: 1037: 966: 866: 857: 663: 624: 272: 139: 1823: 1676: 1334: 1330: 1257: 1226: 1205: 889: 628: 595: 546: 1584:. 42nd (EL) Division was to move up to prepare positions further back on the 1329:, where it role was to advance up a ridge to the outskirts of the village of 1088:

After 10 days' rest and training 42nd (EL) Division next participated in the

754:

on 8/9 August. The division was finally withdrawn into reserve on 13 August.

1798: 1660: 1640: 1529:

65th (The Manchester Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

1322: 1162: 1146: 1142: 1065: 1029: 869:. On the night of 8/9 June all four battalions of the Manchesters went into 853: 849: 845: 833: 702: 373: 264: 1355:

Somme sector, where 2/5th Manchesters went into the line at Villeret, near

1667:, forming part of the GHQ Reserve west of London, with 5th Manchesters at 3609:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004 1755: 1596: 1439: 1280:

was concentrating here in the Nieuport sector for a thrust up the coast (

1273: 1230: 1129: 786: 608: 3832: 3724:

The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)

3582: 2814:

2/5th Manchesters War Diary March 1917–July 1918, TNA file WO 95/2660/1.

1972: 636:

Suez Canal, the Manchester Bde was detached in January 1915 to garrison

3799:

Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army

1803: 1751: 1688: 1612: 1605: 1585: 1476: 1253: 1133: 1045: 946: 675: 366: 166: 3668:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

3657:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

3646:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

3635:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

977:'; 113 ORs from 17th Entrenching Battalion (also formed from 18th and 925:

opened on 21 March 1918, 42nd (EL) Division was in reserve behind the

3822:, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008, ISBN 9780806155609. 1794: 1619:). During the night of 27/28 May 42nd (EL) Division fell back to the 1415: 1384: 1178: 934: 709: 2166:

1st V.B.M.R. Orders printed in Wigan Observer Newspapers - 1880-1913

1173:. It remained in Lancashire until about May 1915, when moved to the 1422:

at Witley. The battalion was back at Southport in October, then at

407:. The battalion's Honorary Chaplain from its formation was the Rev 3735:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine

3698:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X. 1770: 1735: 1435: 1423: 1303: 1209: 1071: 829: 816:

covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

772: 719: 637: 320: 256: 127: 3691:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3. 3170:

Army Council Instruction 2364 of 17 December 1916 (Appendix 204).

648:

At the end of April the division was ordered to sail to join the

3579:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981, ISBN 0-352-30833-8. 3570:

Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908

3232:'Territorial Army 1920-1945' at Manchester Regiment Museum. 1624: 1480: 1289: 929:, but on 23 March it was sent south in motor buses to reinforce 681:

On 25 May, the East Lancashire Division was formally designated

1515:

When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 (becoming the

901:

on 23 September (1/5th Manchesters relieved 2/5th Manchesters,

3666:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,

1848:

652 (Manchester) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

865:, and then the brigades started taking turns in the line near 3766:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983, ISBN 0-14-017135-5. 2407:'Territorial Force 1914–1919' at Manchester Regiment Museum. 1914:, former CO, appointed 10 October 1900, died 31 January 1913 1611:

On 26 May the decision was made to evacuate the BEF through

3072:, Vol I, pp. 281, 284, 345, 359–60, 411–2, 463, 466–8, 504. 1580:, and by 15 May its leading divisions were in place on the 275:. Its Second Line battalion was virtually destroyed in the 3773:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014, ISBN 978-1-78159-267-0. 1711:

111st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Manchester Regiment)

1430:

in January 1917. It then moved to the Yorkshire coast, at

1105:

volunteered for the duty. He was subsequently awarded the

3785:

Instructions Issued by The War Office During August, 1914

1789:, which was administered by 42nd (EL) Division until the 1149:

on 28 March. 5th Manchesters was disembodied on 6 April.

491:

Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' introduced by the

383:) Lancashire RVC, formed as one company on 14 August 1872 330:

4th Administrative Battalion, Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

3820:

Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918

3808:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3. 3771:

Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat

1048:

held up a neighbouring division for two days during the

962:

on 5 April) until the division was relieved on 8 April.

328:), and from 29 October 1860 these were grouped into the 3726:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0. 3661:

8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive

3545:

History of the Great War: Military Operations Gallipoli

3420:

111 RAC War Diary, November 1941, TNA file WO 166/1428.

3161:

9th Provisional Brigade War Diary, TNA file WO 95/5458.

1746:, but D Company remained on royal protection duties at 495:, the 4th was linked with other Manchester-based RVCs, 1121:

behind 42nd (EL) Division's advanced guards until the

376:) Lancashire RVC, formed as one company on 3 July 1860 3572:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X. 3152:

Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.

812:

For the next few months the division was part of the

369:) Lancashire RVC, formed as one company on 7 May 1860 3890:

Military units and formations disestablished in 1945

3672:

26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory

2911:

Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 339, 364–5, 552–3.

1785:

On the outbreak of war 6th Battalion formed part of

1671:. In November 1940 42nd (EL) Division moved to join 484:

and father of the 5th Lord), a former Ensign in the

3792:

Army Council Instructions Issued During August 1916

3585:

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

1635:On return to the UK 42nd (EL) Division was sent to 1200:At the end of 1915 the battalions were issued with 209: 204: 133: 123: 113: 101: 89: 70: 52: 44: 31: 3739:From the Outbreak of War with Germany to June 1917 3650:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives 3246:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files. 2452: 2450: 793:. 1/5th and 1/8th Manchesters were stationed with 3885:Military units and formations established in 1908 3815:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1996, ISBN 0-85052-511-X. 3481: 3479: 2426:WO Instructions Nos 108 & 310 of August 1914. 1900:J.H. Chambers, former CO, appointed 17 March 1875 1769:After the war ended, 5th Manchesters was sent to 1754:. In February 1945 the battalion concentrated at 1695:111th (Manchester) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps 1434:from July 1917, and at the end of the war was at 954:29 March the battalion was relieved and moved to 611:, and on 5 September it received orders to go to 40:652 (5th Bn Manchester Regiment) HAA Regiment, RA 3639:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries 2138: 2136: 2134: 1252:On 19 March the battalion took over part of the 2041: 2039: 2037: 2035: 2033: 2031: 1923:, son of 26th Earl and former captain in 1st VB 1204:rifles and in March 1916 the division moved to 897:sector on the Belgian coast, where it relieved 3493: 3491: 2756:, Vol I, pp. 392, 437–8, 444–5, 481–91, 521–2. 2029: 2027: 2025: 2023: 2021: 2019: 2017: 2015: 2013: 2011: 267:, and in some of the bitterest battles on the 3780:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7. 3696:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 3689:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 3624:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 3407: 3405: 2623:MacMunn & Falls, Vol I, pp. 156, 179–201. 2366: 2364: 2362: 2360: 2358: 1132:on the Sambre during November, then moved to 1092:. The divisional Royal Engineers bridged the 1023:) on 21 August. 125 Brigade advance behind a 623:. It embarked on a convoy of troopships from 8: 3451: 3449: 3439: 3437: 3227: 2837:, Vol IV, pp. 188–9, 250–1, 344–5, 410, 420. 2478: 2476: 2474: 2402: 2400: 2398: 2356: 2354: 2352: 2350: 2348: 2346: 2344: 2342: 2340: 2338: 1860:652 (5th Bn The Manchester Regiment) HAA Rgt 1858:. By about 1950/51 its title was changed to 1015:The Allied counter-offensive began with the 933:. 127th Brigade debussed at midnight on the 18:1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment 3875:Military units and formations in Lancashire 3703:The 42nd East Lancashire Division 1914–1918 3684:, Stroud: Sutton, 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1403-3. 3383: 3381: 3283: 3281: 3279: 3277: 3275: 3225: 3223: 3221: 3219: 3217: 3215: 3213: 3211: 3209: 3207: 2954:66th (2nd EL) Division at Long, Long Trail. 2516: 2514: 2512: 2510: 2508: 2506: 2396: 2394: 2392: 2390: 2388: 2386: 2384: 2382: 2380: 2378: 2294: 2292: 2290: 2288: 2258: 2256: 2254: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2246: 844:By 2 March 1/5th Manchesters had landed at 619:units from the garrison for service on the 3596:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 3587:, Autumn 2008, Vol 86, No 347, pp. 216–35. 3241: 3239: 2949: 2947: 2945: 2943: 2941: 2939: 2937: 2935: 2892:(Supplement). 4 January 1919. p. 309. 2730: 2728: 2726: 2724: 2722: 2720: 2718: 2716: 2714: 2712: 2286: 2284: 2282: 2280: 2278: 2276: 2274: 2272: 2270: 2268: 2244: 2242: 2240: 2238: 2236: 2234: 2232: 2230: 2228: 2226: 2085: 2083: 2081: 2079: 2077: 2075: 2073: 2071: 2055: 2053: 2051: 1917:N.F. Eckersley, appointed 22 November 1913 1683:from March 1941 and then in the summer at 3395: 3393: 2328: 2326: 1351:66th (EL) Division moved by rail to join 545:. By now it was based at the Drill Hall, 3510:638–677 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3505: 3503: 2324: 2322: 2320: 2318: 2316: 2314: 2312: 2310: 2308: 2306: 1968: 1966: 1964: 1962: 1960: 1663:area. On 9 September the transferred to 1217:Manchesters entrained at Colchester for 828:. The head of the Desert Column reached 241:21st (Wigan) Lancashire Rifle Volunteers 2855:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 43–4. 2641:MacMunn & Falls, Vol I, pp. 246–52. 2299:42nd (EL) Division at Long, Long Trail. 2121: 2119: 1947: 1938:, former CO, appointed 26 November 1927 1838:and the campaign in North West Europe. 1639:to reorganise, with 5th Manchesters at 893:division was relieved and moved to the 311:in time of need. One such unit was the 3880:Military units and formations in Wigan 3801:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927. 2809: 2807: 2805: 2803: 2801: 2799: 2797: 2795: 2793: 2682: 2680: 2678: 2676: 2117: 2115: 2113: 2111: 2109: 2107: 2105: 2103: 2101: 2099: 1503:and was disbanded on 29 March 1918 at 28: 3794:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916. 3729:Lt-Gen Sir George MacMunn & Capt 2674: 2672: 2670: 2668: 2666: 2664: 2662: 2660: 2658: 2656: 1742:. In December the battalion moved to 777:The Battle of Romani 3–4 August 1916. 615:to complete its training and relieve 34:1st Volunteer Bn, Manchester Regiment 7: 3787:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916 1921:David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford 1904:James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1655:, with 5th Manchesters stationed at 1245:and caught up with the battalion at 888:was continuing, passing through the 752:125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade 685:, and the Manchester Brigade became 670:missed her intended landing spot at 470:James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 3748:, Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2018, 1758:in Norfolk, then in April moved to 1701:111th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 1191:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division 899:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division 346:6th (1st Manchester) Lancashire RVC 1284:) in conjunction with the planned 848:. The troops were concentrated at 571:5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 245:5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 25: 3846:Museum of the Manchester Regiment 1125:came into effect on 11 November. 656:embarked at Alexandria on the SS 455:L and M Companies at Farnworth – 2371:Manchesters at Long, Long Trail. 1221:on 4 March. It sailed on the SS 348:when the 4th Admin Bn was formed 74: 57: 38:111th (Manchester) Regiment, RAC 3833:British Army units from 1945 on 3682:British Army Handbook 1939–1945 3655:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 3644:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 3497:Litchfield, p. 137; Appendix 5. 3032:Martin, pp. 59–64, 70–83, 92–7. 1732:55th (West Lancashire) Division 1651:. The division was assigned to 1420:East Lancashire Reserve Brigade 1128:42nd (EL) Division remained at 971:18th (3rd City) Bn, Manchesters 724:The Battle of Krithia Vineyard. 683:42nd (East Lancashire) Division 627:on 10 September, and landed at 569:of 1908, the 1st VB became the 3813:British Regiments at Gallipoli 3778:The Army and Society 1815–1914 2569:Aspinall-Oglander, pp. 168–75. 1572:42nd (EL) Division joined the 1183:.256-in Japanese Ariska rifles 927:Portuguese Expeditionary Corps 717:, taking casualties steadily. 283:, the battalion served in the 48:21 January 1860 – 30 June 1955 1: 3085:, Vol II, pp. 22, 47–9, 94–5. 2542:Aspinall-Oglander, pp. 41–54. 2184:Dunlop, pp. 60–1; Appendix A. 1797:area of Yorkshire, moving to 1467:and 8th), were combined into 1260:, and began alternating with 1171:2nd East Lancashire Division 3806:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers 3103:Murland, pp. 156–7, 162–5, . 3041:Middlebrook, pp. 112, 332–3. 2769:, Vol II, pp. 36, 56, 134–5. 1850:. It formed part of 94 (AA) 1377:50th (Northumbrian) Division 822:Egyptian Expeditionary Force 783:Egyptian Expeditionary Force 728:A new attack at Helles (the 419:A to E Companies at Wigan – 405:6th Royal Lancashire Militia 3591:Manchester Regiment Museum. 1574:British Expeditionary Force 1493:28th Bn Manchester Regiment 1338:and the battalion moved to 1214:Southern Army (Home Forces) 1062:Battle of the Canal du Nord 979:19th (4th City) Manchesters 965:The battalion went back to 824:to mount an offensive into 795:126th (East Lancashire) Bde 259:. It served as infantry in 177:Battle of the Canal du Nord 36:5th Bn, Manchester Regiment 3906: 3838:Lancashire Record Office, 3549:May 1915 to the Evacuation 2459:: Knightage: 'Darlington'. 2060:Lancashire Record Office, 1866:253 (Bolton) Field Rgt, RA 1852:Army Group Royal Artillery 1698: 1469:45th Provisional Battalion 1269:blew in tunnel entrances. 1195:199th (Manchester) Brigade 858:Short Magazine Lee-Enfield 730:Battle of Krithia Vineyard 687:127th (Manchester) Brigade 561:was subsumed into the new 499:regiments and the Regular 247:, was a unit of Britain's 151:Battle of Krithia Vineyard 118:127th (Manchester) Brigade 3853:The Territorial Army 1947 3710:British Regiments 1914–18 3190:Titles & Designations 3059:Blaxland, pp. 56–7, 65–6. 1775:British Army of the Rhine 1531:, on 10 December 1936 ). 1488:Military Service Act 1916 1145:in March, then sailed to 527:Regiment constituted the 433:ex No 2 Company, 46th RVC 427:ex No 1 Company, 46th RVC 3722:Norman E.H. Litchfield, 3626:, London: Methuen, 1938. 3598:100th Edn, London, 1953. 3179:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 111–6. 3094:Martin, pp. 139–53, 175. 2824:Martin. pp. 19–20, 24–6. 2734:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 67–74. 2262:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 35–41. 2175:Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6. 1892:The following served as 1560:, in October, moving to 1097:it advanced, and it was 1050:Second Battle of Bapaume 575:East Lancashire Division 443:J Company at Atherton – 403:John H. Chambers of the 391:Robert Mather, a former 255:recruited in and around 3818:Mitchell A. Yockelson, 1876:The unit's uniform was 1810:, from January 1941 at 1724:Greatham, County Durham 1687:between Felixstowe and 1544:On the outbreak of the 1473:9th Provisional Brigade 1193:and the brigade became 923:German spring offensive 880:. It then moved to the 856:, and re-equipped; the 761:Both sides resorted to 743:Worcestershire Regiment 695:Third Battle of Krithia 517:1st Volunteer Battalion 461:N Company at Flixton – 449:K Company at Worsley – 425:F Company at Swinton – 303:The enthusiasm for the 277:German spring offensive 146:Third Battle of Krithia 105:1–3 Infantry battalions 3541:C.F. Aspinall-Oglander 3143:Yockelson, pp. 115–23. 3050:Murland, pp. 74, 84–5. 3023:, Vol I, pp. 179, 203. 2005:Beckett, Appendix VII. 1926:Sir Henry Darlington, 1834:and served with it in 1707:42nd Armoured Division 1623:, and the then to the 1562:Marlborough, Wiltshire 1327:Battle of Poelcappelle 1318: 1167:2nd Manchester Brigade 1123:Armistice with Germany 1085: 1011:Hundred Days Offensive 807:Anzac Mounted Division 778: 725: 543:South Africa 1900–1902 431:G Company at Eccles – 399:. He was succeeded by 289:evacuated from Dunkirk 219:Sir Henry Darlington, 3701:Frederick E. Gibbon, 3387:Collier, Maps 17, 20. 2902:Gibbon, pp. 186, 237. 2045:Frederick, pp. 131–3. 1856:Anti-Aircraft Command 1832:53rd (Welsh) Division 1814:., then from July at 1669:Wheatley, Oxfordshire 1307: 1286:Third Ypres Offensive 1075: 886:Third Ypres Offensive 776: 732:) began on 6 August. 723: 652:. On 3 May 1/5th and 519:on 1 September 1888. 482:1st Lord Skelmersdale 437:H Company at Leigh – 315:raised by mill-owner 161:Battle of Poelcapelle 3715:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, 3622:Col John K. Dunlop, 3455:Joslen, pp. 97, 363. 3363:Ellis, Chapter XIII. 3330:Ellis, Chapter VIII. 3287:Joslen, pp. 68, 312. 3134:Yockelson, pp. 57–8. 3112:Martin, Appendix IV. 2982:, 25 September 1915. 1872:Uniform and insignia 1717:5th Manchesters (MG) 1595:breakthrough in the 1461:Lancashire Fusiliers 662:, a captured German 411:, Vicar of Worsley. 279:of 1918. During the 109:Air defence regiment 3870:Manchester Regiment 3485:Frederick, p. 1028. 3374:Ellis, Chapter XIV. 3352:Ellis, Chapter XII. 3297:Ellis, Chapter III. 3201:Litchfield, p. 131. 2920:Gibbon, pp. 187–97. 2846:Gibbon, pp. 155–67. 2787:Gibbon, pp. 142–54. 2778:Gibbon, pp. 128–40. 2706:Gibbon, pp. 102–22. 2697:Gibbon, pp. 96–102. 2417:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6. 2220:Spiers, Chapter 10. 2211:Dunlop, Chapter 14. 1896:of the battalion: 1744:Nutley, East Sussex 1588:in France. But the 1564:, in January 1940. 1550:Central Park, Wigan 1090:Battle of the Selle 960:Battle of the Ancre 664:Norddeutscher Lloyd 524:Stanhope Memorandum 509:Manchester Regiment 409:St. Vincent Beechey 317:Nathaniel Eckersley 313:21st Lancashire RVC 216:Nathaniel Eckersley 182:Battle of the Selle 3776:Edward M. Spiers, 3760:Martin Middlebrook 3694:J.B.M. Frederick, 3687:J.B.M. Frederick, 3575:Gregory Blaxland, 3568:Ian F.W. Beckett, 3341:Ellis, Chapter IX. 3319:Ellis, Chapter VI. 3308:Ellis, Chapter IV. 3268:Ellis, Appendix I. 3257:Ellis, Chapter II. 3010:Martin, pp. 44–56. 3001:Martin, pp. 39–43. 2992:Martin, pp. 29-36. 2929:Gibbon, pp. 221–3. 2889:The London Gazette 2873:Gibbon, pp. 181–7. 2864:Gibbon, pp. 173–7. 2743:Gibbon, pp. 122–7. 2650:Gibbon, pp. 83–95. 2632:Gibbon, pp. 79–85. 2614:Gibbon, pp. 63–78. 2605:Gibbon, pp. 49–59. 2500:Gibbon, pp. 16–28. 2193:Spiers, pp. 228–9. 1983:Spiers, pp. 163–8. 1319: 1235:Princess Henrietta 1212:to become part of 1086: 779: 726: 650:Gallipoli campaign 529:Manchester Brigade 389:Lieutenant-Colonel 326:Greater Manchester 305:Volunteer movement 32:4th Lancashire RVC 3754:978-1-47384-472-8 3744:David E. Martin, 3708:Brig E.A. James, 3617:978-1-84574-055-9 3473:Joslen, pp. 87–8. 3443:Joslen, pp. 90–1. 3125:, Vol II, p. 365. 2968:, 25 August 1915. 2596:Gibbon, pp. 53–4. 2587:Gibbon, pp. 47–8. 2578:Gibbon, pp. 43–7. 2551:Gibbon, pp. 35–9. 2491:Gibbon, pp. 8–13. 2157:: 'Skelmersdale'. 1888:Honorary colonels 1748:Sandringham House 1347:Operation Michael 1262:1/6th Manchesters 1219:Southampton Docks 654:1/6th Manchesters 563:Territorial Force 553:Territorial Force 486:Coldstream Guards 234: 233: 107:Armoured regiment 84:Territorial Force 16:(Redirected from 3897: 3827:External sources 3631:James E. Edmonds 3527: 3518: 3512: 3507: 3498: 3495: 3486: 3483: 3474: 3471: 3465: 3462: 3456: 3453: 3444: 3441: 3432: 3427: 3421: 3418: 3412: 3409: 3400: 3399:Forty, pp. 50–1. 3397: 3388: 3385: 3376: 3371: 3365: 3360: 3354: 3349: 3343: 3338: 3332: 3327: 3321: 3316: 3310: 3305: 3299: 3294: 3288: 3285: 3270: 3265: 3259: 3254: 3248: 3243: 3234: 3229: 3202: 3199: 3193: 3186: 3180: 3177: 3171: 3168: 3162: 3159: 3153: 3150: 3144: 3141: 3135: 3132: 3126: 3119: 3113: 3110: 3104: 3101: 3095: 3092: 3086: 3079: 3073: 3066: 3060: 3057: 3051: 3048: 3042: 3039: 3033: 3030: 3024: 3017: 3011: 3008: 3002: 2999: 2993: 2990: 2984: 2976: 2970: 2962: 2956: 2951: 2930: 2927: 2921: 2918: 2912: 2909: 2903: 2900: 2894: 2893: 2880: 2874: 2871: 2865: 2862: 2856: 2853: 2847: 2844: 2838: 2831: 2825: 2822: 2816: 2811: 2788: 2785: 2779: 2776: 2770: 2763: 2757: 2750: 2744: 2741: 2735: 2732: 2707: 2704: 2698: 2695: 2689: 2684: 2651: 2648: 2642: 2639: 2633: 2630: 2624: 2621: 2615: 2612: 2606: 2603: 2597: 2594: 2588: 2585: 2579: 2576: 2570: 2567: 2561: 2558: 2552: 2549: 2543: 2540: 2534: 2531: 2525: 2518: 2501: 2498: 2492: 2489: 2483: 2480: 2469: 2466: 2460: 2454: 2445: 2444:Gibbon, pp. 6–8. 2442: 2436: 2433: 2427: 2424: 2418: 2415: 2409: 2404: 2373: 2368: 2333: 2332:James, pp. 96–8. 2330: 2301: 2296: 2263: 2260: 2221: 2218: 2212: 2209: 2203: 2200: 2194: 2191: 2185: 2182: 2176: 2173: 2167: 2164: 2158: 2152: 2146: 2140: 2129: 2128:, various dates. 2123: 2094: 2091:Rifle Volunteers 2087: 2066: 2057: 2046: 2043: 2006: 2003: 1997: 1994:Rifle Volunteers 1990: 1984: 1981: 1975: 1970: 1955: 1952: 1894:Honorary Colonel 1808:Henley-on-Thames 1637:Northern Command 1617:Operation Dynamo 1568:Battle of France 1546:Second World War 1535:Second World War 1115:Forest of Mormal 1103:Alfred Wilkinson 1078:Alfred Wilkinson 1025:creeping barrage 1021:Battle of Albert 1017:Battle of Amiens 917:Spring Offensive 867:Havrincourt Wood 803:Battle of Romani 799:Herbert Lawrence 699:Official History 513:Childers Reforms 493:Cardwell Reforms 478:Grenadier Guards 285:Battle of France 281:Second World War 253:Territorial Army 195:Battle of France 189:Second World War 172:Battle of Albert 156:Battle of Romani 78: 63: 61: 60: 29: 21: 3905: 3904: 3900: 3899: 3898: 3896: 3895: 3894: 3860: 3859: 3858: 3851:Graham Watson, 3829: 3769:Jerry Murland, 3561:Maj A.F. 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Becke, 3535: 3530: 3519: 3515: 3508: 3501: 3496: 3489: 3484: 3477: 3472: 3468: 3464:Joslen, p. 450. 3463: 3459: 3454: 3447: 3442: 3435: 3428: 3424: 3419: 3415: 3410: 3403: 3398: 3391: 3386: 3379: 3372: 3368: 3361: 3357: 3350: 3346: 3339: 3335: 3328: 3324: 3317: 3313: 3306: 3302: 3295: 3291: 3286: 3273: 3266: 3262: 3255: 3251: 3244: 3237: 3230: 3205: 3200: 3196: 3187: 3183: 3178: 3174: 3169: 3165: 3160: 3156: 3151: 3147: 3142: 3138: 3133: 3129: 3120: 3116: 3111: 3107: 3102: 3098: 3093: 3089: 3080: 3076: 3067: 3063: 3058: 3054: 3049: 3045: 3040: 3036: 3031: 3027: 3018: 3014: 3009: 3005: 3000: 2996: 2991: 2987: 2977: 2973: 2963: 2959: 2952: 2933: 2928: 2924: 2919: 2915: 2910: 2906: 2901: 2897: 2882: 2881: 2877: 2872: 2868: 2863: 2859: 2854: 2850: 2845: 2841: 2832: 2828: 2823: 2819: 2812: 2791: 2786: 2782: 2777: 2773: 2764: 2760: 2751: 2747: 2742: 2738: 2733: 2710: 2705: 2701: 2696: 2692: 2685: 2654: 2649: 2645: 2640: 2636: 2631: 2627: 2622: 2618: 2613: 2609: 2604: 2600: 2595: 2591: 2586: 2582: 2577: 2573: 2568: 2564: 2559: 2555: 2550: 2546: 2541: 2537: 2532: 2528: 2519: 2504: 2499: 2495: 2490: 2486: 2482:Gibbon, p. 245. 2481: 2472: 2467: 2463: 2455: 2448: 2443: 2439: 2434: 2430: 2425: 2421: 2416: 2412: 2405: 2376: 2369: 2336: 2331: 2304: 2297: 2266: 2261: 2224: 2219: 2215: 2210: 2206: 2201: 2197: 2192: 2188: 2183: 2179: 2174: 2170: 2165: 2161: 2153: 2149: 2141: 2132: 2124: 2097: 2088: 2069: 2058: 2049: 2044: 2009: 2004: 2000: 1991: 1987: 1982: 1978: 1971: 1958: 1953: 1949: 1945: 1890: 1874: 1844: 1826:from May 1942. 1783: 1781:6th Manchesters 1764:Carmarthenshire 1740:Balmoral Castle 1719: 1703: 1697: 1681:Southend-on-Sea 1633: 1570: 1542: 1540:5th Manchesters 1537: 1517:Terrotorial Ary 1513: 1505:Southend-on-Sea 1495:. It served in 1448: 1428:North Yorkshire 1408: 1406:3/5th Battalion 1349: 1302: 1267:Royal Engineers 1159: 1157:2/5th Battalion 1117:and across the 1076:Lance-Corporal 1054:Villers-au-Flos 1013: 956:Gommecourt Park 919: 878:Achiet-le-Petit 863:Hindenburg Line 842: 771: 646: 605: 603:1/5th Battalion 588: 583: 581:First World War 567:Haldane Reforms 565:(TF) under the 559:Volunteer Force 555: 536:Second Boer War 511:as part of the 301: 299:Volunteer Force 293:Royal Artillery 273:First World War 249:Volunteer Force 237: 218: 211: 140:First World War 108: 106: 96: 94: 80:Volunteer Force 58: 56: 39: 37: 35: 33: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3903: 3901: 3893: 3892: 3887: 3882: 3877: 3872: 3862: 3861: 3857: 3856: 3848: 3843: 3835: 3828: 3825: 3824: 3823: 3816: 3811:Ray Westlake, 3809: 3804:Ray Westlake, 3802: 3795: 3788: 3781: 3774: 3767: 3757: 3742: 3727: 3720: 3713: 3706: 3699: 3692: 3685: 3675: 3664: 3653: 3642: 3627: 3620: 3599: 3593: 3580: 3573: 3566: 3559: 3552: 3536: 3534: 3531: 3529: 3528: 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