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The Manchester Regiment |
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1756 - 1958 |
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Titles |
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pre 1881 |
post 1881 |
| 63rd (West
Suffolk) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment |
| 96th Regiment of
Foot |
2nd Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
63rd: 1756, when raised as the 2nd Battalion, 8th (The King's)
Regiment of Foot, redesignated the 63rd in 1758 |
96th: when raised 1824, but in 1874 the regiment was granted the lineage of
an earlier "96th" regiment that had been disbanded in 1818. This earlier
regiment was raised in 1798 as "The Minorca Regiment"* (became later "The
Queen's Own German Regiment" as well as being numbered the 97th and 96th
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*Minorca was captured (again) by the British in 1798, and the Minorca
Regiment was raised on the island from Swiss prisoners who had been
previously sold by the French into the Spanish service. |
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| Motto: |
Concilio et Labore |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Manchester Regiment Gazette |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 72 |
Victoria Crosses; 11 |
Died; 13770 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 50 |
Victoria Crosses; 0 |
Died; ??? |
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| Amalgamated: |
1958, with
The King's Regiment (Liverpool), to form The King's Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool) |
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| | | | A 2nd Battalion of the 63rd
existed 1804-1814, serving in the Walcheren Expedition (no campaign
medals) |
Capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe: 1st Battalion, 63rd
Regiment, and The Egypt Campaign 1801 and the Peninsula War 1808
- 1814: 97th (The Queen's Own Germans) Regiment* |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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clasp: |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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48 | 38 |
60 | 2 |
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clasp: |
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Total Medals/
Max clasps |
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7 | 2 |
69 | 70 |
63 | 36 |
88 / 6 |
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*renumbered the 96th in 1816, disbanded 1818;
lineage, honours etc. inherited by the new 96th in 1874. |
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Battle Honours: Martinique1809
(63rd), Guadaloupe 1810 (63rd), Peninsula(96th);
and a Sphinx superscribed "Egypt" was permitted to be borne
on the colours(96th) |
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1st Maori War, New Zealand 1845-1847 96th
Regiment |
New Zealand Medal 1845-1866 |
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reverse |
undated | |
number |
27 estimated* |
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*The roll for this medal to the 96th has not
survived (see note in WO100/18). About 3 medals are known to
exist. |
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Battle Honour: New Zealand |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 63rd
Regiment | |
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Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | |
Clasp: → | ..none... |
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Total Medals | | |
Number: → |
? | 920 |
774 | 784 |
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Battle Casualties; | |
Action. | Killed |
Died of Wounds |
'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing |
Total | |
The Battle of the Alma |
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First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and
minor actions |
2 | - |
5 | - |
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- | 7 | |
The Battle of Inkermann |
16 | - |
85 | - |
3 | 4 |
4 | 112 | |
The Assault on the Quarries |
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First Attack on the Redan |
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- | 1 |
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Final Attack on the Redan |
1 | - |
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3 | 2 |
- | 7 | |
2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor
Actions. |
3 | - |
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7 | 13 |
- | 24 | |
Magazine explosion at the French Siege Train |
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Grand Total: |
151 | |
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Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: |
Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | | |
Battle Honours: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol. |
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Afghan War 1878-1880
63rd Regiment |
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Afghanistan Medal
1878 -1880 |
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...none... |
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Battle Honour: Afghanistan 1879-80 |
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| | | 1881: 63rd Regiment and the
96th Regiment now become 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Manchester
Regiment. | | |
Egypt
Campaign 1882
Both battalions present. |
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 | | |
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clasp: |
...none... |
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battalion: |
1st |
2nd |
1st |
2nd | |
number: |
677 |
760 |
0 |
2* |
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*2388 Pte. T. James and 2437 Pte. J. Plevin |
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Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star
dated 1882 |
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1900: Two further battalions of regulars raised (3rd and 4th).
Both battalions were disbanded in 1906 | | |
Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st Battalion, entire war; 2nd Battalion
April 1900 to the end of the war. Volunteer companies and drafts from
the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6thVolunteer Battalions also served. Members of
the regiment also served as mounted infantry (MI) |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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1st |
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scarce |
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MI |
2nd (& MI ?) |
1st |
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scarce |
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Casualties: |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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1st Battalion |
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4 / - |
15 |
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75 |
78 |
145 |
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2nd Battalion |
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2 |
4 |
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7 |
39 |
19 |
10 |
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VCs: 2; Pitts, Scott.
see VC page
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Battle Honours: Defence of Ladysmith, South
Africa 1899-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 42 battalions; 27 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Battalion → |
1** |
2 |
1/5* |
1/6* |
1/7* |
1/8* |
1/9* † |
1/10* |
2/5 |
2/6 |
2/7 |
2/8 |
2/9 † |
2/10 |
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Ardwick |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
x ) |
26/9
1914 |
17/8
1914 |
6/5
1915 |
6/5
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6/5
1915 |
6/5
1915 |
9/5
1915 |
9/5
1915 |
?/2
1917 |
?/2
1917 |
?/2
1917 |
?/2
1917 |
?/2
1917 |
?/2
1917 |
| France &
Flanders |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Gallipoli |
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x |
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Egypt & Palestine |
x |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Mesopotamia | x |
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Macedonia |
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India |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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or 1914-15 only |
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died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 232 officers who are
recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not
shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.) |
868 |
1134 |
513 |
692 |
607 |
598 |
445 |
485 |
245 |
261 |
315 |
125 |
238 |
120 |
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(ORs only, officers included with 1st line territorials) |
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*These six 1st line Territorials arrived Egypt
(from the UK) 25/9/1914, and then on to Gallipoli 6/5/1915
for 1/5-1/8 Btns., and 9/5/1915 for 1/9 and 1/10. Medal index
cards for these units show the Gallipoli dates as entry into
first war theatre, which are the dates we have used here. |
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**In India at the start, moved to France. |
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† 1/9th absorbed the 2/9th in France Feb
1918 to become the "9th". Casualty figures here are for the
1/9th and the 9th. |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
officers and men of the Manchester Regiment also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 11; Smith, Elstob,
Leach, Hogan, Mills, Wilkinson,
Coverdale, Evans, Forshaw, Stringer,
Kirk.
see VC page
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Battle Honours: Great War: Mons; Givenchy
1914; Ypres 1915, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916, 1918; Hindenburg Line;
Piave; Macedonia 1915-18; Gallipoli 1915; Megiddo; Baghdad.
Le Cateau; Retreat from Mons; Marne 1914; Aisne 1914; La Bassée
1914; Armentières 1914; Neuve Chapelle; Gravenstafel; St Julien;
Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Aubers; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin;
Delville Wood; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Thiepval; Le Transloy;
Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Scarpe 1917;
Bullecourt; Messines 1917; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Menin Road;
Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin;
Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Lys; Kemmel; Amiens; Epéhy; Canal du Nord;
St Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; Cambrai 1918; Courtrai; Selle; Sambre;
France and Flanders 1914-18; Vittorio Veneto; Italy 1917-18; Doiran
1917; Helles; Krithia; Suvla; Landing at Suvla; Scimitar Hill;
Rumani; Egypt 1915-17; Sharon; Palestine 1918; Tigris 1916; Kut al
Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916-18. |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 |
Continued..... |
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Battalion → |
11 |
12* |
13 |
16** |
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18 |
19 |
20 |
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22 |
23 |
24 |
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1st City |
2nd City |
3rd City |
4th City |
5th City |
6th City |
7th City |
8th City |
Oldham
Pioneers |
Garrison |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
x ) |
6/8
1915 |
15/7
1915 |
?/9
1915 |
6/11
1915 |
6/11
1915 |
6/11
1915 |
6/11
1915 |
9/11
1915 |
10/11
1915 |
11/11
1915 |
?/1
1916 |
3/11
1915 |
?/2
1916 |
| France &
Flanders |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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x |
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x |
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Gallipoli |
x
(Suvla via Mudros) |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Italy | |
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Macedonia |
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India |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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x |
x |
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died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 232 officers who are
recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not
shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.) |
717 |
1017 |
129 |
638 |
701 |
689 |
579 |
667 |
715 |
646 |
303 |
170 |
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* 24/9/17: absorbed RHQ and two Squadrons of The
Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry. |
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**16th - 23rd Battalions AKA 1st - 8th
"Manchester Pals", and 24th = "Oldham Pals" |
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New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Mesopotamia & Persia 1919 - 20 2nd Battalion |
General Service Medal 1918 -62 | |
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The Battalion suffered heavy
casualties 24th July 1920 at Hillah during the Arab uprising.
Captain Henderson gained a posthumous VC on that day. (see below) |
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VCs: 1; Henderson
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
2nd |
5th |
8th |
9th |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Far East |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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N.W. Europe |
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MG Battalion.
In Malaya at the start: 1st & 2nd Malaya Infantry Brigade, captured
Singapore 14/2/42
Reformed in the UK by redesignation of the 6th 53rd (Welsh)
Infantry Division 28/2/44-31/8/45 - NW Europe 27/6/44 |
MG Battalion. GHQ BEF Troops for France and Belgium 1940
2nd Infantry Division
11/11/41-31/8/45 (Burma) |
127th Infantry Brigade
for France and Belgium 1940 |
127th Infantry Brigade
for France and Belgium 1940 to 6/5/40Malta: 231st & 232nd
Infantry Brigades 20/5/40-1/7/43
20th Indian Infantry Brigade, Egypt, Palestine, Italy.
2/7/43-17/9/44, then passed to 10 Corps for remainder (Italy) |
MG Battalion. GHQ BEF Troops for France and Belgium 1940
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46th Infantry Division 15/7/44-31/8/45 (Italy) |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
France and Germany |
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Dyle; Defence of Arras; Caen; Scheldt; Lower
Maas; Roer; Reichswald; Gothic Line; Malta 1940; Kohima.
Withdrawal to Escaut; Defence of Escaut; St Orner-La Bassée;
Ypres-Comines Canal; Esquay; Falaise; Nederrijn; Walcheren Causeway;
Flushing; Venlo Pocket; Ourthe; Rhineland; Goch; Weeze; Rhine;
Ibbenburen; Dreirwalde; Aller; Bremen; North-West Europe 1940,
1944-5; Monte Gridolfo; Coriano; San Clemente; Gemmano Ridge;
Montilgallo; Capture of Forli; Lamone Crossing; Lamone Bridgehead;
Rimini Line; Montescudo; Cesena; Italy 1944; Singapore Island;
Malaya 1941-2; North Arakan; Pinwe; Shwebo; Myinmu Bridgehead;
Irrawaddy; Burma 1944-5. |
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1948: Regulars reduced to a single battalion (the 1st) | | |
The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents.
1948-60 1st Battalion (1951-??) |
General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | |
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The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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| Author/ Ed.. Etc. |
Title |
Publisher |
| Major James Slack. |
The History of the late
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment. 263 pp. |
London: The Army and Navy
Co-operative Society Ltd., printers, 1886. |
| Compiled by Col. H. C.
Wylly, with illustrations by Gerald C. Hudson. |
History of The Manchester
Regiment (late the 63rd and 96th Foot). 2 Volumes |
London: Forster
Groom & Co. Ltd., 1923-25 |
| Compiled by Capt. G. L.
Campbell. |
The Manchesters. A History
of the Regular, Militia, Special Reserve, Territorial, and
New Army Battalions since their formation; with a Record of
the Officers now serving and the Honours and Casualties of
the War of 1914-16. 179 pp. |
London: Picture
Advertising Co., Ltd., 1916. |
| Lieut.-Commdr. A. C. Bell. |
History of the Manchester
Regiment. First and Second Battalions 1922-1948. 554 pp. |
Altrincham: John Sherratt
and Son, 1954. |
| edited by Wolmer Whyte |
The Manchester Regiment.
(The Roll of the Drum Histories of the Regiments of the
British Army ).95 pp. |
London: Hutchinson & Co.
(Publishers) Ltd. [1941] |
| Compiled by Major A. W.
Marden and Capt. and Adjt. W. P. E. Newbigging. |
Rough Diary of the Doings
of the 1st Battn. Manchester Regt. during the South African
War, 1899 to 1902. 151 pp. |
Manchester: John Haywood
[1902] |
| Brig. Gen. H. C. E.
Westropp. |
To Manchester. A Tribute
to 'The Fallen' and to 'The Spirit' of Her Great Regiment.
48 pp. |
Manchester: Sherratt &
Hughes, 1920, |
| ??? |
History of 3rd (Militia)
Battalion, the Manchester Regiment. 162 pp |
Typescript, 1937 ?? |
| C. W. Cowell |
Records of the Mounted
Infantry Company 2nd V.B. Manchester Regiment,
1887-1908.59 pp.. |
Manchester: J. H. Baxter,
n.d. 59 pp |
| Compiled by Capt. H. C.
Evans. |
Records of the 4th
Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment. 224
pp. |
Manchester: ?? 1900. |
| Col. Sir Henry
Darlington.With a Preface by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton. |
Letters from Helles.
London: [1/5th Battn. Manchester Regt.]. 154
pp. |
Longmans, Green & Co.,
1936. |
| Gerald B.
Hurst. |
With the
Manchesters in the East. 104 pp. [Story of the 7th
Battalion]. |
Manchester:
University Press, 1918. |
| Capt. S. J.
Wilson |
The Seventh
Manchesters, July 1916 to March 1919. 162 pp. |
Manchester:
University Press, 1920. |
| Michael Stedman |
The Manchester Pals. 240
pp |
Pen & Sword Books 2003 |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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Title |
Publisher |
| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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