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12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment



   The 12th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment was raised at Ashton-under-Lyne in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army, and joined 52nd Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. After initial training close to home, they moved to Wimborne in January 1915 they in May 1915 moved to Hursley Park, Winchester for final training. The division had been selected for Home Defence duties, but this was reversed and they proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 17th of July 1915, the division concentrating near St Omer. They moved into the Southern Ypres salient for trench familiarisation and then took over the the front lines in that area. In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders, on the 24th of September 1917 they absorbed the Head quarters troops and two squadrons of the dismounted Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry. and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy and The Battle of Cambrai followed by The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was south east of Maubeuge and was quickly withdrawn to the area west of Le Cateau. On the 6th of December they moved back behind Amiens and went to billets around Hallencourt. Demobilisation of the Division began in January 1919.

15th Jul 1915 On the Move

16th Jul 1915 On the Move

17th Jul 1915 On the Move

18th Jul 1915 On the March  location map

19th Jul 1915 On the March  location map

21st Jul 1915 On the March  location map

23rd Jul 1915 Instruction  location map

25th Jul 1915 Instruction  location map

30th Jul 1915 On the March  location map

Aug 1915 In the Trenches  
THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1915

The Commanding Officer of the 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment visiting 37 trench, Hill 60, near Ypres in August 1915 © The rights holder (IWM Q 60486)

1st Aug 1915 Reliefs

1st Aug 1915 Relief Complete  location map

2nd Aug 1915 Quiet

2nd Aug 1915 Communication  location map

3rd Aug 1915 Quiet

3rd Aug 1915 Communication Tests  location map

4th Aug 1915 Quiet

4th Aug 1915 Artillery Registration  location map

5th Aug 1915 Quiet

5th Aug 1915 Communication Equipment  location map

6th Aug 1915 Artillery Active

6th Aug 1915 Quiet  location map

7th Aug 1915 Defence Work

7th Aug 1915 Artillery Active  location map

8th Aug 1915 Quiet

8th Aug 1915 Working Parties  location map

9th Aug 1915 Attack Made

9th Aug 1915 Bombardment  location map

10th Aug 1915 Quiet

11th Aug 1915 Quiet

12th Aug 1915 Some Shelling

12th Aug 1915 Enemy Active  location map

13th Aug 1915 Quiet

14th Aug 1915 Some Shelling

15th Aug 1915 Heavy Fire

16th Aug 1915 Rifle Grenades

17th Aug 1915 Bombardment

18th Aug 1915 Baths

19th Aug 1915 In Camp

20th Aug 1915 At Rest

21st Aug 1915 In Reserve

22nd Aug 1915 Working Parties

23rd Aug 1915 Working Parties

24th Aug 1915 Working Parties

25th Aug 1915 Reliefs

26th Aug 1915 Quiet

27th Aug 1915 Shelling

28th Aug 1915 Artillery Active

29th Aug 1915 Trench Work

30th Aug 1915 Trench Work

31st Aug 1915 Shelling

1st Sep 1915 Enemy Active

2nd Sep 1915 Artillery Active

3rd Sep 1915 Very Wet

4th Sep 1915 Artillery Active

5th Sep 1915 Reliefs

6th Sep 1915 In Camp

7th Sep 1915 At Rest

8th Sep 1915 At Rest

9th Sep 1915 At Rest

10th Sep 1915 Reliefs  location map

11th Sep 1915 In Reserve  location map

12th Sep 1915 In Reserve  location map

13th Sep 1915 In Reserve  location map

14th Sep 1915 In Reserve  location map

15th Sep 1915 Reliefs

16th Sep 1915 Aircraft Downed

19th Sep 1915 Trench Mortars

20th Sep 1915 Trench Mortars

21st Sep 1915 Patrols

22nd Sep 1915 Artillery in Action

23rd Sep 1915 Enemy Aircraft

24th Sep 1915 Artillery Active

25th Sep 1915 Dummy Attack

26th Sep 1915 Quiet

27th Sep 1915 Quiet

28th Sep 1915 Very Wet Day

29th Sep 1915 Very Wet

13th Feb 1917 Relief

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Those known to have served with

12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Bishop William Charles. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1917)
  • Collister Robert. Pte.
  • Dempsey William George. Pte (d.24th April 1917)
  • Galley John Charles. Pte (d.7th July 1916)
  • Jackson Charles William. L/Cpl.
  • Jones David Livingstone.
  • Seedman William Frederick. CSM. (d.25th Apr 1917)

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  Pte William George Dempsey 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment (d.24th April 1917)

We know very little about William Dempsey. The only concrete thing we have found out about him is that he must have lied about his age to enlist. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission have his age as 22 when he was killed but he was actually 20 as he was born September 1896. He left a widow and an 11 month old son (my wife's father).

Glenn Malone






  Pte John Charles Galley 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment (d.7th July 1916)

John Charles Galley died in France and never saw his only son, John Charles Galley, born 1915 in Manchester, who was the father of my husband John Charles Galley, born 1945 in Plymouth. So the name lives on.

Mrs L Galley






   David Livingstone Jones 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment

David Jones was one of nine brothers from Llanrwst, all but one came back.

Diana Batchelot






  Pte. Robert Collister 12th Btn Manchester Regiment

Bob Collister served with the 12th Manchester Regiment.

Isabel Bevan






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