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Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 2/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 8th Jan 1940 Defence 19th Mar 1940 On the Move 10th May 1940 Orders 10th May 1940 Enemy Active 10th May 1940 Orders 11th May 1940 Defence Work 11th May 1940 On the March 12th May 1940 On the Move 13th May 1940 Enemy Active 13th May 1940 Bombardment 15th May 1940 Enemy Breaks Through 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Operation Order No. 4 17th May 1940 On the March 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Orders 18th May 1940 In Defence 19th May 1940 Bridge Crossed 19th May 1940 Bombing 19th May 1940 Recce 20th May 1940 Under Shellfire 20th May 1940 Under Shellfire 20th May 1940 In Defence 20th May 1940 On the Move 21st May 1940 Counter Attacks 21st May 1940 Shelling 22nd May 1940 Shelling 22nd May 1940 Under Fire 23rd May 1940 Air Raid 23rd May 1940 On the March 24th May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 Orders 25th May 1940 Situation Unclear 25th May 1940 Air Raid 25th May 1940 Holding the Line 25th May 1940 Defence 25th May 1940 Orders 26th May 1940 Shelling 26th May 1940 In Defence 26th May 1940 Orders 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 Hard Fighting 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 Hard Fighting 27th May 1940 Heavy Shelling 27th May 1940 Holding the Line 28th May 1940 Orders 28th May 1940 Orders 28th May 1940 Rear Guard 28th May 1940 Guns Lost 29th May 1940 On the March 29th May 1940 Reliefs 29th May 1940 Rear Guard 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 30th May 1940 In Action 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 1st Jun 1940 Bridges 10th Jun 1940 Defences 10th June 1940 Defence 10th Jun 1940 Defences 20th Jun 1940 Advance Party 21st Jun 1940 Test 22nd Jun 1940 Enquiry 24th Jun 1940 Trenches 27th Jun 1940 Defence Work 28th Jun 1940 Defence Work 29th Jun 1940 Drink 4th Jul 1940 Enemy Aircraft 17th Jul 1940 Visit 21st Jul 1940 Inspections 25th Jul 1940 Inspections 26th Jul 1940 Fund 27th Jul 1940 Lecture 7th Aug 1940 Orders 7th Aug 1940 Reorganisation 18th Aug 1940 HQ Moves 26th Aug 1940 Canteen 31st Aug 1940 Living Conditions 2nd Sep 1940 Working Parties 3rd Sep 1940 Mail 8th Sep 1940 Church Parade 9th Sep 1940 Training 10th Sep 1940 Congratulations 16th Sep 1940 Mail 17th Sep 1940 Unexploded Bombs 18th Sep 1940 Unexploded Bombs 25th Sep 1940 Unexploded Bombs 27th Sep 1940 Training 30th Sep 1940 Reinforcements 1st Oct 1940 Reinforcements 2nd Oct 1940 Reorganisation 7th Oct 1940 Training 8th Oct 1940 Discharges 9th Oct 1940 Mines 12th Oct 1940 Mail 14th Oct 1940 Reorganisation 17th Oct 1940 Training 23rd Oct 1940 Working Parties 24th Oct 1940 Training 26th Oct 1940 Mine 27th Oct 1940 Mail 31st Oct 1940 Training 31st Oct 1940 Sickness 1st Nov 1940 Tests 2nd Nov 1940 Working Parties 3rd Nov 1940 Motor Torpedo Boat 7th Nov 1940 Tests 9th Nov 1940 Explosion 10th Nov 1940 Mortars 12th Nov 1940 Experiment 15th Nov 1940 Mine 19th Nov 1940 Training 22nd Nov 1940 Training 24th Nov 1940 High Flying Aircraft 27th Nov 1940 Mail 2nd Dec 1940 Demonstration 6th Dec 1940 Defence Work 7th Dec 1940 Rugby Match 9th Dec 1940 Mines 10th Dec 1940 Training 11th Dec 1940 Mines 12th Dec 1940 Visits 13th Dec 1940 New Posts 16th Dec 1940 Mail 17th Dec 1940 Mine 23rd Dec 1940 Demonstration 24th Dec 1940 Smoke 25th Dec 1940 Festivities 27th Dec 1940 Poor Weather 28th Dec 1940 Aircraft Move 30th Dec 1940 Cook House 31st Dec 1940 Coy. 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Those known to have served with Manchester Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Anderson AE. Balls Arthur Edward. CSM. Bradley John. Pte (d.18 July 1944) Brelsforth John. Broomhead Harold. Bull WH. Cox L. Coxon Joseph. Pte. Darbyshire C. Dempsey K. Dermott Cyril. Cpl. (d.21st Sep 1944) Donnelly A. Elston H. Francis JR. Garside James William. Pte. Geliher M. Gibbons J. Goodier J. Green W. Hall A. Hendley B. Heslam James William. L/Cpl. Hilton P. Holt Herbert Collier. Pte. Horn E. Hulse H. Johnson William. Pte. (d.30th Jan 1944) Jones A. Kelly John M.. Pte. Kenway W. Kuss JT. Lambert William Edward. Pte. Lee Thomas. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1943) Malia Thomas Joseph. Pte. Neesom Cyril. Pte. Patterson William. L/Cpl Pick John Clarke. Pte. (d.31st May 1940) Powell Albert George. Prescott Edward. W/Sgt. Ratcliffe JT. Cpl. Schofield Wilson. W/Sgt Seddon MM. Peter. Pte. Sharkey JW. Slack R. Smalley J. Smith F. Stanley J. Thompstone Thomas. Pte. Walker Jonathan. Cpl. Walsh JT. Westwood Joseph Charles. Cpl. (d.21st May 1944) White JA. White Kenneth William Francis. L/Cpl. (d.21st September 1944) Whitfield Ernest Josiah. Pte. (d.10th August 1944) Wilkinson Harry. Williams Gwilym Edward. Pte. Wilson George Arthur. Pte. Wilson Sidney. Pte. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of Manchester Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 18th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Manchester Regiment? There are:1576 items tagged Manchester Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. JA White Manchester Regiment JA White served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JT Walsh Manchester Regiment JT Walsh served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Stanley Manchester Regiment J Stanley served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F Smith Manchester Regiment F Smith served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Smalley Manchester Regiment J Smalley served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. R Slack 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment R Slack served with the 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JW Sharkey Manchester Regiment JW Sharkey served with the Manchester Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Cpl. JT Ratcliffe 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Cpl.JT Ratcliffe served with the 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JT Kuss 46th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment JT Kuss served with the 46th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. W Kenway 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment W Kenway served with the 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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