Manchester Pals

The Manchester Pals were pals battalions of the British Army raised in 1914 during the Great War, formed as part of Lord Kitchener's New Armies. They were formed into eight battalions of the Manchester Regiment.^[1][2]

• 1st Manchester Pals became 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (1st City)
• 2nd Manchester Pals became 17th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (2nd City)
• 3rd Manchester Pals (Clerks' and Warehousemen's Battalion) became 18th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (3rd City)
• 4th Manchester Pals became 19th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (4th City)
• 5th Manchester Pals became 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (5th City)
• 6th Manchester Pals became 21st (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (6th City)
• 7th Manchester Pals became 22nd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (7th City)
• 8th Manchester Pals became 23rd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (8th City)

Almost 10,000 men enlisted in the Manchester Pals battalions, of whom 4,776 were killed. Overall, the Manchester Regiment lost about 13,000 men.^[3] In 1993, a memorial was unveiled in Heaton Park, where the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th battalions were trained between September 1914 and April 1915.^[4]

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• J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
• Brig E.A. James, British Regiments 1914–18, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9.
• Stedman, Michael (2004) [1994], Manchester Pals: 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd Battalions of the Manchester Regiment : a History of the Two Manchester Brigades, Pen and Sword Books, ISBN 1-84415-046-1

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