Unit / Ship / Establishment:


1/9 Manchester Regiment

  Detail :

 1/9th Battalion August 1914 : in Ashton-under-Lyne. Part of East Lancashire Brigade, East Lancashire Division. Moved to near Bury. 25 September 1914 : landed at Alexandria in Egypt. 10 May 1915 : landed on Gallipoli. 26 May 1915 : formation became 126th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. Late December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli, landed on Mudros and proceeded to Egypt. 2March 1917 : landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front. 19 February 1918 : transferred to 198th Brigade in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, absorbing 2/9th Bn and renamed as 9th Battalion. April 1918 : reduced to cadre. 22 July 1918 : transferred to 199th Brigade in same Division. Absorbed 13th Bn, newly arrived from Salonika, on 13 August 1918.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Maj. A. HILTON  04-03-1915 Lodge of Fidelity No.430
 2Lt A.E. STRINGER  07-06-1915 Lodge of Fidelity No.430
 Capt. N.J. WILKINSON  21-03-1918 Lodge of Fidelity No.430

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