Manchester Pals

The Manchester Pals were part of Kitchener's New Army. They were formed into seven battalions in The Manchester Regiment.

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

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

Notes

1. ^ Stedman 2004, p. 231
2. ^ Stedman 2004, p. 239

Bibliography

• Stedman, Micheal (2004) [1994], Pen and Sword Books, ISBN 1844150461 

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