3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment

   3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment were based at Ashton under Lyme. They remained in the UK throughout the Great War engaged in Home Defence duties and training new recruits.

16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme

1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets

11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

9th February 1916 Call Ups

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3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
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Bonning Bramwell Harry. Pte.
Dutton George. Pte.
Edwards Edward. Pte.
Garside Robert Taylor. CQMS
Haigh Harry Kershaw. Sgt.
Holt Albert Fletcher. Pte.
Miller William.
Quigley MM. George Arthur. 2nd Lt.
Shaw Frank. Pte (d.29th March 1917)
Viner John. Pte.

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2nd Lt. George Arthur Quigley MM. 12th Btn. Sherwood Foresters

George Quigley was from Bradford, Yorkshire. He served with the West Yorkshire Regiment, then the 3rd Manchesters and finally with the 12th Sherwood Foresters. He gained a Military Medal.

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Sgt. Harry Kershaw Haigh 3rd Btn. Manchester Regiment

My grandfather, Harry Haigh, was born in Rochdale on the 21st of September 1880, the youngest child of James Henry and Sarah. The family moved to live in Milnrow near Rochdale, the birthplace of his mother. Harry had been a soldier in the Manchester Regiment from 1902 until 1910 and was then in the National Army Reserve until he was called up at the outbreak of WW1. He had married in 1911 and had a daughter in 1912 and at the time they lived in Heywood near Rochdale
He rejoined on the 24th of September 1914 as a Lance Corporal in the 3rd Manchesters and on the 9th of November he was posted to the 1st Manchesters and was sent to France with them.
In December 1914 he was fighting in the Battle of Givenchy and in June 1915 he suffered a shell wound to his forehead and then a bout of enteric fever whilst with No. 2 Company of the 1st Manchesters, and was transferred to D on the 16th of July that year. He was sent to a war hospital in Preston, perhaps Dunstan House?, Lancashire.
He returned to service on the 6th of October 1915 and was posted to the 3rd Manchesters as an unpaid Lance Corporal, still serving in France and at some point in 1916 was posted B.S.O. to the 2nd Manchesters as a Lance Corporal and in September that year was again transferred, this time to the 21st Manchesters and by the 21st of September had been promoted to Corporal.
In 1917 he was at Mailly, France with the 21st Manchesters and on the 12th of January he was injured by a shell entering his forehead and he was sent to Bellhouston Red Cross Hospital in Glasgow on the 23rd of January 1917. His promotion to Sergeant came through before this attack and he rejoined the 3rd Manchesters as a Sergeant on the 10th of April 1917, remained in England and was posted to the 70th Training Reserve Battalion as an instructor. On the 14th May 1918 he was attached to the NCO's School as an instructor and was discharged from the Army on 31st of March 1920 having served 18 years 42 days.
He was awarded the 1914 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. He died in 1943 and is buried in Heywood Cemetery, Lancashire with his wife who had died a month earlier.
Dorothy Hargreaves

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Pte. Albert Fletcher Holt 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment

Albert Holt served initially in 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment as a Gunner and was already in the Army when war broke out. He subsequently transferred the 7th Battalion, Tank Corps serving as part of the 1st Tank Brigade.
His unit was captured at Toulouse on 12th of April 1918 and he was taken to Gardelegen, one of the worst disease ridden camps. It was so bad that the Germans lived off site and left the prisoners to fend for themselves regarding sickness. His POW number there was 9700. When the war ended and the soldiers were repatriated, Albert was among those who passed through Braine le Chateau in Belgium, where they were entertained to a banquet hosted by the Countesses (the de Ursels of Hingene of Chateau le Yonhuys) and The Mayor and Inhabitants.
Albert was an artist and painted a Centurion Tank on a hammered out Bully Beef can for The Countess Daisy, using her paints. In return, she gifted him those paints. The original carry case containing the spent paint tubes, is still in the possession of his descendants.
Albert served as an ARP warden in the Second World War and he was also a Fire Watcher at The Bolton Methodist Mission. He worked as a painter and decorator and spent time in Liverpool camouflaging the ships. Albert died in his 86th year in 1971.
Elaine Fletcher Cowen

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CQMS Robert Taylor Garside 22nd (7th City) Btn. Manchester Regiment

Robert Taylor Garside was the younger son of Emma M Goldman who married Thomas Douglas Hamilton Garside in 1884 in Philadelphia USA. Robert was younger brother of Paul Hamilton Douglas Garside (aka 'Peter Hammond'). Robert Taylor Garside married Mary Palmer in in Lower Broughton 1914 and had two sons, Ronald & Roy Garside.
Robert enlisted on the 2nd of Sep 1914 aged 24 and gave his birth place as Lower Broughton, occup. Clerk, address 17 Grecian St Lower Broughton. He was actually born in USA c.1891 (see UK census 1901). He was posted to 19th Manchesters (4th City) Battalion. On the 19th of Jan 1915 he was posted to 22nd Manchesters (7th City) 'B' Coy Platoon V. and was promoted same day to CQMS. Robert was apparently a 1st class shot. In the regimental photo he is sitting on the right of his CO Capt. Alfred Bland. On the 11th of Nov 1915 the battalion was posted to France.
On the 1st of Jul 1916 (first day of The Somme) the 22nd Manchesters were part of the 7th Division at Mametz. Robert was wounded in France & operated on at Endell St Military Hospital then sent to Kings Lancashire Convalescent Hospital, Clifton Park on 15 Jan 1918. On the 19th of Feb 1918 he was posted to the 3rd Manchesters and on the 17th of Feb 1919 Robert was discharged to classZ from the 8th Reserve Battalion. Robert Taylor Garside died in 1947 in Fylde Lancashire.
Rebecca Mayfield

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Pte. John Viner 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment

John Viner was born in Aston, Birmingham in Jun 1885 and by 1891 was living in Ardwick, Lancashire with his parents, Charles and Eliza. On the 20th October 1905, John enlisted in the 5th Battalion (Militia) The Manchester Regiment aged 17 years and 10 months and was given the regimental number of 460 and served for two years. When the 3rd and 4th Battalions were disbanded, John took the offer of joining the approximate 120 soldiers who transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment. He left Liverpool on the 11th January 1907 on the SS Tunisian and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 21st January. The soldiers appear to have attested whilst aboard the ship on the 12th January 1907. John was given the army number 9175 and in 1909 married Miss Mary Maynard.
He returned to the UK after his 3 years service were up in 1910 but immediately re-enlisted on the outbreak of war on the 13th August 1914 into the 3rd Battalion The Manchester Regiment with the number 2658. He moved to Cleethorpes Garrison with the battalion as part of the Humber defences.
In April 1915, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion and was sent to France on the 21st April 1915 to the Front. The 2nd Manchesters were in Ypres at the time and involved in the 2nd Battle of Ypres. The German Army had just started getting success with chemical warfare the previous week against the French army close by and on the 23rd April, the Germans launched another massive mustard gas attack against the Canadian and British forces in the area. John was shot and injured on the 2nd May 1915 and was returned to the UK on the 8th May. He was medically discharged from the army on the 16th June 1916.
After the war, he moved to London and his brother, James Viner, used to travel down from Manchester and spend weekends there to convalesce. James had been in the Army Service Corps and Royal Field Artillery from 1911 through the war to 1918.
Rhys Davies

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William Miller 3rd Battalion, G Company. Manchester Regiment

My mother's beloved brother, William Miller served in WW1. I don't know a lot, except he was a charming man who returned from the war alive but badly affected. He had 2 children. My mother Edith Trapnell, cared for him until his death in the 1940's in Australia. William Miller 9408 3rd Battalion, G Company Manchester Regiment was my Uncle Billy and today I remember him with pride every ANZAC Day in Australia.
Colleen Forno

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