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Heaton Park Camp
Early Feb 1915 18th Manchesters move to Heaton Park 18th (3rd City) Battalion, Manchester Regiment moved from White City, Old Trafford where they had been engaged in initial training to Heaton Park Camp to join the 1st, 2nd and 4th City Battalions.
21st Apr 1915 Manchester City Battalions Brigade Sports day A crowd of 20,000 people gathered at Heaton Park to watch Manchester City Battalion's Brigade sport's day. 4th City Battalion won the Brigade steeplechase earning them the nickname Scarlet Runners.
24th Apr 1915 Manchester City Battalions move camp The four Manchester City Battalions left Heaton Park Camp for Belton Park near Grantham, Lincolnshire. 18th Battalion left Heaton park in the early morning, marching through Manchester to London Road station to entrain for Grantham. On arrival they marched 3 miles to Belton park.
17th Sep 1915 18th Manchesters move to Larkhill 18th Battalion Manchester Regiment arrive at Larkhill Camp from Belton Park.
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264985 Gnr. Arthur Cyril Thompson 325th Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery  Cyril Thompson enlisted in July 1917 and was sent for training to 81st Infantry Training Reserve Battalion based at Heaton Park Road Schools, Newcastle on Tyne, transferring to Royal Field Artillery (No.1 depot), Fenham Barracks on Barrack Road.
On 27th of December 1917 he was posted to Ireland via Bettisfield Park military training camp (near Chester), arriving in Ireland on 29th of December 1917, stationed with 325th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery at the Ordnance Barracks, Mulgrave St, Limerick and joined C Battery. Major Traverse Kirkland DSO in charge.
Duties included exercising horses, stables, harness cleaning, parades, gun-laying exercises, stand to exercises, musketry course
29th of January 191a, after being kicked on the head by a horse he was hospitalised for 2 days at New Barracks, light duty (confined to Barracks) for a week
On 19th of April 1918 after Irish Nationalist disturbances in Limerick, the unit moved to Fermoy (Old Barracks?)
On 26th of May 1918 he “Took over the duties as Officer’s Servant for 2/Lt George Bryce Ness, 325th Brigade Ammunition Column.”
Then on 6th of June 1918 they noved to Moore Park Camp, Fermoy and in
August 1918 he returned to Willoughby Waterleys, Blaby, Leics. for a month for agricultural furlough
Cyril 1918-09-05: Returned to his unit 325th BAC RFA at Moore Park on 5th of Sepetmber 1918 and on 10th of October was on the
S.S. Leinster when it was torpedoed by a German Submarine in the Irish Sea on the North Wall to Holyhead Route. 813 people were on board, mostly military personnel going on leave or returning from leave, 569 were lost.
Cyril returned to England on 29th of October 1918 to join the 482nd Agricultural Company, Labour Corps at Glen Parva Barracks and remained on duty at Mr Kirk's dairy farm Barkby Leicestershire and was helping his older brother Bernard on his farm by December 1918.
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207456 Sgt. Joseph Samuel Herbert 21st Battalion Manchester Regiment Sgt Joseph Herbert joined the Manchester 21st Battalion 'E' Coy around August 1915 just after he turned 18. We know he trained at Heaton Park because he told us he did. We also know that he did not serve abroad due to his fitness but this is a bit of a mystery to us. We have some records such as information from when he left and we know he was based at Riby when he left on 1919 and he worked there as a clerk. On his wedding certificate in 1917 he is down as a clerk in the 70th training reserve.
I would like to find out more about what he did and why he was promoted to Sgt but haven't been able to get hold of any records of his service.
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