People - Regiment: Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

11th (Service) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Ashton-under-Lyne as part of the First New Army (K1), then moved to Grantham and joined the 34th Brigade of the 11th Division.
April 1915 Moved to Witley.
30.06.1915 Embarked for Mudros, Greece and then Imbros, Turkey from Liverpool.
06.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli where the Division was involved in action against the Turks at The Battle of Scimitar Hill and attack on Hill 60.
Dec 1915 Due to the heavy losses the Division was evacuated to Imbros and then moved to Egypt to help defend the Suez Canal.
July 1916 Moved to France where the Division was involved in actions on the Western Front including;
The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
During 1918
The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, le Camp Perdu N.E. of Bavai.