Regiment: Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

12th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Ashton-under-Lyne as part of the Second New Army (K2), then moved to Wool and joined the 52nd Brigade of the 17th Division.
Jan 1915 Moved to Wimborne, East Dorset and then to Hursley Park, Hampshire.
15.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne where the Division was engaged in various action on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Actions of Spring 1916, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
24.09.1917 The Battalion absorbed R.H.Q. and two squadrons of the Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle,
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, near Beaufort south of Maubeuge.