16th (Reserve) Battalion (1st City) and 18th (Reserve) Battalion (3rd City)
28.08.1914 Formed by the City and Lord Mayor of Manchester, then moved to Belton Park in April 1915 and transferred to the 90th Brigade of the original 30th Division.
29.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Larkhill, Wiltshire in Sept 1915.
06.11.1915 Mobilised for war and landed Boulogne where the Division was engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg.
20.02.1918 The 18th Disbanded in France.
13.05.1918 Due to serve loses in the Battles of the Somme and Lys the Division was reduced to training cadre.
18.06.1918 Transferred to the 42nd Brigade of the 14th Division and return to England at Cowshot Camp in Brookwood and reconstituted with 29th Battalion.
04.07.1918 Returned to the Western Front landing at Boulogne and again engaged in action on the Western Front.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Petit Audenarde N.E. of Roubaix.
Regiment: Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ARCHIBALD GEORGE BROWN AND EMILY BROWN, OF 70 WORDSWORTH STREET, SEFTON PARK, LIVERPOOL. HE ENLISTED MANCHESTER. SERVED IN THE 18TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/07/1916, AGED 18. BURIED AT BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "LOVED".
LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. EX 165294 RFA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 11/09/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
