People - Regiment: Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

17th (Reserve) Battalion (2nd City) and 19th (Reserve) Battalion (4th City)
28.08.1914 Formed by the City and Lord Mayor of Manchester, then moved to Belton Park in April 1915 and the 17th 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. The 19th transferred to the 21st Brigade of the same Division and where it 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.
06.02.1918 The 19th Disbanded in France.
11.02.1918 Transferred to the 21st Brigade of the 30th Division.
15.05.1918 Due to serve loses in the Battles of the Somme and Lys the Division was reduced to training cadre.
19.06.1918 Transferred to the 66th Division.
30.07.1918 Absorbed into the 13th Battalion at Haudricourt, France.