2/5th 2/6th 2/7th Battalion Territorial Forces and 2/8th (Ardwick) Battalion Territorial Forces
Aug 1914 the 2/5th formed at Wigan, the 2/6th and 2/7th formed in Manchester and the 2/8th formed in Ardwick.
Nov 1914 All Battalions joined the 199th Brigade of the 66th Division and remained in Lancashire until May 1915.
Mar 1916 Moved to Colchester.
Feb 1917 Mobilised for war and landed in France where the Division was involved in action on the western front including;
The Operations on the Flanders Coast, The Battle of Poelcapelle, The Third Battles of the Ypres.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres.
April 1918 The Division was reduced to cadre as a result of the losses it had suffered.
13.02.1918 The 2/8th disbanded in France.
31.07.1918 The 2/5th the 2/6th and the 2/7th all disbanded in France.
Regiment: Manchester Regiment 2/8th Battalion
22, Ainside St., Rusholme, Manchester
Died on
16/11/1918
Aged
36
Born Hull, 1885. Son of Hartwell Donald James Claxton (1857-1937) and Jane Harker (1856-1906), of Hull and Manchester. Son of an accountant. The family left Hull for Moss Side when he was a child. He had one brother and three sisters. He married Alice Fairclough (1858-), on 02/01/1909, at Greenheys, St Clement, Lancashire. They lived at […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HENRY SMART & ELIZABETH HANNAH JACKSON. SISTERS SARAH AND MABEL AND BROTHERS ARTHUR AND HAROLD. ENLISTED HULL. EX 39571, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 8TH OCTOBER 1917, AGED 25. HE LEFT A £166 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER HENRY. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
