20th (Reserve) Battalion (5th City) and 21st (Reserve) Battalion (6th City)
08.11.1914 Formed by the City and Lord Mayor of Manchester, then moved to Morecambe and then on to Grantham in April 1915, where they joined the 91st Brigade of the 30th Division.
10.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Larkhill, Wiltshire in Sept 1915.
Nov 1915 Mobilised for war and landed Boulogne.
20.12.1915 The 20th transferred to the 22nd Brigade and the 21st transferred to the 91st Brigade of the 7th Division and where it was engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, Operations on the Ancre
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Arras offensive, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy in an effort to strengthen the Italian resistance to the Austria-Hungary army.
13.09.1918 Battalion returned to France and transferred to the 7th Brigade of the 25th Division where the Division was engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Pursuit to and Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Landrecies area.
Regiment: Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion
Lance Corporal
Low Catton, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
19/05/1916
Aged
28
Born Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, 1887. Son of John Gospel (1847-1925) and Ann Gospel (1849-1932). He had three brothers and four sisters. Employed as a railway porter, at Nidd Bridge Ripley Yorkshire and grocer's assistant, boarding at 6 Park Avenue, Manchester, (1911 Census). Resided at Low Catton, East Yorkshire He enlisted at Mancheste […]
9 LORNE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/10/1918
Aged
20
BORN WEIGHTON, EAST YORKSHIRE 1898. SON OF WILSON & LIZZIE GRIFFIN, OF BROUGH AND HALL FARM, BAWTRY, DONCASTER. HE LIVED AT 9 LORNE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 54837, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH AND SARAH HILL. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. ENLISTED BRIGG, LINCS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22688, LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH MANCHESTER BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/10/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, SAMUEL, AT 33 VEAL STREET, GRIMSBY.
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE AND MARIA WALKER, HULL. YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ANNIE MADGE WORRALL, IN PATRINGTON, IN 1912. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 45774, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1917, AGED 31. BURIED AT HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, BELGIUM […]
