People - Regiment: Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

22nd (Reserve) Battalion (7th City)
21.11.1914 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.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Italy, west of Udine.

Holden, Frank

Born Hulme, Manchester. Son of Lily Holden, of 18, Dock Street, Hull (War Pension address). Enlisted Mamchester. Served with the 23rd Manchester Regiment. Killed in action, on 20/07/1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

McCulloch, Fred

BORN HULL 1895. ALIAS ‘GEORGE WILLIAM HORSFALL’. HE LIVED IN LEEDS. ENLISTED AT PRESTON, MANCHESTER. SERVED WITH ‘C’ COMPANY, 22ND MANCHESTER REGIMENT. SON OF WILLIAM & FRANCES McCULLOCH, OF 90 ROSEBANK ROAD, BELLE VUE ROAD, LEEDS. (HIS SURNAME IS SOMETIMES SPELT McCULLOCK). BEFORE THE WAR HE HAD WORKED AS AN ELECTRIC STERNOGRAPHER, TAKING SHORT HAND … Read more

Hall, William Henry

BORN LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK, 1898. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM A & MARY ANN HALL, OF 4, LIZZIE’S GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 9, PERSEVERENCE TERRACE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 22ND MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more