Captain Charles Campbell "Charlie" May was killed leading "B" Company of the 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment into action on the first day of the Somme. He kept diaries of his wartime experiences, in a series of seven notebooks, and these have been published in a book called "To Fight Alongside Friends" edited by Gerry Harrison and published by William Collins. This community remembers Charlie and the men mentioned in his diaries.
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British Army 20980 Private Manchester Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 20427 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd manchest Battalion
British Army 20427 Serjeant Manchester Regiment
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 22nd manchest Battalion
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Died 1918
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Born 1883
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 22nd manchest Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 12th manchest Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1916
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British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1916
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British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment
British Army 21477 Serjeant Manchester Regiment
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Died 1918
British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment
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Born 1894
Died 1916
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Born 1895
Died 1916
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