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The Manchester Pals.
The Manchester Pals.
I have set up this community page in appreciation of the assistance I have received from the volunteers of Sale Moor Community Partnership involved in this project. The men that served within the Pals battalions established a bond of comradeship which would stretch across many decades. The cost to the city of Manchester had been enormous. In human terms the loss of so many people of such distinctive character and quality proved irreplaceable throughout the depressed years in the late 1920s and '30s. In autumn of 1914 almost 10,000 of Manchesters best had enlisted into the Pals. As the conflict progressed and casualties mounted the recruitment net had been widened to include men from every walk of life in the city and it surrounding area. Four thousand seven hundred and seventy six men had died whilst serving with the Manchester Pals battalions. The inclusion of the officers taken the total to 5,000. The death toll of the Manchester Regiment as a whole was 13,000. Photographs and information courtesy of Michael Steadman from the book Manchester Pals, and photographs courtesy of Manchester Cathedral.
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Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 7346 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 10495 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1894
British Army 251043 Serjeant Manchester Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 1957 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment City Battalions 22 Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 8138 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 17th battalion manchest Battalion
British Army 8138 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1899
British Army 47284 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 8949 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 43530 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion
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Born 1876
Died 1916
British Army Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion
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Born 1896
British Army 26809 Corporal Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1885
British Army 32669 Private Manchester Regiment
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Born 1895
British Army Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.
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Born 1879
Died 1916
British Army 8317 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 26448 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion.
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion
British Army Temporary Captain Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion
British Army Temporary Major Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion
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Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1940
British Army 3120 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd./5th. Battalion
British Army 43839 Private Manchester Regiment 18th. Battalion
British Army 43839 Private Manchester Regiment 1/5th Battalion
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