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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 1896
Died 1916
British Army 8949 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 10495 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1886
British Army 42096 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion.
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Born 1889
Died 1965
British Army 27354 Corporal Manchester Regiment 24 Reserve Battalion and other Pals Battalion.
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 10502 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1894
British Army 6254 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment City Battalions 22 Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 6568 Private Manchester Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion.
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Born 1881
Died 1918
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment
British Army Major Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 9932 Private Manchester Regiment
British Army 9932 Corporal Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion
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Born 1899
British Army 47284 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1896
British Army 26809 Corporal Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.
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Born 1890
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion.
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Born 1894
British Army 251043 Serjeant Manchester Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 38069 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion.
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 43530 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion
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