1st Manchester Rifles
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The 1st Manchester Rifles, later the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Manchester. It served as infantry at Gallipoli, fighting with distinction at the Third Battle of Krithia, and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in World War I. After conversion into an anti-aircraft unit of the Royal Artillery between the wars, it defended Manchester, Scapa Flow and Ceylon during World War II and continued in the air defence role until 1955.
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1st Manchester Rifles
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2nd Volunteer Bn, Manchester Regiment
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465 (Manchester) HAA Regiment
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65th (Manchester Regiment) HAA Regiment
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6th (1st Manchester Rifles) Lancashire RVC
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6th Bn, Manchester Regiment
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World War I:
* Third Battle of Krithia
* Battle of Krithia Vineyard
* Battle of Romani
* Battle of Poelcapelle
* Defence of Bucquoy
* Battle of Albert
* Battle of the Canal du Nord
* Battle of the Selle
World War II:
* Battle of Britain
* Defence of Ceylon
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127
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--08-25
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Infantry
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Air defence
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Artillery regiment
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465
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The 1st Manchester Rifles, later the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Manchester. It served as infantry at Gallipoli, fighting with distinction at the Third Battle of Krithia, and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in World War I. After conversion into an anti-aircraft unit of the Royal Artillery between the wars, it defended Manchester, Scapa Flow and Ceylon during World War II and continued in the air defence role until 1955.
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1955
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1859
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1-3 Infantry battalions
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Artillery regiment
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Air defence
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Infantry
