History of the Manchester Regiment, First and Second Battalions, 1922-1948
Author: A. C. Bell
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 642
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Author: A. C. Bell
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 642
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Archibald Colquhoun Bell
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 554
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Manchester Regiment
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 554
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 434
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Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13: 9781781519554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter strenuous service in the Great War, the 1st Battalion of the Manchesters returned to Britain in 1919, but were soon back in action fighting the guerilla action that preceded Irish independence. After garrison duty in various corners of the Empire between the wars, the 1st was converted to a machine-gun battalion in Egypt in 1936, and were rushed to Palestine to quell an Arab revolt. here they took part in the Soecuakl Night Squads counterinsurgency pioneered by Orde Wingate. In 1938 the Battalion were fatally deployed to Singapore, where they were captured by the Japanese following the islands' capitulation.The 2nd Battalion garrisoned Mesopotamia ( Iraq) in 1920 where Capt. Henderson won a Posthumous VC in an action against a tribal attack. Another officer attached to the Battalion was Jack Churchill, Winston Churchill's younger brother. During the Second World War the 2nd, 5th and 9th Manchesters formed part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1939/40 and got involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. The 2nd subsequently fought in the Burma campaign.
Author: Arthur S. White
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2013-02-04
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 178150539X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Author: H. C. Wylly
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Published: 2006-10-01
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9781845744205
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 354
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Howard C. Wylly (Colonel)
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 359
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