Ebook: 6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment in the Great War

The 6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, was a prewar Territorial unit. Many of its members held ""white collar"" positions employed by the City's legal, financial and stockbroking practices or worked for the major commercial organizations trading and manufacturing cotton goods. It went overseas in September 1914, taking with it many new recruits who would undertake their basic training whilst the Battalion formed part of the British garrison in Egypt. It saw action at Gallipoli from May 1915 until the evacuation at the end of the year and fascinating campaign is dealt with in considerable d.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1 -- MOBILISATION; Chapter 2 -- EGYPT; Chapter 3 -- GALLIPOLI -- INTO ACTION; Chapter 4 -- GALLIPOLI -- THE FINAL MONTHS; Chapter 5 -- EGYPT AGAIN; Chapter 6 -- FRANCE and BELGIUM; Chapter 7 -- THE 2/6th BATTALION; Chapter 8 -- 1918 -- ATTACKS; Chapter 9 -- RETURNING HOME; ROLL OF HONOUR; INDEX.