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Title: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Tuesday 07 November 06 22:54 GMT (UK)
Dear All

I wonder if anyone has any info regarding 3/5th Manchester Regiment who fought in WW1.

Regards

CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: manchester regt on Wednesday 08 November 06 09:00 GMT (UK)
what are you looking for carole,mack
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 09:38 GMT (UK)
Dear Mack

I am looking for info relating to my Grandad.  I did have a quick look last night on the Manchester Regiment website so there may be some info on that.  I would like to find out more about where they fought etc and the history of the Manchester Reg particularily the 3/5th Manchester in which my grandad was a soldier in 1914-1918.  His name was William Latham and he came from Leigh, Lancashire.

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 11:03 GMT (UK)
hi carole

the 5th battalion was a territorial unit based in Wigan, formed from local men, they were created to provide defense for the UK homeland

on the outbreak of war in 1914, the territorial battalions were asked to give up their uk duties and fight abroad with the regular army. generally speaking most accepted. these battalions (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th edit 'and 10th') became part of the 42nd (East Lancs) division and went off to gallipoli via egypt.

the men who stayed behind formed the basis of a new battalion which was designated 2nd/5th ( the original battalion was now known as the 1st/5th.) their main purpose of the 2nd/5th was to train and supply replacements to 1st.

later on in the war, after conscription, the 2nd/5th went to war in it's own right and a third battalion was raised, this being the 3rd/5th. this was then the reserve battalion to the other two and as such did not leave the UK

i hope this makes sense  ;D
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: themonsstar on Wednesday 08 November 06 12:35 GMT (UK)
Hi Mr Harribobs
So what division was the 1/10th(Oldham) Battalion Manchester Regt in, Cheers for any help with this, and i hope this is not to hard for you to answer, Mr Harriguybob
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 12:41 GMT (UK)
Hi Mr Harribobs
So what division was the 1/10th(Oldham) Battalion Manchester Regt in, Cheers for any help with this, and i hope this is not to hard for you to answer, Mr Harriguybob

 ;D ;D  as Mr monstar quite rightly points out... I omitted the 10th battalion (Oldham) who also formed part of the 42nd division
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 13:29 GMT (UK)
Haribobs, hang on, hang on, this has come as a shock to me.  I was raised on tales of daring do by my grandad about when he fought in the war and now you are telling me that he didn't leave Blighty :o

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 13:47 GMT (UK)

well if he went abroad i would have thought it would have been with another (poss manchester) battalion, after all the 3/5th was a training battalion

did he have a middle name?

Description     
Medal card of Latham, William E
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    2194    Private
Manchester Regiment    300325 (incomplete)    Private
Date    1914-1920
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 14:18 GMT (UK)
Oh thank goodness for that.  No, grandad did not have a middle name, just William, or Billy as he was known.  The only reason I said 3/5th was because I have a post card with that written on and on the back he has written to his mother saying he was inspected by Hague.  Unforutnately there is no date on it.

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 14:27 GMT (UK)

do you have his service number? or his medals? (the number will be on the medals)
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 14:37 GMT (UK)
Absolutely nothing Harribobs.  Grandad has been dead a long time and nothing survives except a couple of photos :(

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 15:07 GMT (UK)

that's a shame, there is another william latham in the medal cards

Medal card of Latham, William
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    10499    Private

but he is 18th battalion, an original manchester pal

i'd be very happy to add william's photo to manchester regiment group site if you wish
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 15:21 GMT (UK)
That is very kind of you, how do I go about it?

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: harribobs on Wednesday 08 November 06 15:30 GMT (UK)
if you click on the link at the bottom of my post, it will take you to the site, feel free to join the group, and you can post them either on the forum or in the pictures section

alternatively if you email them to me i'll post them

cheers

chris
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Wednesday 08 November 06 17:22 GMT (UK)
Dear Chris, thank you very much, but you will have to bear with me :)  I did in fact join the group last night but have not had chance to look yet I have been at work.

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: manchester regt on Thursday 09 November 06 10:15 GMT (UK)
theres these two.
pte w.latham 41267,won the military medal,his number is one that crops up amongst soldiers in the 3/5th- 3/10th battalions.
and theres this man.
pte w.latham
296
he looks like a prewar territorial,many serving territorials ended up in the 3/5th-3/10th to help the new recruits
mack
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: BIGhurst on Thursday 09 November 06 10:41 GMT (UK)
Thank you Mack for that.  I think I will need to do more research.  My grandad was a very modest quiet man and if he won a medal he would not have said, although I am sure my mum would have and I don't recall anyone in the family mentioning it.  He wasn't in the TA I'm sure of that.  I beleive he went to war at 16, but again it is only what I heard when I was a child.  I will keep looking and if I get chance I will look on the MR website, still at work :'(

Regards
CAROLE
Title: Re: Manchester Regiment
Post by: manchester regt on Thursday 09 November 06 11:18 GMT (UK)
carole,the 3/5th manchesters were territorials,all the battalions from the 5th to the 10th were territorial army,mack
ps,welcome to our MR website