Template:The Manchester Regiment

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The King's Regiment History.
8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
63rd Regiment of Foot
96th Regiment of Foot
The Manchester Regiment
The King's Regiment

Official name

The Manchester Regiment

Colonel-in-Chief

Nicknames

Motto

Anniversaries

Ladysmith (23 February)
Kohima (15 May)
Guadeloupe (10 June)
Inkerman (5 November)

Marches

Description

Line Infantry regiment

Creation date

1 July 1881

Reason for creation

Created by the amalgamation of the 63rd and 96th Regiments of Foot during the Childers Reforms, which were a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms, becoming the city regiment of Manchester, when they formed the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Manchester Regiment.