In the Territorial Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, soldiers had
always been issued with four figure service numbers which were unique
only within the regiment ( other regiments did expand to five figures).
As the army expanded beyond any the concepts of pre-war thinking, it was
decided to renumber the terriers with six figure service numbers, these
would be still regimental but gave a much wider range . The effect we
can see now is that when we view a MIC (Medal Index Card) for a territorial
soldier, he will have his original four figure S/N (service number) and
under it a six figure number issued later.
Where a six figure number appears in a MIC it's possible to trace the
battalion by the number alone, the list below lists the blocks of numbers
allocated to the Manchester regiment, we have the detail available for
other regiments as well
The Army Council Instruction (ACI) 2414 of 1916 was made public on 23
December 1916. Thes changes took effect on 1 March 1917, but were issued
to the soldiers prior to that.
These were the numbers allocated to the Manchester Regiment Territorial
battalions
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