Publications relating to the 63rd & 96th Regiments of Foot and The Manchester Regiment This list has been compiled by Robert Bonner who will be pleased to hear from anyone who can add any appropriate titles not shown. ** Indicates that the publication is currently in print and available from the museum or the Ardwick Green Headquarters.
		REGULAR BATTALIONS
Slack, J	1886	The History of the late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment
Wylly, H C	1923/5	History of The Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot) (Two volumes)
Campbell,G L	1916	The Manchesters. A History of the Regular, Militia, Special Bns
Bell, A C	1954	History of The Manchester Regiment. First and Second Battalions 1922-1948 Altrincham. John Sherratt & Sons
Wylly, H C	1933	A Short History of the Manchester Regiment (Regular Battalions), Aldershot: Gale & Polden Aldershot 1950. (4th revised edition
Whyte, W	1941	The Manchester Regiment. London: Hutchinson & Co.
Marden & Newbigging	1902	Rough diary of the doings of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment during the South African War
Marden, AW		Diary of Siege of Ladysmith, 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment.
Broomhall, FH	1983.	The Veterans A history of the Enrolled Pensioner Force in Western Australia 1850-1880. Contains details of several of the pensioners of the 63rd and 96th Regiments who eventually settled in Australia after taking convicts out on the special ships. Hesperian Press, Australia
Unknown	1899	Records of the 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment, formerly 96th Foot. Compiled for use of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Battalion.
Vieth, F H D	1921	Recollections of the Crimean Campaign and the Expedition to Kinburn. . (Author was Ensign in the 63rd) Montreal: Lovell
Ternan, TPB	1930	Some experiences of an old Bromsgrovian. (Ex officer 63rd Regiment.) Cornish Bros. Oxford
Beesley P	1982.	General Lord Freyberg VC (Commanded 1st Manchesters in 1930.
King-Clark, R	1988 **	Free for a Blast. A young officer’s life with 1st & 2nd Bns 1934-1939) Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
King-Clark, R	1996	Battle for Kohima 1944 – The narrative of the 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment written by the commanding officer. Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
King-Clark, R	1975	George Stuart Henderson VC. The Story of a Scottish Soldier 1893-1920 Awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Hillah 24 July 1920
King-Clark, R	1997	Jack Churchill. Unlimited Boldness. 2nd Manchesters and Commandos in WWII. In 1955 the first man to run the formidable 5ft high River Severn tidal bore. Knutsford, Fleur de Lys Publishers
Churchill, TBL	1987	Commando Crusade. (Chapters 1 & 2 devoted to 2nd Manchesters between 1927 and 1940) TBLC – brother of Jack – became Colonel of the Manchester Regiment. London. Wm Kimber & Co
Forth, N	1991	A Fighting Colonel of Camel Corps. (N de Lancey Forth DSO MC, 2nd Manchesters & Egyptian Army) Merlin Books
Kirby, H L	1986	The Four Blackburn VCs. (James Pitts, Manchester Regiment) Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions, with Robert Scott, at Caesar’s Camp, Ladysmith
Unknown	1930	Regimental Standing Orders The Manchester Regiment
Chopra, P S	1990	The Jullundur Brigade in France and Flanders 1914-1915. 1st Manchesters with their comrades of the Indian Army. New Delhi: Kraftwork Print.
Hibberd, D	1992	Wilfred Owen – The Last Year, London (2nd & 5th Manchesters) London. Constable
Hibberd, D	2002	Wilfred Owen. A New Biography. (2nd & 5th Manchesters) London. Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Stallworthy, J	1974	Wilfred Owen: A Biography (2nd & 5th Manchesters))
McPhail, H & Guest, P	1998	Wilfred Owen. On a Poets Trail. (2nd & 5th Manchesters)
War Office
Broomhall, FH	1997 **	Regimental Life in the British Army in India 1921 – 1922. 2nd Manchesters in Kamptee, India Knutsford: Fleur de Lys Publishers
Shepperd, A	1973	The King’s Regiment. (Combined short history of the King’s Liverpool, The Manchester Regiment and the King’s Regiment) Men at Arms series
Macdonald, RP	1962	A Short History of The King’s Regiment (Regular Battalions) 2nd edition 1971, 3rd edition 1985
Hart, H G	1994 **	Officers of the 96th Regiment 1839-1881. Reprint from Hart’s New Army List. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Lane, A	1989	One God, Too Many Devils. (Memoirs of a bugler in 1st Manchesters 1936-1945)
Frisby, C	1997	Such Men As These (Memoirs of a soldier of the 1st Battalion, pre-WWII and as a PoW of the Japanese. London: Janus Publishing
Barclay, C N	1956	History of The 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Second World War. (1st Manchesters were the Divisional Machine Gun Battalion between September 1942 and 1945) London. Wm Clowes & Sons
Delaforce, P	1996	Red Crown & Dragon, 53rd Welsh Division in North West Europe 1944-1945. 1st Manchesters were the Divisional Machine Gun Battalion. Brighton. Tom Donovan Publishing
Bonner, R A	1997 **	For Valour – The King’s Regiment (8th, 63rd, 96th) (Photographs & citations of the 23 VCs) Knutsford: Fleur de Lys Publishers
Duckers, P	2000	On Service in India. The Mein Family Photographs 1865-1901 (Mainly 63rd Regiment in India)
Dennison, W	1980	A short history of 63rd of Foot in Western Australia 1829 – 1833 Published in Australia
Bonner, R A	2002 **	Jungle Bashers. 1st Bn Manchester Regiment in the Malayan Emergency 1951-54 Knutsford, Fleur de Lys Publishers
Mileham, P	2000 **	Difficulties Be Damned The King’s Regiment 8th, 63rd 96th. Knutsford, Fleur de Lys Publishers
		MILITIA BATTALIONS
Thornycroft CM	1937	History of the 3rd Battalion (Militia) Manchester Regiment Typescript in Regimental Archives
Hay, CJ	1908	The Constitutional Force. Page 395/7 relate to the 5th & 6th Militia Battalions. Reprint 1987 by Ray Westlake Books
		VOLUNTEER AND TERRITORIAL ARMY
Cowell, C W		Records of The Mounted Infantry Company 2nd Volunteer Bn Manchester Regiment 1887/1908. Manchester. J H Baxter
Unknown	1904	2nd Volunteer Battalion The Manchester Regiment – Grand Military Bazaar Programme
Hankins, H	2002	A History of the Manchester & Salford Universities Officer Training Corps 1898-2002. Formed originally as a Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Doncaster. DP & G Military Publishers
Evans, H C	1900	Records of The 4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment.
Unknown	1898	4th Volunteer Bn The Manchester Regiment Standing Orders Copy in British Library, London
Darlington, H	1936	Letters from Helles (1/5th Bn) London. Longmans Green & Co
Fox, J	1995	Forgotten Divisions (5th and 51st Manchesters in WWI) Wilmslow. Sigma Press
		Wigan Volunteer Rifle Corps Rules & Members. Wigan Local Studies Library reference MMP25/2 27,37
Derbyshire G	1950s	A Wigan Military Chronicle Unpublished typescript in 5 volumes. 5th Battalion and others. Copies in the Imperial War Museum, Wigan Local Studies Library (Ref D/DZ A16) and the Lancashire County Record Office, Preston.
Cherry, N	2001 **	I Shall Not Find his Equal. Biography of Brigadier General Noel Lee, 6th Manchesters. The mobilisation of the Manchester Territorials, camp at Rochdale, To Egypt in late September 1914 and on to Gallipoli. Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Bonner, R A (ed)	2004 **	Great Gable to Gallipoli. The Diary of Lieutenant Colonel Claude Worthington DSO 6th Manchesters. Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Hulme, W I	1918	The Road To Valhalla (A subaltern with 2/6th Manchesters) Manchester: Jesse Broad
Bate Canon, HR	1974	Sixty Years After: Memories of a Platoon Commander. 2/6th Battalion. Unpublished account in Imperial War Museum. Reference WO 77/39/1
Mackennall, W L	1918	Life of Major John Haworth Whitworth DSO MC. 2/6th Manchesters Sherratt & Hughes
Hurst, G B	1918	With Manchesters in the East. 7th Manchesters in Egypt and Gallipoli Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes. (2/6th Manchesters) Manchester University Press
Wilson, S J	1920	The Seventh Manchesters, July 1916 to March 1919 Manchester University Press.
Morten, S (ed	1993	I Remain, Your Son Jack (The letters of Lieut J C Morton 7th Bn, to his family 1914-1918) Wilmslow. Sigma Press
Blake, G	1950	Mountain and Flood. (52nd (Lowland) Division history – 1939/1946 - in which 7th Manchesters served as Divisional Support Battalion) Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Co.
Gibbon, F	1920	The 42nd East Lancashire Division 1914/1918, (1/5th, 1/6th. 1/7th, 1/8th, 1/9th and 1/10th Battalions) Country Life History.
Bigwood, G	1916	The Lancashire Fighting Territorials. (Includes 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Battalions)
Burke, M Richardson N (ed)		Ancoats Lad. The recollections of Mick Burke 8th (Ardwick) Battalion Neil Richardson Publications
Bonner, R A	1992 **	The Ardwick Boys Went to Malta. (8th (Ardwick) Battalion 1939 – 1943) Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Bonner R A	2005 **	Volunteer Infantry of Ashton-under-Lyne 1858 - 1971 Including the biography of Captain W T Forshaw VC of 9th Manchesters. Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Michinson KW	1999	Amateur Soldiers (Oldham's Volunteers and 10th Manchesters, 1859-1938). Oldham. Jade Publishing
Lawson, H	1979	Vignettes of the Western Front. (Reflections of an infantry subaltern of 10th Manchesters in France and Belgium 1917-1918) Positiv Press, Oxford
		SERVICE BATTALIONS
Bonner, R A (ed)	1994 **	12th Battalion The Manchester Regiment 1914/1918 Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Atteridge, AH		History of the 17th (Northern) Division. 12th Battalion.
		CITY BATTALIONS
Bonner, R A	1998 **	Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC, Here we fight. Here we die. (16th Manchesters 1914/1918) Knutsford: Fleur de Lys Publishers
Pennington, T E	1937	The Signal Section of the 16th Manchesters 1914/1918 The author was the Battalion Signal Sergeant. Post-war he became Secretary & Treasurer to the City of Gibraltar. Bootle Times
Nash, TAM	1991	The Diary of an Unprofessional Soldier.. Officer in 16th Manchesters May 1915 - 1918 Picton Publishing
Worthington, Hubert	1954	Philip Godlee by His Friends. (Contains a chapter on his service with 16th Manchesters) Sale: Dolphin Press.
Westropp & Kempster	1916	Manchester City Battalions of the 90th and 91st Brigades. Book of Honour. (16th – 23rd Battalions 1915)
Stedman M.	1994	Manchester Pals. 16th – 24th Battalions 1914 – 1918 Pen & Sword Books.
Bonner, R A (ed)	1994 **	21st Battalion The Manchester Regiment Knutsford. Fleur de Lys Publishers
Andrews, AW Richardson, N (ed)		Orders are Orders. A Manchester Pal on the Somme. 19th Battalion. Neil Richardson Publications
Richardson, N	2006	Recollections of Three Manchesters in the Great War. Neil Richardson Publications
Tawney R H		The Attack (Chapter 1 deals with Professor Tawney’s experiences in the 22nd Battalion)
Sandland JW	1920	A Lancashire Brigade in France. 23rd Battalion
Mitchinson& McInnes	1993 **	Cotton Town Comrades. (A history of the 24th Battalion.) Bayonet Publications
	1920	The Oldham Battalion of Comrades Book of Honour. (24th Battalion) London: Sherratt & Hughes
Mitchinson KW	1997	Pioneer Battalions in the Great War. (24th Battalion)
		MISCELLANEOUS
		Manchester Regiment Gazette Periodic 1924-1939 & 1945-1958
	1918	The Tanglin Tribune. 1st Garrison Battalion Manchester Regiment stationed in Singapore. Volumes 1,2 & 3 in British Library reference PP4039kbd.
Wade, J		The Voluntary Principle. (Recruitment in Manchester and Salford between August 1914 and October 1915.
		The Bugle Call 2nd Volunteer Battalion Mounted Infantry Company magazine
	1915 -	The Manchester Echo. Periodic 5th Bn magazine
	1915/16	The Sphinx. Periodic 2/6th Bn magazine
	1915 -	7th Manchester Sentry Periodic 7th Bn magazine
	1916/18	The Periscope Periodic 2/7th Bn magazine
Winder, E		Lancashire’s Part Time Soldiers 1690-1890.
Bonner, RA	1998 **	Chapel of The Manchester Regiment and King’s Regiment The story of the Regimental Chapel in Manchester Cathedral from inception in 1936 to the present day, having survived destruction in WWII and 1996 IRA bombing. Knutsford, Fleur de Lys Publishers
War Office	1921	Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919 Part 59 The Manchester Regiment. (Reprint 1990 by J B Hayward)
War Office	1919	Officers died in the Great War 1914-1919 (Reprint 1990 by J B Hayward)
Westropp HCE	1920	To Manchester. A tribute to the Fallen & to the Spirit of Her Great Regiment.
		The Liddle Collection, University Library of Leeds, holds a certain amount of documentation relating to The Manchester Regiment. Primarily personal experiences of WWI.

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