3rd Manchester Rifles

40th (3rd Manchester) Lancashire RVC
4th Volunteer Bn, Manchester Regiment
7th Bn, Manchester Regiment
Active29 February 1860 – 31 December 1921
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Force
RoleInfantry
Size1-3 Battalions
Part of127th (Manchester) Brigade
199th (Manchester) Brigade
Garrison/HQGreenheys, Manchester
Motto(s)'Defence, not defiance'
EngagementsFirst World War:
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major John Snowdon Henry
Hon Algernon Egerton
Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere

The 3rd Manchester Rifles, later the 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a unit of Britain's Volunteers and Territorial Force raised in Manchester. It served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in the First World War.