1st Manchester Rifles

6th (1st Manchester Rifles) Lancashire RVC
2nd Volunteer Bn, Manchester Regiment
6th Bn, Manchester Regiment
65th (Manchester Regiment) HAA Regiment
465 (Manchester) HAA Regiment
Active25 August 1859 – 10 March 1955
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
RoleInfantry
Air defence
Size1-3 Infantry battalions
Artillery regiment
Part of127th (Manchester) Brigade
Anti-Aircraft Command
British Army in Ceylon
Middle East Command
Garrison/HQHulme
EngagementsFirst World War:

Second World War:

The 1st Manchester Rifles, later the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Manchester. It served as infantry at Gallipoli, fighting with distinction at the Third Battle of Krithia, and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in the First World War. After conversion into an anti-aircraft unit of the Royal Artillery between the wars, it defended Manchester, Scapa Flow and Ceylon during the Second World War and continued in the air defence role until 1955.