The Manchester Pals were part of Kitchener's New Army. They were formed into seven battalions in The Manchester Regiment.
- 1st Manchester Pals (16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 2nd Manchester Pals (17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 3rd Manchester Pals (Clerks' and Warehousemen's Battalion) (18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 4th Manchester Pals (19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 5th Manchester Pals (20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 6th Manchester Pals (21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
- 7th Manchester Pals (22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
Almost 10,000 men enlisted in the Manchester Pals battalions, of whom 4,776 were killed. Overall, the Manchester Regiment lost about 13,000 men. In 1993, a memorial was unveiled in Heaton Park, where the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th battalions were trained between September 1914 and April 1915.
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