Yes - Strensall near York. There are several memorials to the Regiment in the
Garrison Church, Strensall, York. One is a memorial window of a fleur de lys within a circle surmounted by a crown. The text: 1933 - XCVI - 1938.
This commemorates the stay of 2nd Manchesters at Strensall between December 1933 and March 1938. Dedicated July 1939 by the Archbishop of York.
The names on the list which Mons Star has produced are worth a second look.
Tony Fitch became Adjutant 2nd Manchesters in 1939/40 and during the Dunkirk campaign. As Lieutenant Colonel commanded 3rd Bn the Parachute Regiment. Killed in action at Arnhem. Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Holland.
Both Eric Costin and Tim Moorhead became Major Generals and, in their turn, Colonels of The Regiment.
Major Hyde achieved fame as being the senior Manchester officer in the POW camps in Thailand.
Clavell Spanton, Later Lieutenant Colonel, managed to escape to Ceylon after a hair raising voyage following the collapse of Singapore.
Holmes, Woolsey and Fouracre all later commanded battalions of the Regiment.
Freddie Snow - Bisley champion and later Lieutenant Colonel.
Bandmaster Statham went on to greater musical heights, including Director of Music at Sandhurst and later to one of the Guards Regiments.
