hi spitfire1940, capt robert bonner will know more about the war diary ,this was posted by him on the main site,
http://www.themanchesters.org/7th%20batt.htm7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment (TA)
As per the newly formed 6th Battalion . A duplicate battalion had been raised by the 8th
(Ardwick) Battalion which on 31 July 1939 became the 7th Battalion. Mobilised in 1939 as
part of 127 (Manchester) Brigade of 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.
To coast defence at Lowestoft in 1940, then to Maidenhead and Yorkshire as part of 55th
Division. In late 1942 to Scotland at Dornoch to become a Support Battalion of 52nd
(Lowland) Division. Battalion Headquarters at Orton, between Rothes and Fochabers, and
later at Broughty Ferry. In April 1944 the battalion concentrated at Arbroath as a Support Battalion with one Mortar company and three Vickers Medium Machine Gun companies. 6 August to Chalfont St Giles and Ashbridge then on 2 September to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
To Belgium in groups between 15 /21 October 1944. First action in the battle for Walcheren
with ‘C’ Company taking part in a seaborne assault on Flushing on 5 November 1944.
The attack was made in Buffaloes and in support of a company of the 7th/9th Royal Scots
resulting in the surrender of the German garrison of Flushing. Then to s’Hertegensbosch in late November and into Germany and Geilenkirchen on 6/7 December. Following further fighting west of the Rhine the battalion took part in the battle for Wesel, and later the battle around the Dortmund/Ems Canal.
Took part in the capture of Bremen and the surrender of the German army. Two weeks later
to Magdeburg on the Elbe. Mid-June to Belgium and in August to Haltern in the Ruhr.
Later returned to the UK and disbandment.
Further reading:
Mountain and Flood. The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 1939 – 1946.
Blake G. Glasgow: Jackson & Co. 1950.
courtesy of Capt. Robert Bonner
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