Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

JULY TO NOVEMBER 1916

24th BATTALION, THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT (OLDHAM COMRADES)
ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE SOMME JULY 1916 to NOVEMBER 1916

Unit War Diaries of the British Army
TRANSCRIPTIONS

As part of the on-going WW1 Project, on this website, transcripts of the Unit Diaries of the : 24th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment (Oldham Comrades) and the 1/10th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment (Oldham Territorials) are being added to this website HERE Those relating to the 'Comrades' and their months on the Somme are duplicated on this page. June 1916, December 1916 & January 1917 are included as they show the preparations for, and the aftermath of, the Battles Apologies in advance for any errors - Every care has been taken with transcription but handwriting and scan quality can frequently cause difficulties.
24th BATTALION MANCHESTER REGIMENT - OLDHAM COMRADES
JUNE 1916 BATTLE ORDERS 1 UNIT DIARY	JUNE 1916 BATTLE ORDERS 2 UNIT DIARY	JUNE 1916 UNIT DIARY	JULY 1916 UNIT DIARY & JULY 1916 BATTLE ORDERS	AUGUST 1916 UNIT DIARY & AUGUST 1916 BATTLE ORDERS
SEPTEMBER UNIT DIARY & BATTLE ORDERS	OCTOBER 1916 UNIT DIARY & BATTLE ORDERS	NOVEMBER 1916 UNIT DIARY	DECEMBER 1916 UNIT DIARY	JANUARY 1917 UNIT DIARY

From the 24th Unit Diary Transcripts, 1915 - 1917

Full details on the National Archives website HERE