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3/5th Battalion Territorial Force
11.10.1914 Formed in Bury then moved to Crowborough and the as part of the 197th Brigade of the 66th Division.
Mar 1916 Moved to Hyderabad Barracks at Colchester
01.03.1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and the Division engaged in various action on the Western front including;
During 1917
The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Menin Road Ridge.
14.02.1918 The 2/8th disbanded in France.

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Oct1914
May 1917
Bury attached to 197th Brigade, 66th Division.
Feb1918
disbanded in Belgium.