Volunteer Infantry of Ashton-under-Lyne : Including Biography of William Forshaw VC
A detailed history of the Volunteer Movement in Ashton, Lancashire from 1859 to 1971 - including the biography of William Forshaw VC. This is the first published history of what became the 9th Manchester Regiment. The battalion raised men for the Boer War and served during WWI in Gallipoli, France & Flanders. In WWII to Italy with 4th Indian Division.