Belton Park Entertainment – 17th Manchesters 17th October 1915

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For more information see Belton Park and Larkhill | 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment on the Somme.

Belton Park, Grantham – 17th Manchesters arrive 24th April 1915

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The Manchester Brigade left there home training areas on 24th April 1915 and formed part of the 30th Division in their new barracks in Lincolnshire.

See Belton Park and Larkhill | 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment on the Somme.

20th Manchesters Belton Park

Belton Park, Grantham – May 1915

This is a postcard showing the 5th City Battalion – 20th Manchester Regiment – marching into Belton Park in March 1915.  The 17th Battalion will have followed the same route that March. Courtesy http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/3321#prettyPhoto

Believed to have been written by Lance Corporal William Hunt

20th Manchesters Belton Park