The 8th Manchester (Ardwicks) Regiment


Group photo taken in England - Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons.


'B' Company taken on Malta.
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons.


Thought to be 'B' Company taken on Malta.
Photo courtesy of Jean Heon.


Jean's father (Sid May) and friends. Photo thought to have been taken at Torri Combo Ni - Ta Kali 1940.
Photo courtesy of Jean Heon.

I am indebted to Rita Lyons who sent me 75 photos of the Regiment brought back by her father Pt. John Murphy. I have placed a selection of the collection on this page along with others on other pages of the site. See also 'Anti Aircraft'.

John Murphy (seated), Freddie Sherrat (end right) & friends.

John Murphy & friend in summer uniform.

John Lomax 26.01.1944.

Group photo, no names on photo.

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1942
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1944
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1942
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1942
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1942
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1942
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

 

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

No name on photo.

John Murphy

Photo titled 'Freddie' possibly Freddie Sherrat.

Freddie far right.

Norman Taylor.
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons.

Freddie Fuller.
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons.

John Murphy, Bert Tongue & friend.
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons.

 

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Freddie Sherrat & freind.
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1943
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Malta 1944
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Sicily 1944
Photo courtesy of Rita Lyons

Photos below courtesy of Mal Howorth of the 8th Ardwicks (TA). William Fleming with his mate Andy Cathcart are shown
in some of these photos but others names are unknown.

 

National War Museum, Malta.

There is a new book on the 8th Manchester Regiment by Robert Bonner due to be released soon. Put the title & author in an Amazon search.
It's a good place to start in searching for the title.

Links: http://www.themanchesters.org/