15th Battalion

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15th (Service) Battalion (1st Salford) and 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford)

11.09.1914 The 15th formed and on the 05.11.1914 the 16th formed at Salford by Mr. Montague Barlow M.P. and the Salford Brigade Committee.
28.12.1914 The 15th moved to Conway, North Wales and the 16th joined them on 11.02.1915.
21.06.1915 Both moved to Catterick Bridge and joined the 96th Brigade of the 32nd Division.
13.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Codford, Salisbury Plain.
22.11.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various action on the Western Front

including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre

During 1918
The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Sambreton south of Landrecies