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Sir Oswald Mosley
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Mosleys were a family of merchants in the cloth trade, and they amassed fortunes in Manchester and London. Mosley Street, in Manchester, was named after them. Sir Oswald Mosley, the 6th Baronet, was born in Staffordshire in 1896 and brought up in Shropshire.
Victoria Crosses awarded to North West regiments
The six regiments of the British Army currently based in the north west have, between them, won 80 of the 1,355 Victoria Crosses ever awarded.
Wilfred Owen's experiences with the Manchester Regiment
In October 1915, the poet Wilfred Owen enlisted in the Army. He was commissioned into The Manchester Regiment in June 1916, and a year later was posted to the 2nd Battalion in France.
Women's Suffrage - The Pankhursts
The Manchester Suffrage Society was one of several founded in Britain in 1867, when John Stuart Mill unsuccessfully put forward an amendment to the second Reform Bill – the amendment might have allowed women to vote.
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