Thoughts were turning Christmas but few signs of its nearness were in evidence reported the Evening News
It was suggested that people should concentrate on sending duty free tobacco to our troops rather than toys for a boy or girl in India and Australia, and, noted the paper, supplies would no doubt be impeded by the war , dried fruit came mostly from Turkey.
An overnight storm swept through the region with long distance telephone connections being badly effected. After a cold and wet day winds swept through the country around midnight.
The bad weather meant plans for the Manchester battalions to march through the city were scaled down with only the First battalion marching from Heaton Park to Piccadilly
During the march the men frequently burst into song with ‘it’s a long way to Tipperary’ their favorite whilst crowds lined the route despite heavy rain falling waving union jacks.
It was announced in Parliament that there had been fifty seven thousand British casualties on the western front up to the end of October.
The remains Private Stephen Burke who died from his wounds at the Salford Royal were interned at Moston cemetery. He left a widow and three young children. After a requiem mass at Salford cathedral, the cortage left for Moston, Salford’s police force lined the route to the county borough boundary as the coffin draped in a Union Jack made its way to the cemetery.
