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Aisne 1914 & 18, Armentieres 1914, Neuve
Chappelle, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 & 18, Albert 1916 & 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozieres, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 & 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 & 18,
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Reserve) Battalions were depot/training units. They moved to Plymouth (3rd Battalion) and Sunderland (4th Battalion) in August 1914. In May 1915, the 3rd Battalion joined the 4th in Sunderland, where they both remained as part of
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The 2/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion was formed as a 2nd-Line duplicate of the 1/5th
Battalion, raised in 1939 when the TA was doubled in size. It was renamed the 5th Battalion after the loss of the 1/5th in Malaya in February 1942. It served in the
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February 1917 also for service on the Western Front. 3rd-Line TF battalions (3/5th, 3/6th, 3/7th and 3/8th) were also formed to train drafts for the battalions overseas. The 21st Battalion was formed from Home Service men of the TF.
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Battalion was a hostilities-only unit raised in 1940. In 1942, it was sent to India, where it carried out internal security duties at Delhi. On 1 January 1944, it moved to Delawari and came under the command of the
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The grave of
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Regiment is a pure example of the complete inefficiency of 'A' Branch at the War Office, in as much as many hundreds of officers and men have wasted valuable years of their lives training for precisely
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on 26 April and at the South Dublin Union on 27 April. The 2/5th, 2/7th and the 2/8th battalions transferred to Le Havre in
February 1917 for service on the Western Front while the 2/6th battalion transferred to
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to control the increasing number of anti-aircraft (AA) units being created north of London. At the same time, several of its infantry battalions were converted into searchlight battalions of the
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regiments. The historic lincoln green was restored in 1913. In other respects the regiment followed the normal progression of the British infantry from red coats, to scarlet tunics, to khaki
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in August 1915 before transferring to Italy in November 1917 and then to France in September 1918. The 12th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) landed in France as pioneer battalion for the
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in March 1916 also for service on the Western Front. There were three other short-lived New Army battalions of the regiment: the 18th (Service) Battalion (a
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as its armoured car regiment. It left the division in February 1943 and later became a draft-finding unit for other armoured car regiments fighting in the
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attacked and broke through the following month, 46th Division was sent into action. On 29 May, 139 Brigade joined 'Macforce' holding the canal line near
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in August 1915 for service on the Western Front. The 15th (Service) Battalion (Nottingham) landed in France as part of the
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in existence for just under 90 years, from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the
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which never arrived. In early 1943 the division was sent to North Africa where it became part of the
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in the 1st Armoured Division. In February 1944, the brigade sailed to Italy and took part in the
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History of the 1st Batt. Sherwood Foresters (Notts. and Derby Regt.) in the Boer War, 1899-1902
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of 2nd AA Division, covering Derby. It went to North-West Europe and served in the defence of
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Memorial for G Collins of the Sherwood Foresters, giving the full title of the regiment
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The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919, History of 1/8th Battalion
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continues to be used by the East Midlands Universities Officer Training Corps.
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Men of the Sherwood Foresters following up the Germans near Brie, March 1917.
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Gazala, El Alemain, Djebel Guerba, Tamera, Medejez Plain, Tunis,
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42nd (Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, RA
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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In 1970, the Sherwood Foresters were amalgamated with the
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Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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Sherwood Foresters, Officers of the Battalions (1990).
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Sherwood Foresters, Officers of the Battalions (1921).
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The following members of the regiment were awarded the
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and 2/8th battalions, moved to Ireland as part of the
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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1958–1965: Maj-Gen. Cecil Benfield Fairbanks, CB, CBE
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Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain, later Colonel)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1970
1919:. No. 36893. London. 8 October 1902. p. 4.
1870:"The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home".
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Similarly, in August 1940 this battalion became the
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3413:British infantry regiments of the First World War
2089:"The Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, 1916"
1904:. No. 36774. London. 22 May 1902. p. 8.
1713:East Midlands Universities Officer Training Corps
1472:Captain (Temporary Lt-Col, later Major-General))
1094:, whose role was training British infantrymen in
810:40th (Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion
4014:Military units and formations in Nottinghamshire
3742:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
3279:80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)
3149:Captain W. C. C. Weetman M.C., Croix de Guerre.
2700:"Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment"
2182:. Museum of the Mercian Regiment. Archived from
1833:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
1581:Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
766:The 1/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion was a 1st-Line
600:42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) AA Bn
3912:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
3537:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
1303:The regiment's battle honours were as follows:
3677:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
3357:Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
2288:"149 (Sherwood Foresters) Light AA Rgt RA(TA)"
208:Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
3989:Regiments of the British Army in World War II
3922:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
3902:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
3398:
3194:
3001:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
2153:"2nd AA Division at British Military History"
1176:(February–May 1944) under the command of the
758:and remained there until the end of the war.
8:
4009:1970 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
3984:Regiments of the British Army in World War I
3907:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
3722:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
2466:(Supplement). 10 October 1941. p. 5899.
1807:
1805:
4019:Military units and formations in Derbyshire
3782:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
3632:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1981:and the 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion at
1803:
1801:
1799:
1797:
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1793:
1791:
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1787:
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3405:
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3383:
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3187:
3179:
2261:. British Military History. Archived from
1849:"Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)"
216:Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
4004:1881 establishments in the United Kingdom
3532:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
3502:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
3295:98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot
3287:64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
3271:38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
2230:"1st Bn, The Sherwood Foresters: Service"
2174:
2172:
2021:
2019:
2017:
2015:
1931:"Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907"
1623:Sir Douglas Studholme Brownrigg Wellesley
1344:Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Schimitar Hill,
1135:218th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
734:. In January 1944, they took part in the
730:and took part in the final stages of the
547:, both landed at Le Havre as part of the
313:from 1882 to 1898, and saw action in the
210:, which in 2007 was amalgamated with the
3812:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
3732:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
2917:. London: Military Press International.
2475:
2473:
2013:
2011:
2009:
2007:
2005:
2003:
2001:
1999:
1997:
1995:
842:55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
678:, again part of 61st Infantry Division.
604:32nd (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group
290:and took part in fighting under General
249:Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
35:Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
3082:. Nottingham: T. Forman & Sons Ltd.
2203:
2201:
1761:
1733:on the lapels, cuffs and lining of the
1244:. In 1958, the battalion saw action in
674:and in June 1945 it transferred to the
638:campaigns. They also saw action in the
241:45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
189:Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
3707:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
3239:29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
3059:. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press.
2980:. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press.
2744:"Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum"
1826:
902:attacks during the winter of 1944–45.
770:formation originally serving with the
503:in August 1915; it was evacuated from
491:The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at
421:, as holding and reinforcement units.
31:
3953:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey
3712:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
3487:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3247:36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
2722:"In detail: army restructuring plans"
1915:"Naval & Military intelligence".
1900:"Naval & Military intelligence".
1375:, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940,
650:The 1st Battalion was serving in the
27:Infantry regiment of the British Army
7:
3477:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
3022:. London: Royal Artillery Institute/
2479:Obituary to Colonel C.G. Lancaster,
1630:Sir Henry Beresford Dennitts Willcox
987:. The battalion was assigned to the
776:49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
567:In 1920, Sherwood Foresters were in
386:in November 1914 for service on the
144:Up to 13 Hostilities-only battalions
2534:"Royal Armoured Corps [UK]"
2054:Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire
1885:"The War - embarkation of troops".
1108:163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
1036:112th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
48:Cap Badge of the Sherwood Foresters
3717:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
3263:95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
2805:. 19 September 1902. p. 6021.
2087:Western Front Association (2012).
1778:. 1 July 1881. pp. 3300–3301.
1565:188n–?: (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir
1551:1881-?1889: (2nd Battalion): Gen.
852:for the Allied invasion of Europe
746:so far, and later fighting during
579:to supervise the elections to the
245:95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
25:
3880:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
3627:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3137:History of the Sherwood Foresters
1465:Acting Corporal (later Sergeant)
979:, the battalion was commanded by
459:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
1652:1970: Regiment amalgamated with
1147:9th Independent Armoured Brigade
253:Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia
83:
66:
42:
3772:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
3692:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
3672:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
2937:British Army Handbook 1939-1945
2838:. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
2765:Hawley, Zena (11 August 2015).
2624:Joslen, pp. 168, 219, 381, 573.
2114:Gerhard Nowc (11 August 2010).
2048:Denise Amos (29 October 2021).
1936:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1534:Colonels of the regiment were:
1521:Lieutenant (Temporary Captain)
1514:Lieutenant (Temporary Captain)
1332:France & Flanders 1914 - 18
1212:70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion
1182:168th (London) Infantry Brigade
3472:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
2976:Gibson, Charles J. L. (2009).
2958:Gibson, Charles J. L. (1908).
2633:Joslen, pp. 158, 230–1, 244–5.
2605:"The role of lorried Infantry"
1252:. The 2nd battalion served in
1149:, with which it fought at the
983:, MP, a former officer in the
824:(RA) and the battalion became
602:respectively, forming part of
1:
3597:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
3592:King's Own Scottish Borderers
3045:. Nottingham: J & H Bell.
2290:. Blue Yonder. Archived from
1707:The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
1602:Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
1538:1881–: (1st Battalion): Gen.
1188:15th (Home Defence) Battalion
1119:267th Indian Armoured Brigade
1069:10th (Home Defence) Battalion
860:, particularly at the Allied
802:sent to work on the infamous
618:. The regiment served in the
251:. The Derbyshire Militia and
3830:Honourable Artillery Company
3652:South Staffordshire Regiment
3602:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
3338:North Staffordshire Regiment
3330:South Staffordshire Regiment
3125:Regiment Crich Memorial site
2702:. British Army units 1945 on
1616:Sir Frederick Barton Maurice
1293:Derby Museum and Art Gallery
1123:67th Indian Training Brigade
1045:112 RAC was assigned to the
926:2/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion
762:1/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion
393:The 2nd battalion landed at
374:The 1st battalion landed at
309:The 2nd Battalion served in
3747:York and Lancaster Regiment
3507:King's (Liverpool Regiment)
3497:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
3451:Guards Machine Gun Regiment
3142:The Royal Artillery 1939–45
2913:Bellis, Malcolm A. (1994).
2680:. British Army units1945 on
1428:Lieutenant (later Captain)
1151:Second Battle of El Alamein
1001:British Expeditionary Force
916:49th (West Riding) Division
708:British Expeditionary Force
4035:
3870:Highland Cyclist Battalion
3865:Northern Cyclist Battalion
3482:Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2492:Joslen, pp. 213, 215, 325.
1971:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion
1677:
1481:William Henry Johnson (VC)
1455:Corporal (later Sergeant)
1184:, before being disbanded.
892:50th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
875:
858:North-West Europe campaign
813:
588:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
461:in April 1916. During the
439:Sherwood Foresters Brigade
3697:Northamptonshire Regiment
1448:Corporal (later Captain)
1438:Private (later Corporal)
1285:Sherwood Foresters Museum
1113:163 RAC was stationed at
243:(raised in 1741) and the
41:
3727:King's Royal Rifle Corps
3617:East Lancashire Regiment
3607:Gloucestershire Regiment
3492:Northumberland Fusiliers
3092:Weetman, W.C.C. (2014).
3078:Weetman, W.C.C. (1908).
3018:Routledge, N.W. (1994).
2514:, Kew, file WO 166/1429.
2139:Dieter-Jürgen Mehlhorn:
1989:(all Territorial Force).
1969:(since demolished), the
1961:(since demolished), the
1717:The Sherwood Foresters'
1553:John Studholme Brownrigg
1509:Charles Geoffrey Vickers
1500:Captain (Acting Lt-Col)
1155:2nd New Zealand Division
864:and the Rhine crossing (
545:Lord Mayor of Nottingham
517:17th (Northern) Division
501:11th (Northern) Division
3946:Channel Islands Militia
3890:Territorial Battalions
3840:Cambridgeshire Regiment
3807:Royal Munster Fusiliers
3757:Highland Light Infantry
3612:Worcestershire Regiment
3552:Leicestershire Regiment
3542:East Yorkshire Regiment
3314:Worcestershire Regiment
3130:17 October 2008 at the
2999:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
2821:17 October 2008 at the
2724:. BBC. 16 December 2004
2256:"1st Infantry Division"
1654:Worcestershire Regiment
1607:1930–1935: Lt-Gen. Sir
1593:1902–1905: Lt-Gen. Sir
1430:Henry Singleton Pennell
1266:Worcestershire Regiment
1166:Persia and Iraq Command
993:Leicestershire Regiment
840:and transferred to the
660:Western Desert Campaign
278:, and was stationed at
204:Worcestershire Regiment
3875:Kent Cyclist Battalion
3860:Herefordshire Regiment
3855:Hertfordshire Regiment
3850:Inns of Court Regiment
3835:Monmouthshire Regiment
3802:Royal Dublin Fusiliers
3365:Staffordshire Regiment
2447:Joslen, pp. 75–6, 325.
2323:"RA 1939-45 42 SL Rgt"
2312:Routledge, pp. 314–63.
2029:. The Long, Long Trail
1675:
1609:William Raine Marshall
1523:John Henry Cound Brunt
1377:North West Europe 1940
1318:South Africa 1899–1902
1206:222nd Infantry Brigade
1202:162nd Infantry Brigade
1047:42nd Armoured Division
1013:shrank towards Dunkirk
997:46th Infantry Division
989:139th Infantry Brigade
945:46th Infantry Division
941:139th Infantry Brigade
935:
912:148th Infantry Brigade
828:, serving through the
796:Imperial Japanese Army
788:18th Infantry Division
772:148th Infantry Brigade
695:
676:184th Infantry Brigade
672:61st Infantry Division
668:183rd Infantry Brigade
656:North African Campaign
652:Middle Eastern theatre
488:
443:North Midland Division
366:
350:
271:
3752:Durham Light Infantry
3642:Royal Sussex Regiment
3587:South Wales Borderers
3582:Royal Welsh Fusiliers
3572:Royal Scots Fusiliers
3547:Bedfordshire Regiment
3517:Lincolnshire Regiment
2512:The National Archives
2165:on 23 September 2015.
1737:of the 18th century.
1673:
1474:Charles Edward Hudson
1457:Ernest Albert Egerton
1384:North Africa 1942 -43
1218:Holme Pierrepont Hall
1178:1st Infantry Division
1170:18th Infantry Brigade
1153:under the command of
1143:8th Armoured Division
1092:52nd Infantry Brigade
1032:1st Armoured Division
1021:evacuated from France
933:
784:55th Infantry Brigade
780:25th Infantry Brigade
704:1st Infantry Division
689:
581:Schleswig plebiscites
486:
356:
347:
269:
3657:Dorsetshire Regiment
3622:East Surrey Regiment
3567:Lancashire Fusiliers
3557:Royal Irish Regiment
2836:"Regimental History"
2678:"Sherwood Foresters"
2594:Joslen pp. 497, 543.
2567:Joslen pp. 292, 543.
2268:on 23 September 2015
2027:"Sherwood Foresters"
1813:"Sherwood Foresters"
1614:1935–1941: Maj-Gen.
1600:1905–1930: Gen. Sir
1586:1900–1902: Gen. Sir
1502:Bernard William Vann
1450:Harry Churchill Beet
1162:7th Armoured Brigade
1141:in the newly raised
1040:Royal Armoured Corps
720:evacuated at Dunkirk
700:3rd Infantry Brigade
577:Naval Academy Mürwik
302:to a new posting at
218:to form the present
3937:Glasgow Highlanders
3737:Manchester Regiment
3522:Devonshire Regiment
3456:Household Battalion
2777:on 25 December 2015
2746:. National Archives
2381:on 27 December 2005
2349:"RA 39-45 2 AA Div"
2186:on 22 February 2016
1632:, KCIE, CB, DSO, MC
1628:1946–1947: Lt-Gen.
1621:1941–1946: Lt-Gen.
1530:Regimental Colonels
1228:Post-war activities
850:British Second Army
738:, under command of
332:and the latter the
306:in September 1902.
292:Sir William Gatacre
3979:Sherwood Foresters
3894:Infantry Regiments
3777:Royal Irish Rifles
3767:Gordon Highlanders
3647:Hampshire Regiment
3322:Sherwood Foresters
3096:. Reed Books Ltd.
2802:The London Gazette
2642:Bellis 1994, p. 70
2463:The London Gazette
2408:Routledge, p. 341.
2294:on 10 January 2008
2095:on 18 October 2014
1775:The London Gazette
1676:
1525:, Second World War
1396:Singapore Island,
1011:. As the 'pocket'
985:Royal Horse Guards
936:
886:, serving through
854:Operation Overlord
728:British First Army
696:
654:and fought in the
620:Norwegian Campaign
606:in 2 AA Division.
541:Duke of Devonshire
489:
409:Reserve Battalions
367:
351:
276:Anglo-Egyptian War
272:
185:Sherwood Foresters
153:Normanton Barracks
3966:
3965:
3927:Robin Hood Rifles
3822:Territorial Force
3787:Connaught Rangers
3577:Cheshire Regiment
3431:Coldstream Guards
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3231:Cheshire Regiment
3157:Project Gutenberg
3103:978-1-4733-1425-2
3010:978-1-84342-474-1
2987:978-1-84342-178-8
2964:Swan Sonnenschein
2941:Sutton Publishing
2862:978-0-9683546-2-9
2540:on 3 January 2006
2436:Monthly Army List
2329:on 7 January 2009
2236:on 7 January 2006
1965:at Saltergate in
1694:Lincoln Cathedral
1611:, GCMG, KCB, KCSI
1518:, First World War
1511:, First World War
1504:, First World War
1497:, First World War
1490:, First World War
1483:, First World War
1476:, First World War
1469:, First World War
1452:, Second Boer War
1373:St Omer-La Bassée
1291:. Meanwhile, the
1289:Nottingham Castle
1279:Regimental museum
1248:and, in 1963, in
1139:8th Support Group
1117:under command of
1051:Normandy Campaign
1028:1st Support Group
949:see 9th Battalion
878:Robin Hood Rifles
866:Operation Plunder
830:Battle of Britain
736:landings at Anzio
732:Tunisian Campaign
425:Territorial Force
330:Territorial Force
315:Sikkim Expedition
288:Orange Free State
212:Cheshire Regiment
178:
177:
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1604:, GCB, GCMG, DSO
1595:William Bellairs
1579:1898–1900: Gen.
1406:Victoria Crosses
1361:Second World War
1325:First World War:
1234:Forester Brigade
981:Claude Lancaster
862:Siege of Dunkirk
816:High Peak Rifles
800:Prisoners of war
768:Territorial Army
748:Operation Diadem
744:Italian Campaign
624:Battle of France
616:Second World War
610:Second World War
563:Between the wars
472:Boulogne-sur-Mer
257:2nd (Derbyshire)
237:Childers Reforms
231:Pre 1914 history
220:Mercian Regiment
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