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With experience, the defenders improved their effectiveness: in Christmas week, the Antwerp X defences plotted 209 missiles approaching the city, of which 171 came from directions in which it was safe to employ AA guns; of these 102 were engaged and 61 destroyed. The number of V-1s approaching
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In 1900, men of the battalion volunteered for service in the Boer War that which had been raging since 1899 and contingent sailed for South Africa in February. During the campaign it took part in three pitched battles and 25 smaller engagements. Sergeant Hickinbottom was
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42nd (Robin Hoods) S/L Regiment was cited in a decree of the Belgian government on 8 May 1947 for its heroic part in the defence of Antwerp, and members of its successor regiment were permitted to wear a strip of ribbon of the Belgian Croix de Guerre on each shoulder.
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Antwerp reached a peak of 623 a week in February, but declined thereafter. Overall the defenders' success rate was 43.2 per cent of V-1s destroyed by AA fire, reaching 97.5 per cent in March, after which the launch sites in Germany were overrun. Meanwhile, the
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In 1941 the searchlight layout over the Midlands was reorganised, so that any hostile raid approaching the Gun Defended Areas (GDA) around the towns must cross more than one searchlight belt, and then within the GDAs the concentration of lights was increased.
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respectively. Another duplicate battalion, the 3/7th, was formed in March 1915; this battalion remained in Britain for the duration of the war, became 7th (Reserve) Battalion in April 1916, later absorbing the 8th (Reserve) Battalion in September 1916.
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At the end of January, 368 S/L Bty rejoined the regiment from Ostend, driving through bad winter roads. The regiment returned to British command under 80 AA Bde in February. In the last stages of the war, 42nd S/L Rgt moved into Germany to defend the
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By October 1859, five separate company-sized Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) had been raised in Nottingham, the first officers' commissions were issued on 15 November, and by December they had been combined into a battalion as the
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On 19 September, a duplicate battalion of the Robin Hoods was formed, the original becoming the 1/7th. This duplicate joined the 2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Brigade, 2nd North Midland Division, which later became the
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was re-raised, once more forming part of the 46th (North Midland) Division. With the advent of air power, and the reduced need for so much infantry, the Robin Hoods were one of many units to be converted to the
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estuary. 366 S/L Battery under the operational control of 56 US AA Artillery Bde set up 90 cm lights to illuminate any surface craft trying to approach Antwerp and allow LAA guns to engage them.
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When the battalion transferred to the RA in August 1940 it was allowed to retain its Robin Hoods cap badge in silver for officers and white metal for other ranks, together with a
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The actions of the 46th (North) Midland Division at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915 are marked by two memorials. There are other memorials to the battalion at
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1900–01 the establishment was increased in 1900–01 to 18 companies (including two cyclist companies), divided into two battalions, together with a cadet corps at
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was awarded the VC – the highest award for bravery in the face of the enemy – for his actions at Hohenzollern on 14 October. The battalion was involved in the
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In early 1944 the regiment was in the North of England under 31 AA Bde, which was one of the formations earmarked for the Allied invasion of Normandy,
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The 1/7th Battalion landed in France in February 1915 with the rest of the 46th Division. The battalion saw heavy fighting at the Battle of
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While 367 SL Bty joined the AA defence of Brussels, the rest of 42nd S/L Rgt was deployed in a joint AA and coastal defence role along the
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 1 October 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/82.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 13 March 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/83.
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to begin occupation duties; in July, 367 S/L Bty was called out to suppress rioting between German and Italian dock workers.
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In 1992, the Robin Hood lineage was discontinued upon D Company becoming the HQ Company; the company was disbanded in 1999.
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in October 1942 when the AA divisions were scrapped in favour of an organisation that closely corresponded to the groups of
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began in August 1914, the Robin Hood Rifles continued to be part of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Brigade (later the
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 2 December 1941, TNA file WO 212/80.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, TNA file WO 212/81.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 12 May 1941, TNA file WO 212/79.
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in January 1917 and then moved to France in February. The 2/7th Battalion took part in many actions, including the
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The air situation was quiet until 21 October, when the Germans began a bombardment of Antwerp and Brussels with
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carried out major air raids on the nights of 30/31 December and 31 December/1 January 1945 in connection with
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bridges against conventional air attack, with 366th Bty still deployed on the South Scheldt estuary. After
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strength. The First World War ended on 11 November 1918. On 14 June 1919, the Battalion was disbanded.
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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Myth and National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
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and concentrated around Tisbury, where it was at 6 hours' notice to move to its marshalling area.
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commemorating the centenary of the raising of the Robin Hood Rifles and the award of the Belgian
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When the RE AA battalions were transferred to the RA in August 1940, the battalion became
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The regiment remained with 50 LAA Bde for the next two years. The brigade became part of
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on 1 July 1916 and the brigade they were part of sustained very severe casualties in the
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The Long, Long Trail - The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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covering Nottingham and Derby. It continued to serve with this formation during the
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42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
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Memorial at Vermelles, starting point for the division's attack on 13 October 1915
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by the more affluent classes of British society. The unit was simply known as the
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on 25 September. Similarly, 367 S/L Bty arrived at Brussels, and 368 S/L Bty at
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and was still an officer in the corps 40 years later with the honorary rank of
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350th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
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aero engine works at Derby, which was one of the last raids of the campaign.
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42nd (Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55
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On mobilisation, the battalion deployed 366, 368 and 369 AA Cos as part of
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lanyard instead of the white lanyard normally worn by the RA. By now the
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
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was on; the regiment was still in 2 AA Division but had transferred to
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In 1947, the Robin Hoods were reformed in the reconstituted TA as the
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In the home front, the 2/7th Robin Hoods had, meanwhile, been sent to
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366 S/L Bty War Diary, September–December 1944, TNA file WO 171/1209.
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On 1 September, RHQ under the command of Lt-Col C.W. Cronin moved to
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90 cm 'Projector Anti-Aircraft', displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
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Routledge, pp. 315, 326, 334–6; Table XLIX, p. 319; Table L, p. 327.
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577th (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, RA
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42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, RA
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Skylighters, the story of 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion, US Army
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Memorial to the Robin Hood Rifles in St Mary's Church, Nottingham.
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In 1961, the regiment converted to engineers and re-titled as the
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of 1908, the 1st Nottinghamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps became the
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from 1888 until 1901 when that formation split to form a separate
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from employees of his hosiery mill. The unit adopted a uniform of
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Uniform of the Robin Hood Rifles depicted on a 1939 cigarette card
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The unit was formed on 30 May 1859 when six volunteers paraded at
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42 S/L Rgt War Diary, August–December 1944, TNA file WO 171/1209.
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 27 April 1944, TNA file WO 212/85.
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 1 August 1943, TNA file WO 212/84.
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Memorial at Cité de Madagascar, site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
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The TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938 during the
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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region. In this role the Robin Hoods were organised as follows:
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Robin Hood Battalion at Regiments.org, retrieved 10 August 2014
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Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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42 S/L Rgt War Diary, January–May 1945, TNA file WO 171/5090.
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Captured V-1 displayed at Antwerp at the end of World War II.
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with the rest of the 59th Division to help suppress the 1916
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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of nine companies by March 1860. One company was raised by
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commemorating the raising of the Robin Hood Rifles in 1859
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31 AA Bde War Diary, February 1944, TNA file WO 171/1080.
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528th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Nottinghamshire)
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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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The regiment was placed in suspended animation in 1946.
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in Normandy on 18 September. It then moved by stages to
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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and battalion HQ moved from Nottingham to Red House at
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under Sergeant-Major Jonathan White. (White became the
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instead of the white lanyard normally worn by the RA.
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The Robin Hoods' drill hall in Derby Road, Nottingham.
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1992
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Robin Hood (T) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, RE
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139th (1/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Brigade
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Longshore Soldiers: US Army Port Battalions in WWII
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350th (The Robin Hood Foresters) Heavy Regiment, RA
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In 1920 the Territorial Force was reformed as the "
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The battalion re-roled as a unit of the 405:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 32:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 2813:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 2793:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2289: 2079:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 1600: 1598: 1596: 1594: 1592: 1018:George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway 945:350 (The Robin Hood Foresters) Field Squadron 783:Camp, near London. From there it embarked at 8: 2798:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2613:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1282: 802:Also on 1 September, 366 S/L Bty moved from 764:. On 24 August the regiment was relieved by 2895:Military units and formations in Nottingham 2673:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2523:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1561:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371; Table LX, p. 378. 1280: 1278: 1276: 1274: 1272: 1270: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1262: 2296: 2282: 2274: 2063:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1813: 1811: 1809: 1511: 1509: 1487:. British Military History. Archived from 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1007:, appointed 13 June 1863, died 10 May 1898 2885:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army 2880:1859 establishments in the United Kingdom 2423:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 2393:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1903: 1901: 1899: 1897: 1799: 1797: 1795: 1793: 1005:William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans 2703:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2623:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 1582: 1580: 1458:(Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5702. 1402: 1400: 963:, 3rd (V) Battalion of the newly formed 806:, Wiltshire, to a concentration area at 2870:Infantry battalions of the British Army 1612: 1610: 1165: 1066: 2598:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2232:Regimental Museum – Robin Hood Rifles 1179: 1177: 1175: 1173: 1171: 1169: 1032:, appointed 21 September February 1933 949:The Robin Hood (Territorial) Battalion 756:, establishing Regimental HQ (RHQ) at 28: 2844:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 2603:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2378:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2073:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957. 427:), North Midland Division (later the 7: 2368:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2122:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 955:. The Robin Hoods were sponsored by 799:, where it arrived on 24 September. 791:and disembarked by landing craft at 766:54th (Durham Light Infantry) S/L Rgt 303:1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) RVC 830:where it came under the command of 560:on 10 December 1936 and became the 2608:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2237:Corps of Drums - Robin Hood Rifles 2051:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, 1290:. 27 December 2005. Archived from 1240:Beckett, p. 70 & Appendix VII. 566:32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group 531:– fourth ranking ace of the 96:139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade 25: 2771:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 2518:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2222:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files 2173:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, 1035:Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Wharton, 754:69th (3rd City of London) S/L Rgt 603:Sutton-in-Coldfield, Warwickshire 441:59th (2nd North Midland) Division 221:. In the 1930s it re-roled as an 2207:Great War Centenary Drill Halls. 1572:The National Archives (TNA), Kew 1148: 1125: 1105: 1093: 1081: 1069: 1064:, high in the Derbyshire Hills. 961:D (Robin Hood Foresters) Company 488:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 165: 66: 49: 2663:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2583:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2563:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2197:British Army units from 1945 on 748:, then on 6 August it moved to 549:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion (TA) 2363:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2150:The Army and Society 1815–1914 1956:british-army-units1945on.co.uk 1931:british-army-units1945on.co.uk 1916:Routledge, Table LVII, p. 366. 1214:Barczewski, Stephanie (2000). 343:The battalion was part of the 1: 2488:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2483:King's Own Scottish Borderers 1570:39 AA Bde War Diary 1939–41, 1013:, appointed 21 September 1898 729:over the Normandy beachhead. 463:– a subsidiary action of the 429:46th (North Midland) Division 2721:Honourable Artillery Company 2543:South Staffordshire Regiment 2493:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2242:Memorial - Robin Hood Rifles 2171:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers 2107:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, 1988:Nottingham's Military Legacy 1647:Routledge Table LXV, p. 396. 1054:St Mary's Church, Nottingham 524:During the First World War, 233:from June 1944 to May 1945. 2638:York and Lancaster Regiment 2398:King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2388:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2342:Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1220:. Oxford University Press. 1000:of the battalion included: 653:Battle of Britain and Blitz 505:. The division returned to 395:were subsumed into the new 366:Distinguished Conduct Medal 2921: 2761:Highland Cyclist Battalion 2756:Northern Cyclist Battalion 2373:Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2152:, London: Longmans, 1980, 1985:van Tonder, Gerry (2017). 1638:Farndale, Annex D, p. 258. 1628:2 AA Division at RA 39–45. 1586:Farndale, Annex M, p. 339. 857:V-1 in flight over Antwerp 580:Battalion HQ at Nottingham 570:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division 547:" and, on 7 February, the 349:Sherwood Foresters Brigade 201:. The battalion served as 2588:Northamptonshire Regiment 2247:Royal Artillery 1939–1945 2025:"The Sherwoods Foresters" 1112:Plaque on the terrace of 713:– all within 5 AA Group. 711:31 (North Midland) AA Bde 245:Plaque on the terrace of 171:Croix de Guerre (Belgium) 2618:King's Royal Rifle Corps 2508:East Lancashire Regiment 2498:Gloucestershire Regiment 2383:Northumberland Fusiliers 2192:British Military History 2118:Norman E.H. 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Index

42nd (Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
United Kingdom

Territorial Army
Infantry
Air Defence
139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade
Derby Road
Nottingham
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Gommecourt
Hill 70
Third Ypres
Bourlon Wood
German spring offensive
Bailleul
The Blitz
North West Europe

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Volunteer Force
British Army
Territorial Force
Territorial Army
infantry
Easter Uprising
Dublin
Western Front
World War I
anti-aircraft

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