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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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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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Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914
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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 394:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 21:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 2802:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 2782:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2278: 2068:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 1589: 1587: 1585: 1583: 1581: 1007:George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway 934:350 (The Robin Hood Foresters) Field Squadron 772:Camp, near London. From there it embarked at 2787:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2602:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1271: 791:Also on 1 September, 366 S/L Bty moved from 753:. On 24 August the regiment was relieved by 2884:Military units and formations in Nottingham 2662:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2512:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1550:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371; Table LX, p. 378. 1269: 1267: 1265: 1263: 1261: 1259: 1257: 1255: 1253: 1251: 2285: 2271: 2052:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1973: 1802: 1800: 1798: 1578: 1500: 1498: 1476:. British Military History. Archived from 1241: 1239: 1237: 1235: 1202: 996:, appointed 13 June 1863, died 10 May 1898 2874:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army 2869:1859 establishments in the United Kingdom 2412:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 2382:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1892: 1890: 1888: 1886: 1788: 1786: 1784: 1782: 994:William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans 2692:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2612:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 1571: 1569: 1447:(Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5702. 1437: 1417: 1391: 1389: 1248: 952:, 3rd (V) Battalion of the newly formed 849: 841: 795:, Wiltshire, to a concentration area at 606: 435: 371: 276: 229: 2859:Infantry battalions of the British Army 1795: 1601: 1599: 1495: 1232: 2851: 2587:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2221:Regimental Museum – Robin Hood Rifles 1883: 1779: 1168: 1166: 1164: 1162: 1160: 1158: 1021:, appointed 21 September February 1933 938:The Robin Hood (Territorial) Battalion 745:, establishing Regimental HQ (RHQ) at 2833:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 2592:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2367:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2266: 2062:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957. 1566: 1386: 837: 416:), North Midland Division (later the 2357:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2111:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 1908: 1596: 1553: 944:. The Robin Hoods were sponsored by 788:, where it arrived on 24 September. 780:and disembarked by landing craft at 755:54th (Durham Light Infantry) S/L Rgt 705: 367: 292:1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) RVC 1155: 981: 819:where it came under the command of 549:on 10 December 1936 and became the 527: 13: 2597:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2226:Corps of Drums - Robin Hood Rifles 2040:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, 1833: 1279:. 27 December 2005. Archived from 1229:Beckett, p. 70 & Appendix VII. 555:32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group 520:– fourth ranking ace of the 85:139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade 14: 2905: 2760:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 2507:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2211:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files 2174: 2162:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, 1024:Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Wharton, 743:69th (3rd City of London) S/L Rgt 592:Sutton-in-Coldfield, Warwickshire 430:59th (2nd North Midland) Division 210:. In the 1930s it re-roled as an 2196:Great War Centenary Drill Halls. 1561:The National Archives (TNA), Kew 1137: 1114: 1094: 1082: 1070: 1058: 1053:, high in the Derbyshire Hills. 950:D (Robin Hood Foresters) Company 477:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 154: 55: 38: 2652:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2572:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2552:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2186:British Army units from 1945 on 2006: 1994: 1967: 1958: 1933: 1899: 1874: 1849: 1827: 1818: 1809: 1770: 1761: 1752: 1743: 1734: 1725: 1716: 1707: 1698: 1673: 1648: 1639: 1630: 1621: 1610: 1544: 1535: 1523: 1463: 1451: 1431: 1411: 1361: 1336: 1322: 1313: 737:, then on 6 August it moved to 602: 597: 538:7th (Robin Hood) Battalion (TA) 2352:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2139:The Army and Society 1815–1914 1945:british-army-units1945on.co.uk 1920:british-army-units1945on.co.uk 1905:Routledge, Table LVII, p. 366. 1304: 1295: 1223: 1203:Barczewski, Stephanie (2000). 1196: 1187: 1178: 403: 332:The battalion was part of the 1: 2477:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2472:King's Own Scottish Borderers 2030: 1559:39 AA Bde War Diary 1939–41, 1002:, appointed 21 September 1898 718:over the Normandy beachhead. 452:– a subsidiary action of the 418:46th (North Midland) Division 2710:Honourable Artillery Company 2532:South Staffordshire Regiment 2482:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2231:Memorial - Robin Hood Rifles 2160:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers 2096:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, 1977:Nottingham's Military Legacy 1636:Routledge Table LXV, p. 396. 1043:St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1036: 513:During the First World War, 225: 222:from June 1944 to May 1945. 7: 2627:York and Lancaster Regiment 2387:King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2377:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2331:Guards Machine Gun Regiment 2246: 1209:. Oxford University Press. 989:of the battalion included: 962: 908: 642:Battle of Britain and Blitz 494:. The division returned to 384:were subsumed into the new 355:Distinguished Conduct Medal 343: 10: 2910: 2750:Highland Cyclist Battalion 2745:Northern Cyclist Battalion 2362:Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2141:, London: Longmans, 1980, 1974:van Tonder, Gerry (2017). 1627:Farndale, Annex D, p. 258. 1617:2 AA Division at RA 39–45. 1575:Farndale, Annex M, p. 339. 846:V-1 in flight over Antwerp 677: 569:Battalion HQ at Nottingham 559:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division 536:" and, on 7 February, the 338:Sherwood Foresters Brigade 190:. The battalion served as 2825: 2768: 2700: 2577:Northamptonshire Regiment 2344: 2298: 2236:Royal Artillery 1939–1945 2014:"The Sherwoods Foresters" 1101:Plaque on the terrace of 702:– all within 5 AA Group. 700:31 (North Midland) AA Bde 234:Plaque on the terrace of 160:Croix de Guerre (Belgium) 150: 104: 90: 80: 66: 51: 33: 25: 20: 2607:King's Royal Rifle Corps 2497:East Lancashire Regiment 2487:Gloucestershire Regiment 2372:Northumberland Fusiliers 2181:British Military History 2107:Norman E.H. 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Index

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
World War II

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