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Memoir of Vincent Harold Sykes, joined the 7th Bn Middlesex Regiment in 1908 and saw service on the Western Front, 1915; commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters, returning to service in Belgium, died 1976; compiled by his son Roy K Sykes, 1985. Archives 1998-02-216
Uniform box, 1930 (c); green painted wood; associated with Sgt S Walton, Sherwood Foresters. Equipment, general 1999-03-65
129 lantern slides of the 78th Division in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, 1942-1945. British official war photographs relating to the division were given to the 78th Division Battleaxe Club, who then developed slides of them; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Photographs 1999-03-88
Bivouac of the Sherwood Foresters, 1890 (c). Lithograph after Harry Payne, published 1890 (c). Prints 1999-04-146
Rectangular sections from four bass drum shells, 1881-1908; wooden, possibly ash; the first is painted with royal coat of arms and Queen Victoria cypher on a pale yellow background, with regimental name, The Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, engraved on scroll and inscribed with maker's name, George Potter, Aldershot; the second is painted with royal coat of arms and Queen Victoria cypher, with regimental name, The Sherwood Foresters/ Derbyshire Regiment, engraved on double scroll and inscribed with motto; the third is painted with royal coat of arms and Queen Victoria cypher with regimental name, The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion; the fourth is painted as before and engraved with regimental name 2nd Volunteer Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Musical Instruments 1978-08-12
Register compiled by Denis Lewis, late Sergeant of the Sherwood Foresters, of Far Eastern Prisoners of War, World War Two, Far East, most of whom appeared to belong to 1/5 Sherwood Foresters. Archives 1995-06-36
Papers of Harold Clayton, 1901-1958. Archives 1995-06-80
WPFRS: 8.96. VULTURE, BCL WSF JHLB; JEZERO, vehicles of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, Bosnia, 1996. Watercolour over pencil by J H L (Hugh) Beattie, 1996. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-53
REME SEGUEZ FACTORY 6/96. AFV vehicle park, Keyhole Camp, Sipovo, June 1996. Wash over pencil drawing by J H L (Hugh) Beattie, 1996; signed and dated lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-58
Photograph album containing 76 official photographs of World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1999-11-70
Papers relating to members of the Piper family 1911-1945 (c); collected by Sir David Piper. Archives 1994-11-124
Seven records relating to the 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1896-1964. Archives 1999-11-192
Manuscript and typescript notes with extracts from published works and ephemera relating to the uniforms and organisation of British regular and volunteer forces; compiled by Col Burge. Archives 1992-03-223
15 Letters, telegrams and forms written and collected by Pte S E Healey, 1/5th Bn Sherwood Foresters, while a prisoner of the Japanese 1942-1945. Archives 1990-06-223
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
Four copy photographs from originals collected by Pte Ernest Taylor, 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment, 1943 (c)-1954. Photographs 2000-04-74
Medal Group awarded to Pte H Hagues, 2/9th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment): Military Medal 1917, awarded for action in the Easter Rebellion, Ireland, 1916; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Medals 2000-05-16
Papers relating to 4967709 Pte George Thomas Bailey, Sherwood Foresters and Suffolk Regiment, 1924-1954. Archives 2000-06-151
19 copy photographs relating to members of the Bailey family: T/ISR/601 Driver David Bailey, 1899 (c); 4967709 Pte George Thomas Bailey, Sherwood Foresters, UK and India, 1922-1932 (c); 22544704 Pte George H Bailey, Middlesex Regiment, 1939-1945 (c). Photographs 2000-06-152
Photographs relating to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) and its predecessors, 1914-1997 (c). From the collection of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). Photographs 2000-09-76
Swagger stick and five metal regimental heads, 1950 (c); Household Brigade, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Artist's Rifles Volunteers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Equipment, general 2000-09-95
Album of copy photographs with typescript annual lists, students, Staff College, 1876-1905. (Album dimensions: 31 x 27 x 4 cm). Photographs 1982-04-411
Cap badge, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 1994 (c), sealed pattern, nd. Badges 2000-11-126
Two lists of 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters, 1901. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-193
White Christmas card, 2000; colour photolithographic reproduction of the badge of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th and 45th Foot) in the centre of the front cover; published by the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, nd. Prints 2001-01-395
Photograph of the mascot of the Sherwood Foresters, 1950 (c). Photographs 1992-04-275
Collection of 1701 photographs taken by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, showing British regiments and corps, including uniform, kit layouts, mascots, tattoos, portraits of monarchs and soldiers and ceremonial photographs, including the 1937 and 1953 Coronations. Photographs 1992-10-143
Suite of campaign furniture, pattern 1860 (c); manufactured by Ross and Company, Dublin, 1875; comprises of a cabinet, table, four chairs and a chaise longue; made for Lt C A Carter, 45th Regiment (Sherwood Foresters); purchased by Lt Carter on the occasion of his marriage to Mary Hemphill in Dublin. Furniture 2001-06-96
Other ranks cap badge, Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 1970 (c); made from anodised aluminium by J R Gaunt, Birmingham, nd; from the collection of Joseph Williams, Merchant Navy. Badges 2001-07-57
Half-length signed portrait photograph of Sgt Maj S H Lomas, 2/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters, 1916 (c). Photographs 1990-12-108
422 items of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1936-2000; associated with Lt (later Capt) Antony Raymond Jabez-Smith, 1914-2000, 1st Bn Queen Victoria's Rifles, King's Royal Rifle Corps; relate mainly to his capture at Calais, May 1940, and his life as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1940-1945. Archives 2001-09-300
Photocopy typed letter from the Ministry of Defence to Miss C Fox, 1 Dec 1989; sets out the military career and brief biographical details of Sgt William Henry Fox, 3rd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1924; Sgt Fox also served in 5th Bn The Kings Regiment, 1931-1939, Green Howards 1940-1942 and 30th Bn Sherwood Foresters, 1942-1943. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2001-09-319
Obituary of Pte Bryan Keith-Lucas, CBE, from 'The Times', 20 Nov 1996; Pte Keith-Lucas served with The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943) and Italy, (1943-1945). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2001-07-603
Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. Sound Recordings 2001-12-44
Christmas card for the Worcester and Sherwood Foresters, 2001; colour photolithograph greetings card, published by the Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2001; regimental badge in centre front cover above gold scroll with inscribed regimental title in black. Prints 2002-01-62
Two photographs associated with Capt Edward Augustus Carter, 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot, 1870 (c)-1875; photographs are portraits of Ens Carter and his wife Mary (nee Hemphill). Photographs 2002-02-1344
Collection of photocopy papers from a scrapbook relating to Maj Gen G G S Carey; items include the memoirs of Gen Sir Hubert Gough, letters, photographs and newspaper cuttings. Archives 2002-02-1402
File: 5th Statement, 6 Apr 1918. One of eight files of papers; consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, March-June 1918. Associated with World War One, POWs (1914-1918). Archives 2001-07-703-2
File: 6th Statement, 24 Apr 1918. One of eight files of papers; consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, March-June 1918. Archives 2001-07-703-3
File: Further Evidence. One of eight files of papers; consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, March-June 1918. Archives 2001-07-703-5
Button, large, officer, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. Badges 2002-04-748
Button, small, officer, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. Badges 2002-04-749
Transcript of a diary kept by Sgt Maj S H Lomas, D Coy 2/6 Sherwood Foresters, 24 Apr to 8 May 1916, during the insurrection in Dublin. Archives 1990-12-107
76 colour transparencies of regimental cap badges, 1981. Photographs 1987-07-16
Collection of 21 newspapers, collected by donor during service in 5th Bn Sherwood Foresters, World War Two, Italy and Greece. Archives 1986-04-64
Photocopies of two manuscript letters, 1896, written by Charles Newcomen Watts, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt; associated with the rebellion of the Mashonas. Archives 1986-04-70
Photograph showing a group of officers in service dress, two with greatcoats, sitting on a cart, Sherwood Foresters, 1915. Photographs 1988-08-98
Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Alec Halliley OBE, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwood Foresters and Royal Garhwal Rifles. Interview conducted on 22 May 1996.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1996-05-124
Collection of campaign and other medals. Medals 1968-12-1
Cap badge, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), all ranks, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 1903. Badges 2002-11-539
Collection of 48 medals, various recipients, various regiments, 1793-1918. Medals 1951-11-60
Thirty nine colour photographs of actions for which the Victoria Cross was awarded to members of the medical services, 1854-1945. Photographs 1983-06-55
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters. Colour photolithographic Christmas card of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, 2002; published by the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2002; with regimental badge above a gold scroll inscribed as title in black in the centre of the front cover; signed inside from, 'The Colonel of the Regiment and all Ranks'. Prints 2003-01-24
A collection of files relating to Victoria Cross winners between 1855 and 1967 compiled by the Rev Canon William Murrell Lummis MC, Rural Dean of Hingham, Norfolk, retired Captain, Suffolk Regiment; the majority of files contain biographical information and photographs of the recipients together with details of citations and war graves and where known the present ownership of individual medals. Archives 1974-07-83
Official papers (83 items, 1847-1914) relating to the military career of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), including reports from the Royal Military College Sandhurst (1847-1848) and the East India Company's Military Seminary, Addiscombe (1850-1851), commissions, royal warrants, and appointment instructions for roles as officer in the Bengal Artillery (1862-1880), as Commander in Chief and Governor in South Africa (1880), Command of troops in the Madras Residency (1881), Commander of Forces East Indies, Volunteer Forces (1887) and Militia Forces (1888), and Field Marshal Commander in Chief of Forces in South Africa (1899), and including royal appointments and overseas decorations. Archives 1955-04-64
Plaque, 1983 (c)-1986 (c); shield shaped, attached to the centre is a wooden shield shaped motif of a white stag in a Garter star surmounting a straight scroll, inscribed, 'Firm'; with a metal plate attached to the top of the plaque inscribed, 'C/Sgt P A Temminck BEM/ Nov 83-Mar 86'; with a plastic scroll attached to the bottom of the plaque inscribed, '1st Bn. Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment'. Crafts 2003-01-130
Collar badge, other ranks, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1902-1952. Badges 2003-02-230
Shoulder title, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), nd; sealed pattern, sealed 16 Mar 1925; with plate and pin; made of gilt metal. Badges 2003-03-22
Shoulder title, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), nd; sealed pattern, sealed 16 Feb 1925; with plate and pin; made of gilt metal. Badges 2003-03-23
Cap badge, The Robin Hoods, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 9 Jun 1916. Badges 2003-03-303
MR STANLEY, 1945. Watercolour by Ashley George Old (1913-2001), 1945; a prisoner of war on his release, lying on his back naked, apart from a white drape, showing emaciated legs, arms, and ribs; associated with Changi Prisoner of War Camp, World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945). From the Burma Memorial Collection of Maj James Allan. Drawings and Watercolours 1989-04-116-677
Papers relating to Pte T J Skinner, Army Service Corps, 1914 (c)-1918 (c) and his son Pte T A Skinner, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1939 (c)-1945 (c): official documentation, telegrams, newspaper cuttings, guide books and personal letters covering their service during World War One (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 2003-05-3
1st Bn The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, South Armagh, 14.5.77. Colour photolithograph after Ken Howard, 1977; associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Prints 1978-05-75
Thirteen badges: two collar badges; three shoulder titles; three cap badges; a brooch; a button; a pugri badge; a glengarry badge; a General Service badge; associated with various regiments of the British, Canadian and New Zealand Armies, 1904-1922 (c). Badges 1968-06-37
V C HEROES - BOER WAR. 14 cigarette cards from a series of 125, 1898-1900; published by Taddy and Company, 1902; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Prints 1984-04-15
Leaflet about the Ypres League; programme for the Choral Commemoration of the First Seven Divisions, Mons to Ypres 1914 at the Royal Albert Hall, 1917; Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Calendar 1935. Archives 1991-01-38
Officer's gilt metal button, 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot, 1855-1881 (c); from a collection of regimental buttons of the British Infantry, 1st Regiment of Foot to 109th Regiment of Foot, 1830-1881; mounted and framed. Badges 2003-07-50
Other ranks, forage cap badge, 1914 (c); relating to the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment); associated with World War One (1914-1918). Badges 1964-04-83
Pair of collar badges and ten buttons, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1914-1956(c) Badges 1967-02-27
The Prince of Wales's Division/ Symbols of tradition... Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, prepared by the Central Office of Information, for the Ministry of Defence; published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, November 1983; with metal badges of the nine regiments in the Division. Prints 1984-04-157
Helmet plate, associated with Maj R H Keller, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Reigment), 1898 (c). Badges 1966-02-84
Photograph album, 1900; 35 photographs taken by H H Mears; showing City Imperial Volunteers, signalling, troops on operations, prisoners of war, catering, views of Pretoria, rifle inspection, foot inspection, transport, camp, hospital, embarking for Britain; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). (Album dimensions: 13.75 x 16 x 3 cm). Photographs 1987-11-126
Bound typescript letters and diaries associated with Maj Walter Harold Wilkin (1876-1950), Sherwood Foresters, 1908-1919. Archives 1985-05-24
Letters written by Lt H Lee Ellis to 'Peggy', his wife or girlfriend, 6 Feb 1916 to 11 Nov 1918; associated with 11th Bn Yorkshire Regiment and 16th Bn Sherwood Foresters, World War One, Western Front, POW's and Peace (1914-1918). Archives 1985-07-69
Two pamphlets, 1910-1911; associated with 7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and (Senior Division) Officer Training Corps. Archives 1985-10-30
Papers collated by the Public Relations Department, War Office relating to British Army activities during World War Two, with a few dating from the Korean War. Archives 1989-03-23
Colour photolithograph Christmas greetings card of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th and 45th Foot), 2003; published for the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2003; at centre the regimental badge of Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment. Prints 2004-02-34
Diary, 1900-1901; by Sgt Frank Brindley; associated with the British Army and the Gloucestershire Regiment; associated with the Battle of Roodeval Station and the Battle of Rhenoster River, Boer War (1899-1902). Archives 1988-06-71
Seven copy photographs, 1916-1917; associated with Royal Engineers, Royal Army Chaplains Department; originals taken by 2/Lt H Overton, 7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) attached 30th Machine Gun Company, SalonikaAssociated with World War One, Salonika (1916-1917). Photographs 1984-01-38
Button and shoulder title, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1952-1964, sealed pattern, nd. Badges 1989-04-30
Pair of collar badges, other ranks', Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1955, sealed pattern, 1955. Badges 1989-05-111
Pair of collar badges and pair of shoulder titles, other ranks' mounted on two cards, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1925-1970 (c), sealed pattern, 1925 and 1961. Badges 1989-06-64
Battle honours of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 1990 (c). Photomechanical print, printed by Baddeley Screen Printers Limited, Sandwich, Kent, 1990 (c). Prints 1994-11-63
Photograph album of 16 photographs collected by Sgt George W E Holden, 1919; cover transcription, '2nd Battalion/ The Sherwood Foresters/ Alexandria, Egypt, 1919'; associated with 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Alexandria, Egypt. (Album dimensions: 22.75 x 27 x .25 cm). Photographs 1988-02-11
'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. Badges 1993-02-61
'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. Medals 1993-02-61
Photograph album of 83 photographs probably compiled by Lt W D S Brownrigg, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 1905-1912; associated with 125th Napier's Rifles; associated with Singapore and India; showing groups and portraits including officers from the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and the Regiment's cricket team; showing a parade, cricket ground, views, a floating dock, orderly of 125th Napier Rifles, trooping the colour, inspection, the presentation of new colours and shooting. (Album dimensions: 34 x 46 x 5 cm). Photographs 1977-01-38
Medal group awarded to Lt Col G B Fyldes, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), 45th Rattray's Sikhs and 4th Bn 11th Sikh Regiment: Military Cross, 1917; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19 with oakleaf for MID; General Service Medal (Army & RAF) 1918-62, clasp: Iraq; India General Service Medal 1908-35, clasp; North West Frontier 1930-1931; British War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; associated with World War One (1914-1918), India, North West Frontier (1920-1937) and World War Two (1939-1945). Medals 1984-11-21
Green bandsman cord, sealed pattern, 1990; associated with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forester Regiment. Equipment, uniform 1991-08-223
Badge collection of 17 badges. Badges 1971-07-11
Collection of badges associated with the 45th Regiment of Foot. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn. Badges 1970-12-200-1
Documents relating to the service of Tpr Douglas Vivian Davis, Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 1982-09-59
Booklet: Sporting Times with 1st Foresters. Small colour booklet by Col A R Wooddisse, 2005; contains his recollections of being with 1st Bn The Sherwood Foresters in Cyrenaica, Libya, 1953-1955. Archives 2005-08-30
Officer's helmet plate, 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot, 1878-1881. Badges 1983-10-213
Brown leather pistol holder, 1914 (c); marked with the user's name, 'H L Ellis'; possibly privately purchased for a set of Sam Browne officer's equipment, but does not have the hook usually used to position holsters on that equipment; associated with World War One (1914-1918). Equipment, general 2005-09-179
Ten shoulder titles, 1950 (c)-1965 (c); associated with Royal Armoured Corps; Life Guards; Royal Horse Guards; Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry; Worcestershire Regiment; Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers); Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's); Durham Light Infantry and London, Honourable Artillery Company. Badges 1984-12-23
Bound typescript memoirs in two volumes of Brig Gen Ernest William S K Maconchy, 1860-1920. Archives 1979-08-62
Nineteen regimental sweetheart brooches and badges, World War One (1914-1918), 1915-1918. Crafts 1997-08-59
Four postcard photographs associated with 2nd Vol Bn The Sherwood Foresters and the 6th Bn Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Photographs 1982-04-681
Three photographs of military paintings in Kedleston Hall, 1808-1937; paintings, oil on canvas by Sophie Comtesse de Tott. Photographs 1983-09-30