26/1/1918: Orders have been received to the effect that 1/7th Sherwood Foresters will be amalgamated with the 2/7th Sherwood Foresters.

A nucleus of 12 Officers and 200 Other Ranks to be sent to 2/7th Sherwood Foresters and remainder of 1/7th Sherwood Foresters to be sent as drafts to the remaining three Battalions of the 139th Brigade. The brigade is then henceforward to be composed of three Battalions instead of four.

139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]