On 29th January 1918 – men of the Robin Hoods join the High Peak Territorials

t7-robin-hood-rifles29 Jan 18: 10 Officers and 185 OR posted from 1/7th Sherwood Foresters and joined the Battalion.

1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

Nominal Roles will be sent to the Battalion as early as possible.

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


Possible Partial Nominal Roll

Unfortunately the Nominal Roll that was written in January 1917 no longer exists. However by examining the Victory and British War Medal Rolls it is possible to identify some of the men that most likely transferred from the 1/7 to 1/6th Battalion at this time.

  • 959/265035 WO Chris Greenwood
  • 1275/265049 Pte Thomas Wright
  • 1438/265069 Pte William Bradley
  • 1571/265117 Sgt Albert Henry Crofts
  • 1659/265146 L/Cpl Ernest Young
  • 1719/265172 Pte Fred Pilgrim
  • 1865/265215 Pte Walter Arthur Wilkinson
  • 2035/265290 L/Segt Claudius Richards
  • 2049/265295 Sgt Joseph Arthur Riffele
  • 2111/265329 Pte Walter Alford
  • 2113/265331 L/Sgt Percy Wallace Haskard
  • 2150/265352 Sgt Walter Leonard Moult
  • 2209/265385 Pte Edward Donnelly
  • 2301/265428 Sgt John William Sewell
  • 2344/265450 Pte Frederick Samuel Allen
  • 2346/265451 Pte Herbert Boot
  • 2348/265452 Pte Oliver Crump
  • 2379/265467 Pte Joseph Winfield
  • 2428/265491 Pte Samuel Henry Brindley
  • 2442/265495 Sgt Joseph Franklin Macklin
  • 2456/265503 Pte James Brady
  • 2527/265533 Pte William Moody
  • 2654/265606 L/Cpl George Frank Quinney
  • 2715/265639 Pte Sidney Pattinson Roe
  • 2729/265645 Pte Ralph Clifford Storer
  • 2824/265693 Pte George William Pare
  • 2867/265714 C/Sgt James Spencer
  • 2884/265724 Pte William Guildford
  • 3069/265806 Pte Thomas Allen
  • 3122/265830 Pte Albert Bland
  • 3134/265837 Pte William Joseph Watson
  • 3339/265935 Pte Ernest Parker
  • 3465/266009 Pte Percy Morrison Stevenson
  • 3534/266045 Pte Arthur Gunn
  • 3552/266053 Pte Arthur William Brown
  • 7119/267881 Pte John Albert Trueman
  • 267891 Pte Albert Edward Barker
  • 7156/267896 Pte Herbert Clay
  • 7176/267908 Pte Albert Towle
  • 7200/267922 Pte James Lomas
  • 7202/267923 Pte George Worsencroft
  • 7249/267946 Pte Frederick Chalres Wisby
  • 7262/267958 Pte Charles William Massingale
Note that all the men have 4-digit Territorial Force number indicating that they arrived in France in 1915 or 1916

 

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