As I hinted during the first lock down (!) – I fancied putting pen-to-paper and writing the History of the 2/6th Battalion. The only previously published History – limited to very few copies – just documented November 1914 to late 1916.

So I’ve been messing with titles and introductions – a bit like Bilbo Baggins and the start of the Hobbit…..

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…….”

So here we go

Men of the Forest Green Circle; being a history of the 2/6^th Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regiment (1917-18).

The story of the 2/6^th Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regiment starts as a North Midlands’ narrative in 1914 as men from the two Counties flock to join the newly established Territorial Battalion. However, even before the ‘2/6th’ leaves for France in February 1917, recruits from both Hull and London have bolstered their ranks and significantly redefined the composition of this ‘North Midlands’ Battalion.

This is their story……