2 thoughts on “A young solider of the 6th (Derbyshire) Battalion”
Paul Nicholson
My grandad went to France when he was 17 went in Feb 1914 turned 18 in March. On his paperwork which we have he said he was born in 1895 but was really born in 1898. There is a photo of the regiment on this site leaving from Braintree and he is in the front row.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 
My grandad went to France when he was 17 went in Feb 1914 turned 18 in March. On his paperwork which we have he said he was born in 1895 but was really born in 1898. There is a photo of the regiment on this site leaving from Braintree and he is in the front row.
How interesting Paul, what’s you grandad’s name? which photo do you mean? thanks Mike