Men of the 1/5th Battalion entraining for Luton from Friar Gair Station in Derby on the 16th August 1914. The arrow indicates John Burton and on the back is written “Signallers 1/5th Sherwood Foresters”. Also identified on the back are Signalling Officer Captain Reginald J Case and Signalling Sergeant H Bonnell.
To be continued………
Over the last few years I have concentrated on telling the story (the best that I can) of the men that served with the 1/6th Battalion.
In the process I have somewhat neglected the men that served with the 2/6th Battalion, and of course their story is just as important.
Fortunately, over the years I have collected post cards and other ephemera that are related to the 2/6th – the ‘Green Triangle’ – so I have now decided that the time is right to tell their story; either on-line or by print.
Interestingly, the 2/6th Battalion were engaged in a limited number of historically important actions; these being:-
In those later five engagements the 2/6th suffered horrendous casualties and the Battalion was reinforced on many occasions; however, in the end the ‘2/6th’ were reduced to Cadre on the 7th May 1918.
The 2/6th Sherwood Foresters at Buxton in 1914
The reunion of the 2/6th Sherwood Foresters at Bakewell in 1935
Dear Joe
Wears [sic] having a lively time but showery. though we had always managed to be in doors during the showers.
With Love
Jess
[Posted from Sheffield 16 Aug 1917]
265626 Pte Joseph Cole served with “B” Company the 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters during WW1and was in the front line trenches on 21st March 1918 at the start of the German Spring Offensive. 
Like many of the men of the 178th Brigade George was reported as missing.
Joseph was made a Prisoner of War and would be later repatriated.
George enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters in 1916 and was posted to the Depot of the 4th (Reserve) Battalion. Following training he was posted to the 9th Battalion on the 14th August 1917 and proceeded to France. On arrival at the 14th Infantry Base Depot he was transferred to the 2/7th and joined the Battalion in the field on 14th September 1917 and posted to A Company.
By November 1917 George had been promoted to Sergeant, but had also contracted ‘trench foot’ and was returned to the 16 General Hospital in England. On his return to France on 8th March 1918 he returned to the 2/7th Battalion.
George and his comrades were in the front line trenches at dawn on 21st March when the Germans commenced their Spring Offensive.
Like many of the men of the 178th Brigade George was reported as missing.
In the Summer of 1918 Nellie Carter submitted a request to the Red Cross (presumably via the War Office) if there was any information on her missing husband. She was later to hear the terrible news that George had been killed on the 21st March 1918.
His body was never recovered and he is now Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
2900 Colour Serjeant Frederick Bull dies aged 42.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bull, of Kirk Langley, Derby; husband of Elizabeth Bull, of The Hall Flats, Ashbourne.
Frederick was a postman and enlisted into the 6th (Reserve) Battalion on the 15th October 1914. Promoted to Colour Sergeant on the 4th November, but discharged on the 10th November 1914.
Frederick had initially enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt) on the 15th May 1891 aged 19 and had served:-
Many thanks to Bob Price we can now see John Carruthers’ Medals, Badges and Death Plaque; all very well cared for and nicely presented.
Colour Sergeant Keery reported his arrival from the 6th Bn Sherwood Foresters, Harpenden. and becomes Regimental Sergeant Major.
William James Keery
1 NCO and 119 men departed for the 1st Reinforcement to 6th Bn, Harpenden.
[2/6th Battalion War Diary, WO-96-3025-3]
The cooks of the 2/6th Battalion (Notts and Derby Regiment) initially encountered difficulties due to a lack of cooking utensils. However Sgt-Quartermaster Roberts was quickly able to secure the necessary items. 
Cook-Sergeant Samuel Garside was later to be a member of the Tug of War Team that won a famous ‘victory’ on June 16th during a Divisional Gymkhana held at Luton.
1 NCO and 15 men reported their arrival from 6th Sherwood Foresters, Harpenden.
[2/6th Battalion War Diary, WO-96-3025-3]
Buxton 1914:
Established Headquarters, Empire Hotel, Buxton.
Arrivals, 182 men.
[2/6th Battalion War Diary, WO-96-3025-3]
On 2nd November 1914, the Headquarters of the 2/6th Battalion were established at the Empire Hotel in Buxton. 184 men were clothed and dispatched from the Depot at Chesterfield the same day. By the end of November 1914 the Battalion had enlisted 977 NCOs and men. Many of the Officers gazetted to the Battalion had also arrived before the end of the month. The Battalion left Buxton and moved to Luton on the 3rd February 1915.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 