Many thanks to Bob Price we can now see John Carruthers’ Medals, Badges and Death Plaque; all very well cared for and nicely presented.
94581 Pte John Joseph Carruthers – update
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On this day 10th November 1914
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 Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
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.
On this day November 5th 1914
1 NCO and 15 men reported their arrival from 6th Sherwood Foresters, Harpenden.
[2/6th Battalion War Diary, WO-96-3025-3]
On this day November 2nd 1914
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.
5th Battalion c1910
A platoon of 2/5th or 2/6th Battalion
The 5-Tier brass should badge is clear and the men have a mixture of Japanese Type 38 Arisaka and Magazine Lee Enfield (Long Lee) Rifles. Similar to the group below.
A Service or Reserve Battalion
1st Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Frederick Noel Bond
A Private (SP/3311) in the 24th (Service) Battalion of The Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsman’s City of London) who died on Friday 28th July 1916. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16A). The 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers formed part of the 5th Brigade in the 2nd Division. On the 28th July the Battalion was holding front line trenches near Trones Wood just to the west of Guillemont. A shell explosion killed Frederick whilst he was carrying ammunition to his comrades in the firing line. Born in Swadlincote in March 1897 he was the Son of Reverend Kenneth Herbert and Mrs Emma Louise Bond of 7 Shaftesbury Avenue and he enlisted in Chesterfield in March 1915 aged 18. His older brother Kenneth Hills Bond served in the 1/6th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters and was awarded the Military Cross.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 