No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
31/1/18: 6th and 8th Battns commenced digging.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On the 31st January 1918 – Battalions commenced digging
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On this day 30th January 1918
30 Jan 18: The Battalion provided a party of 12 Officers and 450 other ranks to strengthen the reserve line in the LE RUTOIRE and VERMELLES Section.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
30/1/18: Amalgamation of the 7th Sherwood Foresters took place on 30th. 400 men of 6th and 8th Sherwood Foresters leave for digging near VERMELLES.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On 29th January 1918 – men of the Robin Hoods join the High Peak Territorials
29 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
On this day 27th January 1918 – two men of the Sherwood Foresters Bde died of illness
4732/201742 Pte Archibald M Mackenzie died of pleurisy. Son of George and Mary MacKenzie of New Cumnock in Ayrshire and is buried in New Cumnock Old Church Cemetery.
Archibald enlisted in October 1915 into the 3/5th Battalion and was transferred to the 1/5th Battalion on 6th August 1916 when he arrived in France. He returned to England 3 weeks later with pleurisy and was treated in Trent Bridge Military Hospital in Nottingham. Archibald was discharged on the 26th March 1917 in consequence of ‘being no longer physically fit for War service’.
425/2907/265736 Pte Alfred Harold Calvert died aged 41 and is buried in Dover (St. James’s) Cemetery. Only Son of the late William and Elizabeth Calvert, of 52 Long Row in Nottingham.
Alfred was an original member of the 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Rifle Volunteer Corps and enlisted into the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters in April 1908 (#425) and subsequently re-enlisting in 1914 (#2907). He arrived in France with the North Midland Division in February 1915 and was still serving with the 7th Battalion at the time of the Territorial Force renumbering in Spring 1917 (#265736). At some point he transferred to the 250th Employment Company of the Labour Corps (#223955).
On 26th January 1918 the two Robin Hood Battalions are amalgamated
26/1/1918: Orders have been received to the effect that 1/7th Sherwood Foresters will be amalgamated with the 2/7th Sherwood Foresters.
A nucleus of 12 Officers and 200 Other Ranks to be sent to 2/7th Sherwood Foresters and remainder of 1/7th Sherwood Foresters to be sent as drafts to the remaining three Battalions of the 139th Brigade. The brigade is then henceforward to be composed of three Battalions instead of four.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On these days 24th and 25th January 1918
24 Jan 18: Lt HD VAUGHAN (2/1 SHERWOOD RANGERS) posted to Battalion and joined for duty.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
24-25/1/18: First two days in back area devoted to resting, bathing and cleaning. Training grounds are sufficient for present requirements.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 23rd January 1918
23 Jan 18: Lt WT STEPHENS authorised to wear badges of rank of CAPTAIN.
Warren Trestrail Stephens
Warren Trestrail Stephens was Commissioned into the Artist's Rifles and was later to win the Military Cross.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
23/1/18: Relief of TM Battery and MG Company. MG Company moves to CENSE LA VALLEE where it is concentrated with the other MG Companies of the Division for tactical training as a MG Battalion.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 22nd January 1918 – ‘persistently shelled all day’
22 Jan 18: Battalion moved into billets at LAPUGNOY.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
22/1/18: Relief of Battalions completed. PHILOSOPHE was persistently shelled all day but no casualties caused to relieving troops. Brigade HQ moves to BURBURE.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On 22nd January 1918 – William Carrington died of bronchitis and heart disease
3026/240856 Pte William Carrington enlisted into the 6th Reserve Battalion in October 1914 aged 22. He was a miner by trade and lived at 34 Queen Street in Mosborough near Sheffield. He transferred to the 1/6th Battalion on 16th August 1915 and arrived in France with the III Reinforcement on 19th August.
William was twice taken sick in France; the first time with frost bite on 27th November 1915, whilst the Battalion were at Richebourg-L’Avoue and the second time in October 1917. On both occasions he rejoined the Battalion. ‘in the field’.
In early January 1918 William was admitted to a base hospital with bronchitis and acute endocarditis [a serious bacterial infection of the heart and lungs]. William died on the 22nd January aged 26 and is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. He was the Son of George Carrington of 5 Palmer St., Halfway in Sheffield.
The autopsy request signed by Lt. Henry L Forbes of the MEDICAL OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS, United Sates Army. This form confirms that William was treated in the 13 (Harvard) American Red Cross Base Hospital.
1st Lieutenant Henry Forbes (Surgeon) is seated amongst the staff of the hospital (above) prior to their departure to France in 1917.
On this day 21st January 1918
21 Jan 18: Battalion relieved by 9th LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS and moved to NOEUX-LES-MINES.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
21/1/18: No special activity. Relief of support and reserve Battalions took place.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 