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]
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.
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.
Found in no-mans-land where the 11th Sherwood Foresters attacked on the morning of 1st July 1916.
The attack failed and they suffered 518 casualties, amongst whom was Sergt John Connaughton from Chesterfield.
Officers taken in 1915
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 