On this day 19th December 1918: Lt Col BW Vann postumously awarded the Victoria Cross
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On this day 18th December 1918: Colour Party rejoined Battalion
On this day 14th December 1918: Forty coal miners were sent to England
On this day 11th December 1918: Regimental Colours withdrawn from Chesterfield
11/11/1918 Chesterfield: The Regimental Colours were withdrawn from CHESTERFIELD PARISH CHURCH by the Regimental Escort.
On this day 10th December 1918: 32 coal miners were sent to England
10/12/18 LANDRECIES: 36 coal miners were sent to England for work under Class W of the Army Reserve.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
On this day 9th December 1918: whist drive
Whist drive and dancing in the Barracks
On this day 6th December 1918: Decorations awarded
The following decorations were awarded by C in C for gallantry and devotion to duty during the operations in front of PRISCHES on 4/11/18
Military Medal:-
267156 L/Cpl PC JOHNCOCK
266576 Pte F JENNINGS
Both Percy Johncock and Fred Jennings had served with the 1/7th Battalion and transferred to the 1/6th Battalion on the disbandment of the Robin Hoods.
On this day 5th December 1918: Gilderoy Glossop rejoined the Battalion
Gilderoy Glossop
Served in France from:
- 26th February to 6rd June 1915 (returned to England sick)
- 9th May 1916 to 22nd February 1917 (returned to England sick)
- 24th November 1918 to discharge
On these days 3rd and 4th December 1918: Inter Company Football Competition
On this day 2nd December 1918: Colour Party left for England
2/12/18 LANDRECIES: Battaltion inter Company football league: A Coy 0 vs. B Coy 0
Colour Party under SURGEON-MAJOR AW SHEA DSO left for England.
Colour Party in c1909
Arthur Wilson Shea
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 