Unit / Ship / Establishment:


2/6 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


  Detail :

 2/6th Battalion Formed at Chesterfield on 14 September 1914 as a second line unit. Moved on 2 November to Buxton, with Bn HQ occupying the Empire Hotel. Moved to Luton in January 1915 and placed under command of 2nd Notts. & Derby Brigade in the 2nd North Midland Division. August 1915 : formation became the 176th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. Moved to Watford after a few weeks at Dunstable. Moved to Ireland in April 1916 to quell disturbances. Moved on 12 January 1917 to Fovant and landed at Boulogne 25 February 1917. 7 May 1918 : reduced to cadre. 31 July 1918 : disbanded in France.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. W.W. TAYLOR  21-03-1918 Goodacre No.2495

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