• The 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 46th (North...
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  • in France as part of the Sherwood Foresters Brigade in the North Midland Division (later 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade and 46th (North Midland) Division...
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  • part of the North Midland Brigade from 1888 until 1901 when that formation split to form a separate Sherwood Foresters Brigade. In 1900, men of the battalion...
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  • (North Midland) Division in May, when the Sherwood Foresters Brigade was numbered 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade. The division next spent two months in...
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    Army Ordnance Corps Brigadier-General Phillip Richard Wood, 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade Lieutenant-General Robert Blucher Wood Brigadier Ronald Ernest...
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    War, 259 infantry brigades were raised by the British Army, two by the Royal Navy, and one from the Royal Marines. Of these brigades, fifty-three were...
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    1916) 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 1/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (disbanded...
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    attacked the Hooge crater with flamethrowers on 30 July, 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade of 46th Division was able to stabilise the line with the help...
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  • (Armoured role, with Centurion main battle tanks) 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), at Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager...
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    battalions, infantry brigades reducing from four to three. These battalions, too, were replaced in early 1939, by 2nd Sherwood Foresters, recently returned...
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  • Battalion, Essex Regiment (from 71st Bde. October 1915) 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (to 71st Bde. October 1915) 14th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light...
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    attacked the Hooge crater with flamethrowers on 30 July, 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade of 46th Division was able to stabilise the line with the help...
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    and Leicester) Brigade in reserve for carrying parties. In the 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade, the 1/5th and 1/7th Sherwood Foresters were to attack...
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  • deployment of searchlights in the brigade's area differed from the published order of battle: 42nd (Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) AA Bn, RE – S/L unit converted...
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    battalions of the Sherwood Foresters, all from the disbanded 46th (North Midland) Division (converted into 2nd AA Division). In 1939 the brigade was redesignated...
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    advanced towards Gommecourt behind a smoke screen. The attack of 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade on the left, south of The Z, was initially successful, the...
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    attacked the Hooge crater with flamethrowers on 30 July, 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade of 46th Division was able to stabilise the line with the help...
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  • Hudson of the Sherwood Foresters. The 70th Brigade was constituted as follows during the war: 11th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (until September...
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  • 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters HQ, 358th, 359th, 360th, 361st Anti-Aircraft Companies 42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion...
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    advanced towards Gommecourt behind a smoke screen. The attack of 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade on the left, south of The Z was initially successful, the...
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  • Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 2/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 2/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 174th Machine...
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  • from home service details of the Sherwood Foresters Brigade (5th, 6th, 7th (Robin Hood) and 8th Bns, Sherwood Foresters), and the 5th and 6th Bns, North...
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  • Armored Car Reconnaissance Regiment 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (TA) - Light Role Reserve Infantry Battalion 3rd Battalion...
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  • (East Lancashire) Infantry Division and the 1st/5th Sherwood Foresters from 148th Infantry Brigade, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. Initially under...
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    Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 33rd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed March 1916, moved...
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    1943) 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (from 1 January 1944) 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (from 1 May 1945) The brigade was reformed in 1982...
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  • Sedjenane and broke through the ranks of the 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, also of 139th Brigade. According to Associated Press war correspondent Don Whitehead...
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    1941) 23rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 23 September 1941, disbanded 16 February 1942) 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (from 3 to 24 February...
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  • Lancaster Regiment 139th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R. E. H. Stott) 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 16th Battalion...
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  • 1939 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, Mobilisation—6 January 1940 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), 15 October...
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