SHERWOOD FORESTERS

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was formed during the Childers Reforms in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. The new regiment also included the militia and rifle volunteer units of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.Following mergers it is today The Mercian regiment.



The Childers reforms. The 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1741) and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1755) were redesignated as the 1st and 2nd battalions of the The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), while the Derbyshire and the Royal Sherwood Foresters Militias became the 3rd and 4th Battalions respectively. These were joined by the 1st and 2nd (Derbyshire) and 3rd and 4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer Battalions. In 1902 the Nottinghamshire association was made explicit, the name changing to The Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire) Regiment. The Headquarters of the Regimental District was established at Derby.They saw colonial service and during the First World War the Sherwood Foresters raised 33 battalions, of which 20 served overseas. This was mainly on the Western Front, but also in Gallipoli, Italy, and the Middle East. Over 140 ,000 men served in the regiment, which lost 11,400 killed. The regiment won 57 battle honours, and 2000 decorations, including 9 VCs.

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17th lancers

The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, most famous for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War.In 1759 Colonel John Hale of the 47th Foot was ordered home by General James Wolfe just prior to the General's death, with the final dispatches and news of Wolfe's victory in the Battle of Quebec. For bringing news of the victory, Hale was rewarded with land in Canada and permission to raise a regiment of light dragoons. The new regiment was known as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and was also known as Hale's Light Horse after its founder. The admiration of his men for General Wolfe was evident in the cap badge Colonel Hale chose for the regiment: the Death's Head with the motto "Or Glory".It later became the 17th.

The Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army,  had been impressed by the Polish Lancers participation in the Battle of Waterloo on the French side. From then on the 17th also adopted their own version of Polish Uhlan cavalry dress most notably the czapka style headdress.

 In 1826 Lord Bingham (later Lord Lucan of Crimean War infamy) became the regiment's new commander when he bought a Lieutenant-Colonelcy commission. He was such a stickler for the immaculate appearance of the soldiers that the regiment became known as Bingham's Dandies. As lancers the 17th retained the white facings that had distinguished the regiment as light dragoons.

plane spotter

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a first world war plane spotters handbook . This is one of the more unusual and presumably rare books . It was used to assist pilots in identifying friendly and enemy aircraft and airships. Considering its age and wartime usage it's in quite good condition, and shows all the main aircraft which were in service in 1916.

Fokker Eindecker.best plane of the war

It includes useful advice, such as:



"Troops should on no account fire at an Aeroplane unless the German black cross is distinctly visible."

The inscription inside the front cover reads:



WH. Hole. 85274

B. Squadron

7 Flight

No.1 R.F.C. Cadet Wing

Denham

Bucks



Passed on to

F/Sgt K.H.W. Carroll D.F.M.

454 Squadron

B Flight

Egypt, Palestine, Transjordan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, North Africa, Cyprus, Sicily, Italy

It would be interesting, if possible, to find out who these men were, and whether they survived the war. They belonged to the Royal Flying Corps, which towards the end of the war was amalgamated into the RAF. The Distinguished Flying Medal acronym after the second fellow's name suggests that he was a decorated war hero. According to Wikipedia only 105 of these medals were awarded during the first world war.

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9th lancers

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 formed

 9th Queen's Royal Lancers on instructions from King William IV in 1830

In 1857 they fought throughout the Indian Mutiny which saw the 9th awarded 12 Victoria Crosses and gain their famous nickname The Delhi Spearmen.

The 9th Lancers first arrived in India some 15 years before the Indian Mutiny where they were awarded a number of battle honours and served in the Second Punjab War.

They went on to serve in the Afghan Campaign 1878-80 including the famous march from Kabul to Kandahar.

 They covered themselves in glory again  in the South African War, taking part in the Relief of Kimberley and Diamond Hill, the last battle of the war

They took part in the last lance on lance charge of the First World War at Moncel on 7th September 1914 against German Guard Dragoons having already won one of the first VCs of that war. In 1936 they converted to a light tank regiment and in 1955 received Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as their Colonel-in-Chief

 

Sgt Chota Sahib

regulation uniforms were unsatisfactory for field conditions in Afghanistan, the officers in most regiments improvised more serviceable forms of clothing

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should he be carrying a sword or a stick

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THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTROPHISTS

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Robert Tressell was the nom-de-plume of Robert Noonan, an Irish housepainter, who came back to his native Britain from South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. He chose the surname Tressell in reference to the trestle table, an important part of his kit as a painter and decorator (though baptised Croker and usually self-styled Noonan). Based on his own experiences of poverty, exploitation, and his terror that he and his daughter Kathleen — whom he was raising alone — would be consigned to the workhouse if he became ill, Tressell embarked on a detailed and scathing analysis of the relationship between working-class people and their employers. The "philanthropists" of the title are the workers who, in Tressell's view, acquiesce in their own exploitation in the interests of their bosses. The novel is set in the fictional town of Mugsborough, based on the southern English coastal town of Hastings, where Tressell lived. The original title page of the book carried the subtitle: "Being the story of twelve months in Hell, told by one of the damned, and written down by Robert Tressell."

He completed The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists in 1910, but the 1,600-page hand-written manuscript was rejected by the three publishing houses to which it was submitted. The rejections severely depressed Tressell, and Kathleen had to save the manuscript from being burnt. She placed it for safekeeping in a metal box underneath her bed.

After Tressell died of tuberculosis, Kathleen was determined to have her father's writing published and showed it to a friend, the writer Jessie Pope. Pope recommended the book to her own publisher, who bought the rights in April 1914 for £25. It was published that year in the UK, Canada, and the USA, the Soviet Union in 1920, and Germany in 1925.

Antonini resin

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19 50. size 12,50cm. This was one of the first experiments in resin but did not last long as the paint came off. Talking of Antonini and TOY SOLDIER MAGAZINE Well I  did an article for them and they simply changed some words and put their editor's name on my work. That really sucks on a sold pereiodical

GAS!!!!!!

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GAS!!!!!The First World War accelerated the development of new technologies designed to improve the ability to kill an enemy: the machine gun, the tank, the airplane, the zeppelin, and gas to name a few. Among these, gas was probably the crudest, certainly the


French gas attack on German lines

Belgium, 1916

most capricious - a change in wind direction could spell disaster. Initially, gas cylinders were simply placed along the front lines facing the enemy trenches. Once the wind was deemed favorable, the cylinders were opened and the gas floated with the breeze, carrying death to the enemy. Later, gas was packed into artillery shells and delivered behind enemy lines.
No matter the method of delivery, its impact could produce hell on earth. Chlorine and phosgene gases attacked the lungs ripping the very breath out of its victims. Mustard gas was worse. At least a respirator provided some defense against the chlorine and phosgene gases. Mustard gas attacked the skin - moist skin such as the eyes, armpits, and groin. It burned its way into its victim leaving searing blisters and unimaginable pain. (above French artillery timer by Hachette publications, these were sold in newstands in France)

First introduced by the Germans, gas warfare was soon embraced by all the combatants. By the end of the war, one in four of the artillery shells fired on the Western Front contained gas.

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West of the Pecos

hillThe Pecos River meanders 900 miles across New Mexico and Texas before it flows into the Rio Grande. As soon as it enters Texas from New Mexico the river is immediately put to work separating Loving and Reeves Counties. It is impounded at the Red Bluff Dam and is then released to begin its journey to Seminole Canyon.

 In frontier days the Pecos River defined the limits of Eastern civilization. In fact, “to Pecos” a person became a well-known phrase—and solution—around early Roswell. It meant to dump a formerly troublesome fellow, often a rustling varmint, into the river—as a way of disposing of the body. “Law West of the Pecos” in towns like Roswell was often non-existent, and when it appeared, Justice was swift and absolute. One example: In 1878 one of John Chisum’s young cow-boys shot and killed his crew boss near here for reasons unknown. Chisum assembled a jury of other cowhands on the spot and presided over the trial himself. The jury found the boy guilty of cold-blooded murder and Chisum pronounced sentence. There were no trees in the vicinity so the cowboys propped up a wagon tongue and tried a rope to it. They sat the boy on a horse, tied the rope around his neck, and led the horse out from under him.

Roving bands of Comanches, the Shoshone group , moved south from Wyoming and reached Texas and New Mexico by the 1700s where they quickly became fine horsemen after obtaining the animals from the Spanish. Known as fierce fighters, these nomadic bison hunters raided other native groups, especially Pueblos, Navajos, and Apaches, as well as Hispanic and Anglo settlers. In the early days, the Pecos River formed a general dividing line here in Southeastern New Mexico between Apaches who usually stayed to the west and Comanches who roamed to the east. Before 1875 when the United States Army interned the last bands of Comanches at Ft. Sill, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma), Comanche Hill marked the beginning—or the end, depending on which way you were traveling—of fearful Comanche territory. comanche hill

Of the many colorful characters who have become legends of the Old West. "Hanging Judge Roy Bean," who held court sessions in his saloon along the Rio Grande River in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas, remains one of the more fascinating.

According to the myth, Roy Bean named his saloon and town after the love of his life, Lily Langtry, a British actress he'd never met. Calling himself the "Law West of the Pecos," he is reputed to have kept a pet bear in his courtroom and sentenced dozens to the gallows, saying "Hang 'em first, try 'em later." Like most such legends, separating fact from fiction is not always so easy.

U.S Dragoon

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On 13 January 1846, General Taylor was ordered to the Rio Grande, reaching there 28 March. A Mexican reconnaissance in force on the northern river bank shot up and captured Captain Thornton's reconnaissance troop on 24 April near Matamoros, and fighting had officially begun. War was not officially declared by the United States until 13 May 1846, after the first battles had been fought on the Rio Grande.

The actions of the war concerned two principal columns of invasion, one from the Rio Grande under General Taylor, and the other from an amphibious landing at Vera Cruz under General Scott. Taylor won his first major encounter at Palo Alto on 8 May 1846, and the aftermath Resaca de la Palma the next day. Starting from Matamoros, he captured Monterey on 24 September, and Saltillo 16 November, in a remarkably dilatory campaign. He met Santa Anna's army on the rough ground at the pass of La Angostura just beyond Saltillo on the way to San Luís Potosí on 22 February 1847. This Battle of Buena Vista was essentially a draw, since Santa Anna withdrew with his outnumbering army without following up the previous day's events, and Taylor never proceeded farther. Both Generals proclaimed victory, but Taylor can be considered to have profited the most, since it led to his Presidency. Units of Taylor's army captured Tampico on 28 October 1846, and held it until the end of the war.
Apart from the Dragoons involvement in Mexico they also waged war against the Indians.
1819-30, witnessed the creation of a so-called "permanent Indian frontier." The Indians of the newly created territories of Missouri (1816) and Arkansas (1819) were displaced west of their boundaries. Then, between 1819 and 1827, a line of seven new military posts, reaching from present Minnesota to the state of Louisiana, was established. The posts were in part intended to reassure territorial settlers. However, the most active of the forts were those assigned to keep the peace between the Indians who had been relocated and the Indian nations that were already resident west of the frontier.1819-30, witnessed the creation of a so-called "permanent Indian frontier." The Indians of the newly created territories of Missouri (1816) and Arkansas (1819) were displaced west of their boundaries. Then, between 1819 and 1827, a line of seven new military posts, reaching from present Minnesota to the state of Louisiana, was established. The posts were in part intended to reassure territorial settlers. However, the most active of the forts were those assigned to keep the peace between the Indians who had been relocated and the Indian nations that were already resident west of the frontier.
Several of the treaties obligated the United States to provide protection for the "removed" eastern Indians from the "wild Indians" of the Plains. The relocated Indians also had to deal with outlaws and whiskey runners from Arkansas and with brigands and horse thieves from the American colonies within Mexican Tejas (the independent Republic of Texas after 1836). Conversely, Comanche and Kiowa raiders began to use "Indian territory" as a refuge after preying on the American settlements in Tejas/Texas. In response to the various demands for protection, the U.S. Army reestablished Forts Gibson and Smith and founded Forts Coffee (1834), Wayne (1838), and Washita (1842). A system of military roads, the first genuine roads in today's Oklahoma, were blazed to connect such posts. During the 1830-48 phase of military activity soldiers took part in four expeditions in the Oklahoma portion of Indian territory. All of these efforts were partially intended to further the work of the Stokes Commission. The commission, established in 1832 by the secretary of war, sought to discourage the raiding of removed eastern Indians by Plains Indians. Capt. Jesse Bean's 1832 expedition of volunteer "mounted riflemen" and Capt. James B. Many's 1833 expedition of infantry and riflemen failed to make contact with the Plains nations they sought. However, Capt. Henry Dodge's "Dragoon Expedition" of 1834 (dragoons are heavily armed, mounted troops) was able to persuade some Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita in southwestern Oklahoma to meet with U.S. representatives. The Dragoon Expedition was significant as the first major mounted military expedition in U.S. history. A year later the Stokes Commission sent out Maj. Richard B. Mason with another party of dragoons. The 1835 Treaty of Camp Holmes secured by the Mason Expedition was the first U.S. treaty with southern Plains or southwestern Indians. At least two of the expeditions mentioned above were also concerned with protecting the burgeoning trade with the Mexican province of Nuevo Mexico via the Santa Fe Trail. Some of the Indians engaged in raiding the caravans were based in what is now western Oklahoma. The Many Expedition doubled as a show of strength after an attack on a party of U.S. traders. The Mason Expedition attempted to secure a promise that the Plains Indians would not make further raids on traders. The expeditions of 1832-35 provided training for the U.S. Army units that fought in the Mexican War more than a decade later.

The fourth phase of military engagement in Oklahoma, 1848-61, took place between the end of the war with Mexico and the beginning of the Civil War. This period was one of intensified settlement in the new state of Texas (December 29, 1845) and the new territories of Nebraska and Kansas (1854). Today's Oklahoma was the recipient of the Indian populations of Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas as they were forced out. There was, accordingly, an increasing tendency to refer to present Oklahoma as the Indian Territory. Once again, the army was called upon to be an instrument of coercion in Indian removal. As the fiction of the "permanent Indian frontier" disappeared, Forts Gibson and Towson were closed. In their place came Fort Cobb (1859), which received Indians from Texas, and Fort Arbuckle (1851). The latter post sought to protect the Choctaw and Chickasaw, as well as overland emigrants, from increasingly numerous raids by Kiowa and Comanche holdouts in Texas.




















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