Chesterfield Sherwoods on the Somme
1st July - 18th November 1916
"Or are you a stranger without even a name
Forever enshrined behind the glass frame
In an old photograph torn, battered and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame"
[No Man's Land by Eric Bogle]
Chapel-en-le-Frith goes to War, September 1914
This fascinating series of photographs shows the local men of Chapel-en-le-Frith leaving to join Kitchener's Armies. Many thanks to Beryl Bend and Julian Thompson for making these photographs available.
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1. New Recruits marching up the Main Street towards the Railway Station.
2. Leaving Chapel-en-le-Frith.
3. Waiting for the train at Chapel-en-le-Frith Railway Station.
Chesterfield, 1914/15
This series of pictures show the new recruits of Kitcheners Army and the mobilisation of the local territorial Battalion in Chesterfield.
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1. New recruits at Chesterfield (Midland) Station. The man next to the recruiting Sergeant is Walter Herbert from Newbold.
2. The 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters marching down Lordsmill, August 1914.
3. The 6th Battalion marching in 1914. The location is unknown, but could they be on the way to their War Station at Derby?
Various images from 1914-18
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1. 6th Battn, Company C (Ashbourne and Buxton) at Clumber Park in 1913.
2. Sergeant Mooneys' Platoon, 16th Battn Sherwood Foresters.
3. Sherwood Foresters on Garrison duty in the North East of England.
4. Group of Sherwoods. Photograph possibly taken in 1912.
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1. Boy Sherwood from Eastwood or Ilkeston.
2. Sherwood Forester (thought to be 222113).
3. Two Sherwood NCO's, possibly from the 8th Battn. Note that the corporal (seated) is wearing a 14-15 Star and BWM.
4. Sherwood with a family member. Note that he has what appears to be signallers badge on his left sleeve.
[Identified by Mel Siddons as 1473 Pte Albert Morris Thompson of A Coy 5/SF and killed in action at Sanctuary Wood on 26th June 1915]
