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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historythstnott00dalbgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)''] by  Philip Hugh Dalbiac  1902 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historythstnott00dalbgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)''] by  Philip Hugh Dalbiac  1902 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  ''Rough notes by an old soldier during fifty years' service, Volume 1''] by George Bell (sir) 1867 Google Books. The author transferred to the 45th Regiment and [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197 sailed for India in April 1825], page 197, and subsequently arrived in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA217 Rangoon in November 1825] page 217, , see [[1st Burma War]]. After a few years he returned to England and changed regiments again. ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEMBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2])
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  ''Rough notes by an old soldier during fifty years' service, Volume 1''] by George Bell (sir) 1867 Google Books. The author transferred to the 45th Regiment and [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197 sailed for India in April 1825], page 197, and subsequently arrived in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lkMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA217 Rangoon in November 1825] page 217, , see [[1st Burma War]]. After a few years he returned to England and changed regiments again. ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEMBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2])
 
*[https://derbyshireterritorials.uk/resources/regimental-histories/ Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War: Regimental Histories] Histories of some of the Great War Battalions are available to download. derbyshireterritorials.uk
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*[https://archive.org/details/breakhindenburg00priesuoft/page/n7/mode/2up ''Breaking the Hindenburg line : the story of the 46th (North Midland) Division''] [in the First World War] by Major R E Priestley 1919 Archive.org
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 02:22, 19 December 2023

Also known as The Sherwood Foresters

History

  • 1741 raised as Daniel Houghton's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became the 45th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 45th (the Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot to become 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
  • 1902 became The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • 1970 amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)
  • 2007 amalgamated with with The Cheshire Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment


External Links

Historical Books on-line