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*'''1751''' became the '''45th Regiment of Foot'''
*'''1751''' became the '''45th Regiment of Foot'''
*'''1782''' became the 45th (the Nottinghamshire) 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)
*'''1881''' united with [[95th Regiment of Foot|95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot]] to become 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
*'''1902''' became The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and 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)
*'''1970''' amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113072645/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/045-751.htm 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060113072645/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/045-751.htm 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20060110001138/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/045SherF.htm The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)] www.regiments.org<br>
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060110001138/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/045SherF.htm The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)] including [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060107084855/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/045-1.htm 1st Battalion deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/sherwood_index.htm  Sherwood Foresters] British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments<br>
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/sherwood_index.htm  Sherwood Foresters] British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Regiment_of_Foot 45th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Regiment_of_Foot 45th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/index.htm The Museum of the Mercian Regiment]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/sf_museum.htm 45th and 95th Regiments Museum collection]
**[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives]
*Details of the memorial at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20101006052038/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/afghan-church.html  Afghan Church (St John’s) Colaba,  Bombay]  to Sergeants, Corporals, Privates, Women and Children of the 45th Regiment who died at Naamuah and Colaba between March 1865 and January 1866. Hutchfield family website, now archived.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/ Extract from England Census 1911 taken at Gough Barracks, Trimulgherry, Deccan, India]  1st Battalion  Sherwood Foresters [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3654799958/sizes/o/in/photostream Enlarged version] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysmith/3662838781/in/photostream Photograph 1912:  1st Btn Sherwood Foresters B Coy Shooting Team] . The Battalion was stationed in India. flickr.com
 
==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UdwjUngGvI0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+45th:+1st+Nottinghamshire+Regiment+(Sherwood+Foresters)+By+Philip+Hugh+Dalbiac#v=onepage&q=&f=false History of the 45th: 1st Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) By Philip Hugh Dalbiac] Google Books
*[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])
*[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
*[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
 




[[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