Category Archives: Nottinghamshire Military History

By Mitch Peeke   This medal was purchased by chance, purely in passing, by my daughter, Katie; from Fieldstaff Antiques in Rochester High Street, in September of 2019. She saw it and just thought that it might cheer me up … Continue reading →

by Michael Kirkby Walking up to the Castle from Castle Gate you pass a remarkable Georgian built town house with a red door that today is a restaurant called World Service. Built into the fabric that was once Newdigate House, … Continue reading →

By Michael Kirkby Since the days of the English Civil War and the emergence of the New Model Army, the quintessential piece of kit for the British ‘Tommy’ was the redcoat. This garment was not merely a piece of clothing … Continue reading →

By Michael Kirkby Home to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment, Nottinghamshire is one of the few counties in England that can boast of such a proud and varied military heritage. Prior to the formation of The Sherwood Foresters Regiment the main … Continue reading →

by Frank E Earp As I write these words, the Nation is about to celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of the most significant events in its history, ‘The Battle of Waterloo’. Waterloo is seen as one of those great … Continue reading →

by Michael Kirkby  Day break, 18th June 1815 the combined allied force under the command of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington is just waking up from a sodden night of continual rainfall on the ridge of Mont St Jean … Continue reading →

by Joe Earp Below are five selected soldier’s poems from the Great War 1914-1918. The poems have been selected from the regimental archives of the Sherwood Foresters: BOMBING We buy a penny candle and light it in the tent. Old … Continue reading →

by Frank E Earp  The Day They (nearly) Dropped The Bomb, Or What Did You Do In the Nuclear War Daddy?  If you were born in the 1980’s or sometime thereafter, unless you’ve heard about it in history lessons at … Continue reading →