Derbyshire Yeomanry; 1794-1957; Regiment, amalgamated into The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957.
Royal Engineers; 1717-; Regiment, stationed in Buxton during World War 1.
Sherwood Foresters; 1881-1970; British army regiment
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer