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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D504/141/3
TitleDerbyshire Recruitment Campaign
Date1914
DescriptionPapers re. Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor's position as Chief Recruiting Officer for Derbyshire, from September 1914. The recruitment campaign was centred on Buxton, where soldiers were also quartered. In time a series of recruiting agents and medical officers was instituted throughout North Derbyshire. Colonel Brooke-Taylor was later detailed to undertake the compilation of a Military Register for the 45th recruiting Area, consisting of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Available on CD, CD315
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorClient of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors
Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor and family: Derbyshire Recruitment Campaign
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