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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D504/141/3 |
| Title | Derbyshire Recruitment Campaign |
| Date | 1914 |
| Description | Papers 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 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Client of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors |
| Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor and family: Derbyshire Recruitment Campaign |