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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
LS/942.51CHE
Title
Chesterfield's military heritage
Date
2016
Publication Date
2016
Author
Van Tonder, Gerry
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN
9781445649764
Term
WORLD WAR I
WAR
CIVIL WAR
Boer War (1899-1902)
AWARDS
Penal sanctions
MEMORIALS
ARMY
Medals
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Sherwood Foresters; 1881-1970; British army regiment
de Ferrers; Lord; Robert (c 1239-1279); 6th Earl of Derby; Derbyshire landowner (Duffield Frith); fought against Henry III in the Second Barons' War, and was captured in the Battle of Chesterfield, 1216.
Gell; Sir; John (1593-1671); 1st Baronet; Of Hopton; High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1653, Parliamentarian colonel in the English Civil War.
Court; Josiah (fl 1874); Captain; Captained a volunteer rifle corps in Chesterfield in 1874
Vann; Bernard William (1887-1918); Acting Lt Colonel; Appointed acting commander of 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters in 1917, winning VC in 1918; killed 4 days later at Ramicourt.
Briggs; Arthur (1892-1918); Private; Of Brimington; executed by firing squad for desertion; pardoned 2006.
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Chesterfield
Ireland
Revolution House
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