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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	First World War (1914-1918)
	WAR
	CIVIL WAR
	Boer War (1899-1902)
	AWARDS
	Penal sanctions
	MEMORIALS
	ARMY
	Medals
	Colonialism
	British Empire

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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; parliamentary commander

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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