Sherwood Forester experts

[zippy.72]

Is it possible to tell which battalion these men served with please from their servive numbers?

Pte 3775 Ackerley

Pte 204416 Winley

Pte 306241 Battersby

Pte 13549 Bowskill

Pte 21729 Cade

Pte 43156 Caudwell

Pte 305219 Glasby

Sgt 1724 Iliffe

Cpl 22028 Parkin

Pte 16322 Riley

Pte 3935 Shaw

Pte 2359 Slaney

Cpl 6476 Vann

Pte 12795 Whitworth

Also, does anybody know of a Doctor Macdonald who served with the Foresters?

Thanks

Tim

[jmoha]

Pte 3775 Ackerley Unknown Bttn, No Overseas service, En 15/4/1914 – Disc 21/12/14 Sickness SWB 56962

Pte 204416 Winley 16th then 10th Bttns

Pte 306241 Battersby 2/8th then 1st Bttn

Pte 13549 Bowskill Was in Training Reserve with Notts+Derbys, ended up with ASC with no EMT/55464

Pte 21729 Cade Number comes up as Slim, no idea on Cade

Pte 43156 Caudwell Ended up in RE with no 622860

Pte 305219 Glasby Ended up in 24/Londons with no 733569

Sgt 1724 Iliffe 1/5th reumbered to 200184

Cpl 22028 Parkin 1st then 2/7th

Pte 16322 Riley 12th En 5/9/14 - Disc 25/8/17 due to Sickness, served overseas SWB 235189

Pte 3935 Shaw Can't find this chap

Pte 2359 Slaney 2/6th En 9/9/14 - Disc 28/1/16 as Sick, served overseas SWB 64298

Cpl 6476 Vann 10th Bttn En 27/8/14 - Disc14/12/18 Unfit, served overseas SWB 491794

Pte 12795 Whitworth Probably 9th as MIC shows 2b as theatre served, ended up as 645362 Labour Corps

Hope this helps, mainly gleaned from BWM roll, MIC's on Ancestry and SWB rolls

James O'Hara

[zippy.72]

Pte 3775 Ackerley Unknown Bttn, No Overseas service, En 15/4/1914 – Disc 21/12/14 Sickness SWB 56962

Pte 204416 Winley 16th then 10th Bttns

Pte 306241 Battersby 2/8th then 1st Bttn

Pte 13549 Bowskill Was in Training Reserve with Notts+Derbys, ended up with ASC with no EMT/55464

Pte 21729 Cade Number comes up as Slim, no idea on Cade

Pte 43156 Caudwell Ended up in RE with no 622860

Pte 305219 Glasby Ended up in 24/Londons with no 733569

Sgt 1724 Iliffe 1/5th reumbered to 200184

Cpl 22028 Parkin 1st then 2/7th

Pte 16322 Riley 12th En 5/9/14 - Disc 25/8/17 due to Sickness, served overseas SWB 235189

Pte 3935 Shaw Can't find this chap

Pte 2359 Slaney 2/6th En 9/9/14 - Disc 28/1/16 as Sick, served overseas SWB 64298

Cpl 6476 Vann 10th Bttn En 27/8/14 - Disc14/12/18 Unfit, served overseas SWB 491794

Pte 12795 Whitworth Probably 9th as MIC shows 2b as theatre served, ended up as 645362 Labour Corps

Hope this helps, mainly gleaned from BWM roll, MIC's on Ancestry and SWB rolls

Brilliant-thankyou

James O'Hara

[stevem49]

As mentioned 12795 Was very likely a 9th bn Man - 12794 was L/Cpl Illiffe and 12796 was Pte Brindley.

I am 99% sure he was 9th and will add him to nominal roll.

21729 Pte Arthur Slim was in the 9th Bn (again I have no Cade)

SM

[fusilier04]

As mentioned 12795 Was very likely a 9th bn Man - 12794 was L/Cpl Illiffe and 12796 was Pte Brindley.

I am 99% sure he was 9th and will add him to nominal roll.

21729 Pte Arthur Slim was in the 9th Bn (again I have no Cade)

SM

Hi,

I know this is unrelated but I am trying to find out as much as possible about my great uncle, As part of a living history project I will be taking a group of teenagers to france in july as part of their GCSE history project, we will be visiting Mametz wood and I would like to take them through what happened to my relative, can anyone help?

his details are as follows (sorry for the format I cut and pasted from cwgc site)

SYKES, ROBERT WILLIAMCorporalSherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 10th Bn. aged22 died 07/07/1916 sevice number17197

[stevem49]

I have the 10th Bn war diary somewhere!

Go to my website www.ypressalient.co.uk and there you will find my email address. I can then send you a copy of the War Diaries for July.

Soldiers died in the Great War - has -

Sykes, R.W. - born Ilkeston Derbyshire, enlisted Nottingham, abode Spondon Derbys, 17197, Cpl, Killed in action, France and Flanders, 7/7/1916.

You could look for his records on Ancestry and also his Medal Index Card or start a new thread and someone who is on Ancestry would likely look for you.

Steve M

[stevem49]

Diary sent

Steve