The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Regiments English County Regiments
RCC7777
The Green Triangle. Being the History of the 2/5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) in the Great European War, 1914 - 1918
by W.G. Hall
ISBN
1847349773
Purchase Price
£11.50 (new)
Date Purchased
March 18, 2019
Publisher
The Naval & Military Press (2019, Uckfield, East Sussex)
Notes
There is a Foreword to the book by Brigadier-General T.W. Stansfeld, CMG, DSO, who was commander of the 178th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade from April 1917 until it was broken up in May 1918. The book was originally published in 1920. This facsimile version is produced by N & M by kind permission of the Central Library, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. This is a good, concise (just under 200 pages) account of this battalion's war. It was a New Army battalion which served in Ireland following its training period, then transferred to the Western Front, until it was disbanded in May 1918 following the events of Kaiserschlacht.
1847349773
Purchase Price
£11.50 (new)
Date Purchased
March 18, 2019
Publisher
The Naval & Military Press (2019, Uckfield, East Sussex)
Notes
There is a Foreword to the book by Brigadier-General T.W. Stansfeld, CMG, DSO, who was commander of the 178th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade from April 1917 until it was broken up in May 1918. The book was originally published in 1920. This facsimile version is produced by N & M by kind permission of the Central Library, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. This is a good, concise (just under 200 pages) account of this battalion's war. It was a New Army battalion which served in Ireland following its training period, then transferred to the Western Front, until it was disbanded in May 1918 following the events of Kaiserschlacht.