Talk:Sherwood Foresters

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During WW2 the 14th Battalion Sherwood Foresters were stationed in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. Palmiped 13:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:44, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Unscholarly and curious tone of this piece.
This piece is written in a very curious, mock Victorian tone. Could somebody who has some time possibly re-write it into something more scholarly and less, well, gushing? 220.233.178.130 (talk) 14:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio?
It looks as if this page has been lifted verbatim from the History of the Sherwood Foresters website, so unless that one is copied from here, this whole page will have to go. Does anyone know the provenance of the content here? Xyl 54 (talk) 02:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * , 2007. No other contribs from the user - it does indeed look like a clear lift, since that site's last dated 2001. Shimgray | talk | 11:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * What happens now? Is there a time limit to sort this out? Or a template or something? (I seem to remember). Should it be deleted and replaced with a re-written article? or even a stub, for now. We've got articles on the 45th and 95th already, so they need a summary here and a main article link, and text here for the regiments history from 1881 to the present; or to 1970 anyway.. Xyl 54 (talk) 23:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * PS Found it! Xyl 54 (talk) 23:52, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

(outdent) OK, I've deleted the plagiarized material (which didn't leave much!) and I've added a brief account of the regiments history. I trust it will do until it can be expanded. Xyl 54 (talk) 00:30, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

1755 or 1823?
See 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. Sources seem to be at variance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.85.148.202 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 14 April 2011
 * You're right...I've fixed it. Xyl 54 (talk) 22:44, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Battalions raised
Although regiments.org lists 33 battalions as taking part in WW1, only 25 of these were raised during the war - 8 Btns (regular, militia and TF) were in existence several years before war commenced!

Similarly, at least 6 Btns (1st - 5th and 8th) existed prior to the start of WW2. The 7th btn had converted to an RE searchlight unit in 1938, the same might have happened with the 6th btn. The order to duplicate the TA was issued on 31 March 1939 and the majority of TA units seem to have managed this duplication before September. I'm not sure if this was the case for 2/5th and 2/8th Btns (although the latter was seemingly re-designated as the 9th btn at some time during 1939).Glevum (talk) 01:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

existed btns (3rd & 4th) and the territorial btns (5th, - 8th) this includes

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