Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) | |
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![]() Cap Badge of the Sherwood Foresters | |
Active | 1881–1970 |
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Type | Infantry |
Role | Line infantry |
Size | 1–2 Regular battalions 2 Militia and Special Reserve battalions 2–4 Territorial and Volunteer battalions Up to 13 Hostilities-only battalions |
Garrison/HQ | Normanton Barracks, Derby |
Anniversaries | Badajoz (6 April) Alma (20 September) |
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for just under 90 years, from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Worcestershire Regiment to form the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, which in 2007 was amalgamated with the Cheshire Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) to form the present Mercian Regiment. The lineage of the Sherwood Foresters is now continued by The Mercian Regiment.