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Hucknall soldier, Alec Reid of Hucknall, with a Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters in India, c 1897

Tirah Expedition ?, India
India
Nottinghamshire
England

The Cardwell reforms of 1881 brought together the 45th and 95th Regiments of Foot with the Militia of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire plus the volunteer regiments of the two counties, to form The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment). It is of interest that it was not until 1902 that Nottinghamshire was added to the title. The Regiment now consisted of: 1st Battalion (45th), 2nd Battalion (95th), 3rd (late Derbyshire Militia) and 4th (late Royal Sherwood Foresters) Militia Battalions, and 1st and 2nd (Derbyshire) and 3rd and 4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer Battalions. The Headquarters of the Regimental District was established in Derby. The 2nd Battalion saw active service in Egypt during 1882 and later went on to India. In 1888 they took part in the Sikkim Expedition to Tibet, and in 1897 they were once again on active service in the Tirah Expedition where Lieutenant H. S. Pennell won the VC during the capture of the Dargai Heights.This photograph shows a group of soldiers holding rolled flags in front of tripods with mirrors on them, and lamps (perhaps surveying equipment or semaphor flags and heliographs for signalling information across distances ?). The soldier on the bottom row, far right was local to Hucknall and named Alec Reid.

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