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| The Vernon Lamb Archive, World War One Soldiers, Groups |
| A Unique Photographic Record of Matlock & District, 1910-1915, and World War One Soldiers |
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| Place: | Buxton |
| Property / Street / Road: | - |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1915 |
| Description/Historical Information: | Sherwood Foresters, with kit bags ready, and serious
expressions on all faces. This is a group about to depart. It is
winter and several are wearing greatcoats. Two are holding rifles,
one of which appears to be now standard issue Lee-Enfield. Vernon
Lamb is probably second from right, front row. It has been suggested
that they may have been off to Ireland, but there would have been
more leaves on the trees if that were the case. It is now believed
that the men were leaving Buxton. "A splendid send off was given to the men of the Sherwood Foresters Reserve Battalion ... upon their departure to Luton. ... The entrance to the Midland station was crowded with people as the two special trains steamed out"... (Derbyshire Courier, 6 February 1915) On the day the troops left the weather in the Midlands was due to be some showers with fine intervals (The Times, Wednesday, 3 Feb 1915). Also see VLA9742 |
| Further information elsewhere on this site: |
- Matlock & Matlock
Bath : The War Memorials - Matlock Names in the 2/6th Sherwood Foresters |
| Image Reference: | VLA4901 |
| Copyright: | © The Vernon Lamb Archive and Robert White. See About the Archive and About Vernon Lamb, Photographer. |