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2/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
2/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters were a second line territorial unit, formed in September 1914 at Newark. They were stationed home defence duties in Norfolk and made up from a core of men of the 1/8th Battalion who had not volunteered for Imperial Service. The battalion was also engaged in training new recruits who would join their sister battalion as reinforcements. They saw action in Dublin during the Easter Rising and completed their training in Ireland before proceeding to France in January 1917. They were in action during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres.
9th Mar 1916 Football
9th Mar 1916 Football
10th Mar 1916 Promotions
27th Mar 1916 Desertion
24th Apr 1916 Plans Change
26th Apr 1916 In Action
27th Apr 1916 Weapons Stockpile
28th Apr 1916 On the Move
4th May 1916 Official British Account
Jun 1916 On the Move
10th Jun 1916 On the Move
28th Jun 1916 Reorganisation
7th Aug 1916 Training
12th Aug 1916 Training
26th Aug 1916 Training
31st Aug 1916 Reorganisation
15th Sep 1916 Exercise
1st May 1917 Reliefs 
26th Sep 1917 In Action
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Pte. Arthur Warner 2n/8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) (d.27th April 1916) Private Warner was the son of Arthur and Gertrude Warner of Sanatorium Lodge, Mansfield, Notts.
He was 19 when he died and is buried in the Other Ranks section of the Kilmainham (Royal Hospital) Graveyard, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Henry Chapman 2/8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) (d.27th April 1916) Lance Corporal Chapman is buried in the Other Rank Graveyard in the Kilmainham (Royal Hospital) Cemetery, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
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Pte. John Charlesworth 2/8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) (d.16th May 1916) Private Charlesworth was the Son of E. Charlesworth, of 5, Broomhill Lane, Mansfield.
He is buried between the Cathedral and the Oratory in the Killaloe (St. Flannan) Cathedral Graveyard, Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland.
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