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Nottinghamshire Militia
Royal Sherwood Foresters
4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Active1558–1 April 1953
CountryRoyal Sherwood Foresters Militia England (1558–1707)
Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia United Kingdom (1801–1953)
Branch Militia/Special Reserve
RoleInfantry
Size1 Battalion
Part ofSherwood Foresters
Garrison/HQNottingham Castle
Newark Town Hall
Newark Corn Exchange
Nickname(s)Nottinghamshire Marksmen
Saucy Notts
Motto(s)Pro legibus et libertate ('For law and liberty')
Loyalté ('Loyalty')
MarchBold Robin Hood was a Forester good (Koenig)[1]
EngagementsSecond Boer War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lord George Manners-Sutton
Col Lancelot Rolleston
Lt-Col William Mellish

The Royal Sherwood Foresters, originally the Nottinghamshire Militia, was an auxiliary regiment of the British Army from the English Midland county of Nottinghamshire. From its formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until its final service in the Special Reserve, the Militia regiment of the county carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It became a battalion of the Sherwood Foresters regiment in 1881 and fought in the Second Boer War, where the whole battalion was captured at the Rhenoster River bridge. It then trained thousands of reservists and recruits during World War I. It maintained a shadowy existence until final disbandment in 1953.

  1. ^ Lowe, p. 60.

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