Nottinghamshire Militia Royal Sherwood Foresters 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Active
1558–1 April 1953
Country
England (1558–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1953)
Branch
Militia/Special Reserve
Role
Infantry
Size
1 Battalion
Part of
Sherwood Foresters
Garrison/HQ
Nottingham 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')
March
Bold Robin Hood was a Forester good (Koenig)[1]
Engagements
Second Boer War
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lord George Manners-Sutton Col Lancelot Rolleston Lt-Col William Mellish
Military unit
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.
^Lowe, p. 60.
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