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The Robin Hood Battalion was a unit of the Volunteer Force of the British Army and Territorial Force, later the Territorial Army. The battalion served as infantry during the 1916 Easter Uprising in Du
Plaque on the terrace of Nottingham Castle commemorating the raising of the Robin Hood Rifles in 1859
Uniform of the Robin Hood Rifles depicted on a 1939 cigarette card
The Robin Hoods' drill hall in Derby Road, Nottingham.
King George V, escorted by Lieutenant Colonel Reginald B. Rickman and Captain W. Foster MC, talking to Private Denny and the remainder of the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters), 59th Division, at Hermin, after the Battle of Bullecourt, 30th March 1918.
50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army during the Second World War. It defended the North Midlands of England during The Blitz and later helped to
Robin Hood Battalion
…instead of the white lanyard normally worn by the RA. By now the Battle of Britain was on; the regiment was still in 2 AA Division but had transferred to 50 Light AA Bde covering Nottingham and Derby. It continued to serve with this formation during the Blitz, including the Nottingham Blitz of 8/9 May 1941, a misdirected…
V-1 in flight over Antwerp
Captured V-1 displayed at Antwerp at the end of the war