People - Regiment: Notts Derby Sherwood Foresters Regiment 16th Battalion (Chatsworth Rifles)

16th (Service) Battalion (Chatsworth Rifles)
16.04.1915 Formed by the Duke of Devonshire and the Derbyshire Territorial Forces Association at Derby.
04.05.1915 Moved to Buxton and then Redmires, Sheffield.
02.09.1915 Moved to Hursley, Winchester and joined the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division.
30.09.1915 Moved to Oudenarde Barracks, Aldershot and the Witley.
06.03.1916 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions ont he Western Front including;
1916
An attack near Richebourg l’Avoue, The fighting on the Ancre, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre heights, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Rosieres, The fighting on Wytschaete Ridge, The First Battle of Kemmel, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Scherpenberg.
16.05.1918 Reduced to training cadre.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 66th Division.
20.09.1918 transferred to the 197th Brigade to defend the Lines of Communication south of Aumale until the end of the war.