People - Regiment: Notts Derby Sherwood Foresters Regiment 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers)

17th (Service) Battalion (Welbeck Rangers)
01.06.1915 Formed by the Mayor and the Recruiting Committee at Nottingham.
Oct 1915 Moved to Aldershot and joined the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division and then moved to Witley.
10.12.1915 Taken over by the War Office.
06.03.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the 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.
12.02.1918 Disbanded in France.