7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters | |
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Active | 1859-1992 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Role | Infantry Air Defence |
Part of | 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Derby Road, Nottingham |
Engagements | WWI: Hohenzollern Redoubt Gommecourt Hill 70 Third Ypres Bourlon Wood German spring offensive Bailleul WWII: The Blitz North West Europe |
Decorations | Croix de Guerre (Belgium) |
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 Dublin and then served on the Western Front during World War I. In the 1930s it re-roled as an anti-aircraft unit and served in World War II, including North-western Europe from June 1944 to May 1945.