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SHERWOOD BOYS:
Publication in 2025
2/5th Sherwood Foresters 1939-45
Sherwood Boys tells the story of a typical British infantry battalion, the 2/5th Sherwood Foresters, from 1939-1946, and how ordinary men performed extraordinary feats to help win a war. Drawing not only on official records but on over 150 written and oral accounts covering every role in the unit, it tells how ordinary soldiers lived, trained and fought. This site provides additional material not included in the book.
Sherwood Boys will be published by Fonthill Media in 2025.
ISBN 978-1-78155-964-2
We are the Sherwood Boys
We are the Sherwood Boys
We all know our manners
We all spend our tanners
We are respected wherever we go
When we're marching down the old highway
Doors and windows open wide they say
You can hear the Colonel shout
Put those ******* Woodbines out
We are the Sherwood Boys
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Foresters' marching song
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