My Ancestor was a Sherwood Forester
Michael Somerville
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- History
- Updated:
- 1st January 2026
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- Ww2 | Family History | Sherwood Foresters
In writing my book Sherwood Boys: Biography of a Battalion I made use of many sources and websites usually associated with genealogical research to find and tell the stories of individual battalion members. This talk is aimed at family historians to explain the the different military records available both online and in physical archives, and how to understand and interpret them.
Views: 12 | Enquiries: 0About Michael Somerville
I am a military historian, and the author of Bull Run to Boer War: How the American Civil War Changed the British Army, published by Helion/Casemate, which is the book of my PhD thesis at the University of Buckingham. I have presented on the subject to a number of groups in the UK and the USA, including the National Army Museum. I have given podcast interviews and conducted an online forum on Reddit, as well as publishing in Military History Matters, Saul Davids’ Militaria, online at Military History Now. My next book will be the story of the 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, my father’s battalion in the Second World War, which will be published by Fonthill in 2025. I have presented on this research to local history groups in the UK and also in Italy.
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