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Chesterfield's Military Heritage (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Chesterfield's Military Heritage (Paperback, UK ed.)
Series: Military Heritage
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Mention of this Derbyshire market town's name invariably conjures
up an image of an iconic landmark: the crooked church steeple.
However, it also speaks of a military heritage built up over two
millenia. The word chester itself is derived from the ancient Roman
fort or castrum - military garrisons that peppered the English
countryside during Roman Britain. In 1266, at the Battle of
Chesterfield, royal forces quashed a rebellion of local barons.
Come the English Civil War 400 years later, anti-Royalist sentiment
was again evident. Chesterfield deployed militia, together with a
'company of foot' from Derby, to defend the town from the king's
forces. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, global conflicts
attracted volunteers from throughout the Borough of Chesterfield.
Egypt, South Africa and the Western Front became household names.
In the Second World War, Chesterfield's citizens, serving with
battalions of the Sherwood Foresters, saw action in theatres across
the world. So also came tales of acts of courage and bravery: names
like Fred Greaves, Bernard Vann and Victor Robinson, alongside many
others.
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