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Battalion Members

These pages show men who served in the battalion and who feature in the book. Further battalion personnel may be added in future. If you have details of anyone who served in the 2/5th Sherwood Foresters during the war, I would be very pleased to hear from you.

Major

Deall, Major Eric Noel

30289

Private

Decamps, Private Leonard Ernest

4978796

Killed in action, Italy, 20 Sep. 1944. Driver to Capt. Keith Davenport

Private

Dixon, Private Willis

4978818

Captain

Dyke, Captain Lawrence Edwin (‘Dickie’)

277472

L/Corporal

Edwards, L/Corporal William

4982167

Captain

Ellwood, Captain R.H.H.

119361V

Sergeant

Enser, Sergeant Maurice

4980373

Lt-Colonel

Everard, Lt-Colonel Henry Breedon

91203

Distinguished Service Order, Mention in Dispatches

Private

Eyre, Private George 'Spike'

4976716

Water Cart Driver

Corporal

Fletcher, Corporal Les

5675892

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