WFR Museum (Sherwood Foresters Collection)
Staff and Volunteer Profiles
SHERWOOD FORESTERS MUSEUM
ASSISTANT CURATOR / ARCHIVIST
Eddie
Edwards BEM took over the post of Assistant Curator and Archivist in December
2004. Prior to taking up this post,
he had been working in Health and Safety & Fire Prevention.
He served both in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment and Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in the Corps of Drums and as Company Sergeant Major.
ADMINISTRATION
Andy
McDougall the Admin Officer served in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
for 22 years before leaving in 1991 and joining the MOD Civil Service.
Since 2000 he has provided the admin support to the Sherwood Foresters
Museum and Regimental Headquarters in Nottingham. He built and maintains
this website, and maintains the Mercian Regiment pages on the Army website.
THE VOLUNTEERS
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORIAN
Mr
Cliff Housley the Regimental Historian served in the Sherwood Foresters
Regiment for 14 years before leaving in 1969 and joining Nottinghamshire
Constabulary. From 1998 until 2004 Cliff was employed with the Sherwood
Foresters Museum as Assistant Curator and Archivist. On retirement he
was invited to become a Museum Trustee. He continues voluntarily to serve
the Museum in his role as Regimental Historian by giving talks to local
Community Groups.
He has written and published several books on the History of the Regiment.
THE EDUCATION OFFICER
The
Reverend Clive Tougher has been the Education Officer of the Sherwood
Foresters Regimental Museum since 1998. He also provides Community Talks
to various groups in Derbyshire.
Prior to taking up this voluntary post, he had been teaching in the Midlands, his final school being at Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
He has served as a Teacher representative on SCAA, Derbyshire Local Authority.and as Chairman of Examiners for GCSE and A Levels at Manchester.
THE HELPING HANDS
Mr
Mel Siddons a retired BT Engineer, is currently assisting in digitising
the complete medal and photographic collection within the Archives.
He has many years experience and extensive knowledge on medals, specialising in the Sherwood Foresters, he also catalogues and conditions our extensive collection as well as re-ribbonning and mounting the medals for display in the Museum.
Mr
Antony Ball a printer by trade and keen military enthusiast regularly
visits the County Archives in the East Midlands to search newspaper archives
for information and photographs of Sherwood Foresters.
He also assists in archiving the material he has collected. Antony is the co-author with Cliff Housley of the "Arnold and Daybrook War Memorial" book commemorating all those remembered on the War Memorial.
Robin
Tilston and Gary Crosby, both ex 3 WFR (V), attend the Archives once a
week to catalogue and name the 3 WFR (V) photographic collection.