Museum of the Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Collection)
Staff and Volunteer Profiles
SHERWOOD FORESTERS MUSEUM
ASSISTANT CURATOR / ARCHIVIST
Miss
Jennifer Brookman took over the post of Assistant Curator and Archivist
in August 2014. She is currently managing the HLF project
to refurbish our Museum's Gallery within Nottingham Castle Museum and
Art Gallery.
THE VOLUNTEERS
Mr
Cliff Housley the Regimental Historian served in the Sherwood Foresters
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 and as a Managing Trustee by giving talks
to local Community Groups and working closely with the Archivist in updating
the Personnel and Accession Databases.
He has written and published several books on the History of the Regiment.
Mr
Ian (Eddie) Edwards BEM was employed as the Assistant Curator and Archivist
2004 until retiring in March 2012. Eddie joined the Sherwood Foresters
as a boy soldier in 1963. He left in 1968 and re-enlisted in 1972 into
The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in the Corps of Drums.
He left the Regiment as a WO2 (Company Sergeant Major) in 1990. He works
closely with Mr Housley as a volunteer maintaining and updating the Personnel
databases
Mr
Mel Siddons a retired BT Engineer, is currently assisting in digitising
the complete medal and photographic collection within the Archives and
has recently been appointed as Senior Researcher answering research enquiries.
He has many years experience and extensive knowledge on medals, specialising in the Sherwood Foresters and the Boer War, he also catalogues and conditions our extensive collection as well as re-ribbonning and mounting the medals for display in the Museum.