The Sherwood Foresters were repeatedly caught in a cross-fire trying to cross the canal at Mount Street.
--Note: Not the same as the Territorial Army as described in Wikipedia, which makes no mention of the TFR of Hooley's era. A relevant article or section for linking does not appear to exist yet--> to the 8th Battalion, of The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) with the rank of Quartermaster and Honorary Captain.
In the early years, Army regiments stationed in Ireland entered teams such as King's Own Rifles (Cork), three of which reached the final: the Gordon Highlanders in 1890, the Black Watch (Limerick) in 1892 and the Sherwood Foresters (Curragh, County Kildare) in 1897.
On 29 May, 9th Foresters were sent to reinforce the garrison at the fortified town of Bergues, 9 km south of Dunkirk.
During the First World War, Constable served in the Sherwood Foresters for two years, but he suffered severe shell shock when a shell exploded in a trench a few feet from him, burying him alive.
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He had outlived his elder brother, William Leigh Mellish (1813–1864), who became a British Army officer and retired as Lieutenant Colonel of the Sherwood Foresters, having married Margaret Ann, a daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard, Bart..
He was born in Ireland, the son of Major Edward Augustus Carter, 1st Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, and the Hon Mary Hannah Augusta Hemphill of Clifton House, Dublin, daughter of Charles Hemphill, 1st Baron Hemphill.