A basic recruit traning battalion based at Rugeley.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 23 recorded WW1 deaths for the 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (Notts. & Derby Regiment).
HEATH, Frank Stoddard. Private, TR6/54008. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (Notts. & Derby Regiment). Horncastle Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK. 04-11-1918. Age 18. Son of Joseph James & Iris Heath of 28, Clayton Street, Barnsbury, London, UK. Born in Lincolnshire.