17th Regiment of Foot
Known as Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Chronology
- 1688 raised as Solomon Richard's Regiment of Foot in London; known until 1751 by the names of 8 other colonels
- 1751 became the 17th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated to become The Leicestershire Regiment
- 1945 became the Royal Leicestershire Regiment
- 1948 became part of the Forester Brigade
- 1964 The 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment became the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
- 1975 disbanded
Service in British India
- 1801 Mandora
- 1804 Fort William
- 1806 Bundelcund
- 1806 Cawnpore'
- 1807 Fort Chumar
- 1807 Fort Comona
- 1808 Muttra
- 1810 Meerut
- 1813 Ghazipur
- 1814 Jutgurgh
- 1814 Nepal
- 1815 Ghazipur
- 1815 Ghazipur
- 1816 Allahabad
- 1817 Jubalpore
- 1818 Ghazipur
- 1819 Fort William
- 1836 Bombay
- 1837 Poona
- 1838 Tatta NWF
- 1839 Ghazni
- 1839 Khelat
- 1839 Scinde
- 1842 Poona
- 1845 Bombay
- 1847 Karachi
- 1871 Lucknow
- 1876 Peshawar
- 1877 Mhow
- 1878 Kaldana
- 1878 Afghanistan
- 1880 Nowshera
- 1902 Aliwal