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== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/leicestershire.html Royal Leicestershire Regiment]
[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/leicestershire.html Royal Leicestershire Regiment]


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 09:02, 31 August 2009

Known as Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1688 raised as Solomon Richard's Regiment of Foot raised 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

External Links

Royal Leicestershire Regiment