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Known as '''Royal Leicestershire Regiment'''
Known as '''Royal Leicestershire Regiment'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1688''' raised as Richard's Regiment of Foot
*'''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
*'''1751''' became the 17th Regiment of Foot
*'''1782''' became the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1782''' became the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
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*'''1964''' The 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment became the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
*'''1964''' The 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment became the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
*'''1975''' disbanded
*'''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''' [[1st Afghan War|Ghazni]]
*'''1837''' [[1st Afghan War|Khelat]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]
*'''1837''' [[Poona]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 07:48, 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