17th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Known as Royal Leicestershire Regiment

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

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 Known as '''Royal Leicestershire Regiment'''
 == 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
 *'''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
 *'''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 ==