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*'''1801''' Mandora | *'''1801''' Mandora | ||
*'''1804''' [[Fort William]] | *'''1804''' [[Fort William]] | ||
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*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] | *'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] | ||
*'''1880''' [[Nowshera]] | *'''1880''' [[Nowshera]] | ||
*'''1902''' [[Aliwal]] | *'''1902''' [[Aliwal]]<br> | ||
== 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
- 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