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:Scroll to the article [http://www.kiplingjournal.com/acrobat/KJ334.pdf "A Military Execution in India"]  by Ray Beck in ''The Kipling Journal''  December 2009 pages 22-30. This article gives an account of the execution by hanging of  No.2638 Private George Flaxman of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Lucknow on 10 January 1887, including an eyewitness account, “for the wilful murder of Lance Sergeant William Carmody of the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Ranakit on or about the 9th of September 1886” kiplingjournal.com
:Scroll to the article [http://www.kiplingjournal.com/acrobat/KJ334.pdf "A Military Execution in India"]  by Ray Beck in ''The Kipling Journal''  December 2009 pages 22-30. This article gives an account of the execution by hanging of  No.2638 Private George Flaxman of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Lucknow on 10 January 1887, including an eyewitness account, “for the wilful murder of Lance Sergeant William Carmody of the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Ranakit on or about the 9th of September 1886” kiplingjournal.com
*[http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/social-history-george-olliffe-victorian-army-bandsman-british-india/  George Olliffe – Victorian army bandsman, British India]  Family website. He served in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1901-1913 and was in India March 1903 to October 1906. Includes some pages from ''The Green Tiger''. ([http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/social-history-george-william-olliffe-victorian-pauper-and-bandsman-in-british-india/ Part 1, Childhood]).  
*[http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/social-history-george-olliffe-victorian-army-bandsman-british-india/  George Olliffe – Victorian army bandsman, British India]  Family website. He served in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1901-1913 and was in India March 1903 to October 1906. Includes some pages from ''The Green Tiger''. ([http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/social-history-george-william-olliffe-victorian-pauper-and-bandsman-in-british-india/ Part 1, Childhood]).  
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/runninginsuffolk/albums/72157660779215281  Photograph Collection: Snaps India 1930]. Many seem to be related to the Leicestershire Regiment. flickr.com
*[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk The Royal Leicestershire Regiment]
*[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk The Royal Leicestershire Regiment]
**Citation for the  Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 4533116 Lance Corporal John Farry, June 1939 near Razmak Zerai in Waziristan.  [http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/5%20Farry%20MM%20citation%2026%20Sep%2039.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CZNJQ1gcQZsJ:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/5%2520Farry%2520MM%2520citation%252026%2520Sep%252039.pdf+Razmak+Brigade+Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjEy0oBWkzlmwTlBXegmxp_FEAy6vArkm7uUi31S6tkMJNqqw9CYe9CfCc5EWy1MHnJBnjQftSxPApqT4HJA6McuZqm5ZZfhEvn10P5CGjcGOI7fGqP-J7rhyppIt6nbzSB6BNV&sig=AHIEtbRplKsBZ-SVYv4G43Eail_HoE4CrA html version]
**Citation for the  Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment [https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/archive/citations/287133-5r-farry-mm-citation-26-sep-39-revised-21-jun-12jpg 4533116 Lance Corporal John Farry], June 1939 near Razmak Zerai in Waziristan
**Citation for the Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 4857405 Lance Sergeant Harold Blake, 21 August 1939 against Bandiza in Waziristan [http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/6%20Blake%20DCM%20citation%207%20Nov%2039.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:o5GUgj_QGnQJ:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/6%2520Blake%2520DCM%2520citation%25207%2520Nov%252039.pdf+Razmak+Brigade+Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShuDTTWXRz68UmShSgUf_drWB2UoMLZqrez8EuTRgqya_h5l-ZWfKflyd1p7u9bbTXvfHQUqT7V6zvme9LynXuAXJeSXjFOwuMFbcF4VI4KB8ymumY07saQDNT9WtdmVdSUX5lo&sig=AHIEtbRfmXYaXt__OMjtOu6t-b7vVX7PtQ html version]
**Citation for the Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment [https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/archive/citations/287132-6r-blake-dcm-citation-7-nov-39-revised-21-jun-12jpg 4857405 Lance Sergeant Harold Blake], 21 August 1939 against Bandiza in Waziristan.
**Citation for the Military Cross: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 69129 Lieutenant Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale, 14 November 1939 near Razmak in Waziristan, [http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/13%20Lonsdale%20MC%20citation%2025%20Oct%2040.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-bgdQCUMRY8J:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/13%2520Lonsdale%2520MC%2520citation%252025%2520Oct%252040.pdf+Razmak+Brigade+Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgbmRnylPUFE70YivzdkUE_Ly7ivQc2AAQZYHYPFVZxv4MjZRuhTFdaUkXtd5mGDQzg0cGYAM1GPPog5-SNCLdfXAoB_1_qRNBR9oD0Hv0irnCTXyiUAd9xTE5UkHM1VwTwHPby&sig=AHIEtbRHE-okzAJVoYpplCsUHfeddEBqPg html version]
** Citation for the Military Cross: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment [https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/archive/citations/286889-13-lonsdale-mc-citation-25-oct-40jpg 69129 Lieutenant Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale], 14 November 1939 near Razmak.
*[http://storyofwar.com/about/ A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cisANLWVfAwJ:storyofwar.com/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au  Cached] URL)
*[http://storyofwar.com/about/ A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cisANLWVfAwJ:storyofwar.com/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au  Cached] URL)
**[http://storyofwar.com/category/waziristan-campaign-north-west-frontier-1938-1939/page/8/ Diary commences "January 2nd 1939–Razani–1st Leicestershire Regiment"] (scroll to bottom of page). At the top of each  page click on newer posts, but then scroll down to the bottom of the page to commence reading. Diary ends "September 14th 1939–Razani"
**[http://storyofwar.com/category/waziristan-campaign-north-west-frontier-1938-1939/page/8/ Diary commences "January 2nd 1939–Razani–1st Leicestershire Regiment"] (scroll to bottom of page). At the top of each  page click on newer posts, but then scroll down to the bottom of the page to commence reading. Diary ends "September 14th 1939–Razani"

Revision as of 14:33, 19 April 2018

Crest of 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

Four hundred and twelve men volunteered to remain in India in 1823, when the regiment returned to England. It lost in India one thousand and twenty-one men by disease and killed in action; and four hundred and twelve were invalided.[1]

Regimental journal

The Green Tiger is the journal of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, first published 1904. Available to read online from the website of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment

External links

Historical books online

Other

Scroll to the article "A Military Execution in India" by Ray Beck in The Kipling Journal December 2009 pages 22-30. This article gives an account of the execution by hanging of No.2638 Private George Flaxman of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Lucknow on 10 January 1887, including an eyewitness account, “for the wilful murder of Lance Sergeant William Carmody of the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Ranakit on or about the 9th of September 1886” kiplingjournal.com

References

  1. Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot, page 37 and page 38