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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 | ||
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| + | == 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]] | ||
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== 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
- 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
- 1837 Khelat
- 1837 Poona
- 1837 Poona
- 1837 Poona
- 1837 Poona
- 1837 Poona
- 1837 Poona
