17th Regiment of Foot

Known as Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Chronology

1688 raised as Richard's Regiment of Foot
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