The 17thFoot raised in 1688 as Richards regiment became the
Leicestershire Regiment in 1782.
1688.09.27 Solomon Richard's Regiment of Foot
raised in London; known until 1751 by the names of 8 other
colonels
1751.07.01 17th Regiment of Foot
1782.08.31 17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 The Leicestershire Regiment
reorganised as the county regiment of Leicestershire, encompassing
also its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below]
1946.11.28 The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1964.09.01 united with 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk
and Suffolk), 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's
Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), 3rd East Anglian
Regiment (16th/44th Foot), to form
The Royal Anglian Regiment
The royal tiger badge was as was the custom at the time awarded
for long loyal service in India. In 1964 it became 4th The
Royal Anglian Regiment but was totally disbanded in 1970.
The Colours are laid up in Leicester Cathedral.
Battle Honours WW1
The Great War (19 battalions): Aisne 1914 '18, La Bassée
1914, Armentières 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Neuve Chapelle,
Aubers, Hooge 1915, Somme 1916 '18, Bazentin, Flers-Courcelette,
Morval, Le Transloy, Ypres 1917, Polygon Wood, Cambrai 1917
'18, St. Quentin, Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Albert
1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy,
St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders
1914-18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918, Tigris
1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-18
Battle Honours WW2
The Second World War: Norway 1940, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal,
Scheldt, Zetten, North-West Europe 1944-45, Jebel Mazar, Syria
1941, Sidi Barrani, Tobruk 1941, Montagne Farm, North Africa
1940-41 '43, Salerno, Calabritto, Gothic Line, Monte Gridolfo,
Monte Colombo, Italy 1943-45, Crete, Heraklion, Kampar, Malaya
1941-42, Chindits 1944
Maryang-San, Korea 1951-52
Victoria
Crosses by Iain Stewart
Museum
of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Leicester (Army Museums
Ogilby Trust)
Deployment
1st Battalion
1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire
Regiment
1881 India: Bengal
1882 England: Aldershot
1888 Bermuda
1891 Canada: Halifax, NS
1893 West Indies
1895 South Africa
1899 South Africa
1902 India: Madras
1904 Belgaum
1906 England: Shorncliffe
1910 Aldershot
1912 Ireland: Fermoy 16 Bde
1914.09.10 France and Flanders 6 Div
1919 UK
1920.01.17 Ireland: Athlone
1923.01 England: Aldershot 2 Bde
1925 Egypt
1927.11 India: Kemptee
1930 Ambala
1933 Multan
1935 Jubbulpore
1936 NW Frontier
1940 India
1941.02 Malaya
1941.12.19 The British Battalion, formed at Singapore by temporary
amalgamation with 2nd Bn, The East Surrey Regiment, due to
heavy casualties
1941.12 Malaya
1942.02.15 captured by the Japaneseat Singapore
1942.05.28 re-formed in UK by redesignation of 8th Battalion
1942.05 UK 49 Inf Div
1944.09 NW Europe 49 Inf Div
1945 Germany
1946.11.28 1st Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1947. UK
1949 Hong Kong
1951.10 Korea 29 Inf Bde Gp
1952.06 Germany: Iserlohn
1955 Sudan
1955.10 Cyprus
1956.01 UK?
1957.05 Germany: Münster 6 Bde
1961 Malta
1963 Hong Kong
1964.03 England: Tidworth 5 Bde
1964.09.01 4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Leicestershire)
redesignated upon formation of "large" regiment
from East Anglian Brigade
1965.02 Aden Aden Bde
1965.08 Malta
1968.07.01 4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
1968.07 UK 2 Bde
1969.08 Persian Gulf
1970.10.01 reduced to Tiger Company
1975 disbanded
2nd Battalion
1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire
Regiment
1881 India: Bombay
1882 Jubbulpore
1885 Lucknow
1888 Burma
1890 England: Warley
1893 Chatham
1896 Ireland: Cork
1898 Curragh
1899 Egypt
1902 Guernsey
1904 England: Colchester
1906 India: Belgaum
1910 Madras
1912 Rhaniket
1914.11 France and Flanders 7 Ind Inf Div
1915.11.16 Egypt
1915.12 Mesopotamia
1918.01.22 Egypt
1918.06 Palestine
1918 Syria
1919.09.06 India
<1922> Delhi
1923.11 Sudan
1925 England: Colchester
1927 Germany Army of Occupation
1929 England: Catterick
1932 Northern Ireland: Londonderry
1936 England: Aldershot 5 Bde
1938 Palestine
1940 Middle East Corps Troops
1941 Middle East 6 Inf Div
1941.06.17 Syria 16 Bde, 6 Inf Div
1941.09.19 Middle East 6 Inf Div
1941 Crete Creforce (14 Inf Bde)
1942.03 India/Burma
1944.10 Burma/India 36 Inf Div
1945.01.01 absorbed 7th Battalion
1945.01 India
1945.08 India
1946.11.28 2nd Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1946.11 India
1948.06.06 disbanded (technically "amalgamated"
with 1st Battalion)
