Download or read book The Royal Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot A History of the Years 1928 to 1956 Editor Brigadier W E Underhill With Plates and Maps written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Leicestershire Regiment and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal Leicestershire Regiment written by Robin Jenkins and published by History Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses artwork and historic photographs to tell the story of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment. The regiment and its solders are seen at ease and on duty, in their finest full dress and in the remnants left by active service.

Download or read book Marching with the Tigers written by Michael Goldschmidt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the definitive final volume of the history of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Marching with The Tigers covers events in that Regiment and its successor, the 4th Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, over the years 1955-75. During this period the Battalions undertook overseas and operational tours in Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Borneo, Aden, Malta and Libya, Bahrain and Northern Ireland. Supported by seventeen maps and many black and white photographs, its lively text describes the Regular battalions activities up to the disbandment of Tiger Company in 1975, the Territorial Army battalions up to the disbandment of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Territorial) in 1971, the early years of the Leicestershire Companies in the 5th and 7th (Volunteer) Battalions The Royal Anglian Regiment, the Depot, the Museum, the Regimental Chapel in the Cathedral and Affiliations. The final chapter brings The Tigers History right up to the present day including Royal Tigers Wood and the dedication of the various national memorials commemorating the Regiment.Its numerous appendices contain a wealth of information such as lists of Honors and Gallantry Awards (including Long Service and Efficiency Decorations and Medals), Colonels and Commanding Officers and of those who commanded other units and formations, Late Entry Commissions and National Service Officers. Marching with The Tigers is not only comprehensive but lavish as well with the four Cuneo paintings, the cap badges and the Colors all displayed in color.

Download or read book The Royal Leicestershire Regiment written by H. A. Crick and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Services of the 17th the Leicestershire Regiment written by Edward Arthur Howard Webb and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot written by W. E. Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the history of the regiment begins in 1928 and covers all the battalions, beginning with the years between the wars with the 1st Battalion in India, where it was in action on the NW Frontier, and the 2nd Battalion, after a couple of years in Rhine Army, at home till 1938 when it was sent to Palestine. In 1936 the 4th (TA) Battalion was converted to AA, becoming 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) AA Battalion RE equipped with searchlights, while the 5th Battalion, as in the Great War, formed a second-line battalion, in May 1939, thus giving 1/5th and 2/5th Battalions. The bulk of the book is taken up with WWII and the parts played by the various battalions. It takes the campaigns in which the regiment was involved on a chronological basis describing the operations undertaken by whichever battalion was there. The last four chapters deal with the post-war period, mainly the 1st Battalion in Hong Kong, Korea, BAOR, the Sudan and Cyprus where the story ends.The regiment s part in WWII begins with the 1/5th in that short-lived and ill-fated campaign in Norway in April 1940, following which the battalion was converted to a pre-OCTU training unit in the UK. 2/5th, which was in 46th North Midland Division throughout the war, joined the BEF in May 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Subsequently it fought in Tunisia, Italy and Greece ending up in Austria where it was disbanded in May 1946. The 2nd Battalion moved from Palestine to the Western Desert in September 1940 as part of Wavell s Thirty Thousand which routed the Italians in the early stages of that campaign. In May 1941 it fought in Crete then in Syria against the Vichy French and finally in Tobruk. In March 1942 the battalion sailed for Colombo and then India where it was selected for the Chindits and fought in Burma in the long-range penetration role. Its war ended in India. The 1st Battalion began the war in India and in January 1941 it went to Malaya and was involved in the fighting withdrawal down the Malay peninsula to Singapore which surrendered on 15 February 1942. The battalion suffered heavy casualties during the retreat and on 20 December 1941 it was amalgamated with the 2nd E Surrey to form The British Battalion . There is a section on the experiences of this battalion in captivity. In June 1942 the 8th Battalion, formed in October 1940, was redesignated 1st Battalion and as such fought in NW Europe with 49th West Riding Division through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany.Finally, the 7th Battalion was raised in July 1940. This battalion went to India and was also chosen for the Chindits.

Download or read book Notes on the history of the Leicestershire regiment written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Leicestershire Regiment and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Tigers written by Mathew Richardson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2000-09-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major history of the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great war to be published since the 1930s. Weaving personal recollections with official accounts, it brings the character of the four battalions raised in Leicestershire vividly to life. There are over 200 photographs, many from private collections, maps and several appendices.

Download or read book Royal Leicestershire Regiment written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Royal Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot written by W. E. Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historical Record of the Seventeenth Or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot written by Richard Cannon and published by London : Parker, Furnivall & Parker. This book was released on 1848 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Tigers written by John Michael Kane Spurling and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the 1st 2nd Battalions the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War written by Harold Carmichael Wylly and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal Tigers written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Come on Tigers Being the Story of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment Compiled by Major A D Chilton Edited by Lt Col S D Field With Illustrations written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Leicestershire Regiment and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fighting Tigers written by Matthew Richardson and published by Pen & Sword. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than being a conventional regimental history, Fighting Tigers instead picks out fourteen classic actions and campaigns fought by men of the Leicestershire (later Royal Leicestershire) Regiment. These are some of the actions in which the bravery and determination shone through most clearly.