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Author : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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:
Author : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book A History of the Services of the 17th (the Leicestershire) Reigment written by Edward Arthur Howard Webb and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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ISBN 13 : 9781843420811
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (28 download)
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 2001-04-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This regimental history is a revision and continuation up to 1910 of the printed Historical Record of the 17th Foot, published in 1848, by Richard Cannon of the War Office. Cannon produced a series of regimental histories in the mid-nineteenth century. The regiment was raised in 1688 by Colonel Solomon Richards for King James II, but a year later allegiance was switched to William III; its first Battle Honour was Namur, in 1695. The regiment was in N America during the War of Independence, then it was sent to the W Indies in the Wars of the French Revolution. In 1804 it went to India where it remained for twenty years, gaining several battle honours. In 1825 King George IV approved of the regiment bearing on its colours and appointments the figure of the Royal Tiger with the word Hindoostan superscribed, as a lasting testimony of the exemplary conduct of the corps during the period of its service in India, from 1804 to 1823. Hence the regimental nickname The Tigers. It was in the Crimea for 18 months from the end of 1854, and at the Siege of Redan Cpl Philip Smith became the first member of the regiment to receive the newly instituted Victoria Cross. In 1858 the 2nd Battalion was raised, though there had been a 2nd Battalion for three short years, 1799 to 1802. The 1st Battalion saw service in the Boer War. The story ends in 1910 with the 1st Battalion in Aldershot with a strength of 801 all ranks, the 2nd was in India (1,031 all ranks) where it had been adjudged the best regiment at arms (British regiments) at the 6th Divisional Assault at Arms, Poona. The final chapter is devoted to uniforms, equipment and the Colours (of the eleven colour plates two depict the Colours and the rest uniforms). Appendices list the succession of Colonels and give biographical details; give an account of the Siege of Londonderry in 1689 and the Battle of Sherriffmuir in 1715 and details of regimental silver and regimental music
Author : Richard Cannon
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ISBN 13 : 9781331189312
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Historical Record of the Seventeenth, Or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot written by Richard Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848 His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British Army shall be published under the superintendence and direction of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall contain the following particulars, viz.: - - The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the Enemy. - The Names of the Officers, and the number of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and Date of the Action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : W. E. Underhill
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ISBN 13 : 9781843421771
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (217 download)
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.
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Total Pages : 277 pages
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Download or read book The Royal Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard 1779-1865 Cannon
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ISBN 13 : 9781371726607
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (266 download)
Download or read book HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 17TH written by Richard 1779-1865 Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cannon Richard 1779-1865
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355358282
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)
Download or read book Historical Record of the Seventeenth, Or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot written by Cannon Richard 1779-1865 and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Richard Cannon
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ISBN 13 : 9780243711635
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Historical Record of the Seventeenth, Or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot written by Richard Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. E. Underhill
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ISBN 13 : 9781847341426
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (414 download)
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:
Author : Harold Carmichael Wylly
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Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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:
Author : Robin Jenkins
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752465142
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (651 download)
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.
Author : H. C. Wylly
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ISBN 13 : 9781843422013
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book History of the 1st and 2nd Battalions written by H. C. Wylly and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold Carmichael Wylly
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Total Pages : 215 pages
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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 2002 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur S. White
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 178150539X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army written by Arthur S. White and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Author : James O'Malley
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ISBN 13 : 9780857069818
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (698 download)
Download or read book With the Bengal Tigers in the Crimea written by James O'Malley and published by . This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At war against the Russians in the Victorian era This book, originally entitled, The Life of James O'Malley, gave few clues as to its content. In fact, it is an engaging eye-witness account of the war in the Crimea, with all of its attendant privations, savage violence and disease, as experienced by an ordinary British infantryman, told in simple but graphic detail. O'Malley joined the Leicestershire regiment, the 17th Foot-known proudly as the Royal Bengal Tigers-following exemplary service in India. The regiment was stationed in O'Malley's native Ireland and he there enlisted and learned the fundamentals of a good soldier of the grenadier company. The Crimean War saw his regiment sent to the trenches before Sebastopol and O'Malley's descriptions of the conflict there will strike all readers of military history as tellingly reminiscent of the trench warfare of the Great War some 60 years later. The British Army during this campaign was woefully ill equipped to fight a campaign in the Crimea, as most students will know, and O'Malley's descriptions of the conditions he and his comrades endured particularly from the encroaching winter are most poignant. O'Malley's book was poorly produced in its original edition and has been substantially re-worked by the Leonaur editors for modern readers. The original title of the work perhaps guaranteed its comparative obscurity so it will be welcomed as a new addition to the libraries of those interested in the period. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Author : Hal T. Shelton
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814780393
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution written by Hal T. Shelton and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life and military of a neglected hero of the American Revolution—General Richard Montgomery "Brave, humane, and generous . . . still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country."—Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon hearing of General Richard Montgomery's death in battle against the British At 3 a.m. on December 31, 1775, a band of desperate men stumbled through a raging Canadian blizzard toward Quebec. The doggedness of this ragtag militia—consisting largely of men whose short-term enlistments were to expire within the next 24 hours—was due to the exhortations of their leader. Arriving at Quebec before dawn, the troop stormed two unmanned barriers, only to be met by a British ambush at the third. Amid a withering hale of cannon grapeshot, the patriot leader, at the forefront of the assault, crumpled to the ground. General Richard Montgomery was dead at the age of 37. Montgomery—who captured St. John and Montreal in the same fortnight in 1775; who, upon his death, was eulogized in British Parliament by Burke, Chatham, and Barr; and after whom 16 American counties have been named—has, to date, been a neglected hero. Written in engaging, accessible prose, General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution chronicles Montgomery's life and military career, definitively correcting this historical oversight once and for all.
