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Book Synopsis The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, 17th Foot. A History of the Years 1928 to 1956. Editor, Brigadier W.E. Underhill. [With Plates and Maps.]. by : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
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:
Book Synopsis The Royal Leicestershire Regiment by : Robin Jenkins
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.
Book Synopsis The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, 17th Foot by : W. E. Underhill
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.
Book Synopsis Notes on the history of the Leicestershire regiment by : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
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:
Book Synopsis A History of the Services of the 17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment by : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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:
Book Synopsis The Royal Leicestershire Regiment by : H. A. Crick
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:
Book Synopsis Marching with the Tigers by : Michael Goldschmidt
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.
Book Synopsis Royal Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot by : W. E. Underhill
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:
Book Synopsis The Tigers by : John Michael Kane Spurling
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:
Book Synopsis Tigers at Dunkirk by : Matthew Richardson
Download or read book Tigers at Dunkirk written by Matthew Richardson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this compelling new study of the disastrous 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, Matthew Richardson reconstructs in vivid detail the British Army's defeat as it was experienced by the soldiers of a single battalion, the 2nd/5th Leicesters. These men typified the ill-equipped, under-trained British battalions that faced the Blitzkrieg and the might of Hitler's legions. They were thrown into a series of desperate, one-sided engagements that resulted in a humiliating retreat, then evacuation from Dunkirk. This is their story"--Publisher's description.
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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:
Book Synopsis A History of the Services of the 17th (the Leicestershire) Reigment by : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, the Leicestershire Regiment, in the Great War by : Harold Carmichael Wylly
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 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 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:
Book Synopsis Historical Record of the Seventeenth, Or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot by : Richard Cannon
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:
Book Synopsis A History of the Services of the 17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment by : Edward Arthur Howard Webb
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
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