1st Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Columns 65, 84: 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment : Columns 47, 74: 7th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment: Support: 54th Field Company Royal Engineers : Medical Detachment : 16th British Infantry Brigade: Commander: Brigadier B.E. In 1964 1st Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment became 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment but was totally disbanded in 1975. A Company Tawau (Sabah) 250. 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment War Diary for the period. Royal Leicestershire Regiment - Wikipedia In 1964 the East Anglian Brigade was reorganised to become a single Regiment 'The Royal Anglian Regiment' of which the 'Vikings' became the 1st Battalion. Cap Badge. Thomas Murphy, Stoker 1c. They proceeded to France on the 10th of September 1914, landing at St Nazaire. History of the Regiment (1/5) - Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment were in Fermoy when war broke out in August 1914. Loughborough Roll of Honour - 2nd Boer War F-Z Book from Project Gutenberg: The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. 1st March to 30th May 1944. 9 March 1932 Prince of Wales attends army rugby . 20/10/14. "Entraining Roll;", transcribed below. See Annual Return 2015. See Annual Return 2015. In September 1917 the 1st Leicesters completed front and support line trench tours at Hill 70, Les Brebis and Cité St. Pierre. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Killed in action Wednesday 4th August 1915. 17 November 1915 : transferred to 71st Brigade in same Division. First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878 . £44.99 The 1st Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment in Action. Salonica. Pte Walter Stanley Peck, 33072, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Belgium on October 1st, 1917. It landed in Normandy on 3 July 1944, came under command of 147th Brigade of the 49th Division. Took up a defensive position on line RUE DU BOIS - Railway bridge over river immediately by L. of LE MAR DE FE. BROWN, J.W. As part of 4th Army, XIV Corps, 6th Division, 71st Brigade, the 1st Bn. 7709 Corporal R. B. Bullimore, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. August 1917, converted into 9th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps. A744 John William Ellis, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, killed 23 October 1914. Formerly 6844, 3rd/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. L/Cpl Evan Jones, Kings Liverpool Regt. Duplicated ts roll (23pp) recording the fate of individual soldiers serving in the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 1942 - 1945, after the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and giving name, rank and number, date and place of capture or death or last known sighting and referring to prisoner of war camps in Singapore and on the Burma-Siam railway, with many of the ms annotations made by Lieut Pte. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 883 recorded WW1 deaths for the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Private, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (25828). 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Trefcon British Cemetery B39 Castle Hill, Christ Church, Soar Valley Centre . Pre-owned Pre-owned Pre-owned. Alderman Jonathan North becomes Lord Mayor of Leicester. Cap Badge. 2nd Battalion 04.08.1914 Stationed at Ranikhet, India as part of the Garhwal Brigade of the Meerut Division. A738 Sergeant William Smart of Cleethorpes, wounded 13 October 1915. 4th Battalion (Leicestershire) Formed 1 September 1964 by redesignation of 1st Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment . At some point in late 1917 or early 1918 he was posted to the 1st Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment in France. NOVEMBER 1914 December 1914. Territorial Force Battalions. The Disposition of the 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, 1963/64. They were mobilsed with 16th Brigade and returned to England, where 6th Division concentrated near Cambridge for training. Born and resident Countesthorpe, enlisted Leicester. The Regiment continued to serve with credit in Flanders and took part in Marlborough's campaigns, fighting with great valour at Huy, Liege, Venloo and elsewhere. Pte. On 17th February 1900 he was transferred to the 1st Battalion as Private 6714 and sent to join the battalion in South Africa. October 1992 battalion merged with 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion. This Regimental Colour is one of the few of the old type still carried in the Army. History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War. 1st/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Charles McCrudden MM, Lord Strathconas Horse. Private 15873, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, who died of wounds on Monday 29th January 1917, Aged 24. Grice Frederick. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. C Company Lawas 85. - Remembering The Dead Of World War 1. Regimental Colour. A Mark IV (Male) tank of ‘H’ Battalion ditched in a German trench while supporting the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, one mile west of Ribecourt. Died: 7 September 1914. / (NAMES) / This tablet is erected by / The officers and soldiers / Of the Battalion. Up to 26 October 1917, this was known as 261st Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. . 1st Volunteers Leicestershire Battalion. Lieutenant Alexander Glen. By 1912 it was the "headquarters and H Company of the 5th Battalion, with a drill hall at Granby . Inscription legible? (d.10th July 1944) Hennefer William. 51st (Graduated) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. It existed as a separate unit until the 1st of September, 1916, and during those months successfully initiated all ranks in the ways of the regiment, and kept alive the spirit which has carried us through the Great War. All available to download. This includes the. Private, 2280. 5 Platoon Ba Kelalan 80. Kelly, 1900, lists: '1st Volunteer Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (H Company); head quarters, Drill hall.' Wright's 1899 directory places the drill hall in Granby street between German & German, Auctioneers, and the Public Baths, Queen's Park. The colour-pike still has the old spear-head top. Before that it had been 10th Battalion of the Training Reserve and up to September 1916 had been the 15th . Killed in action 15th September 1916, aged 30. 20 November 1917 He was sent to Infantry Base Depot No.12 before being posted on to 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment on 06/11/1916. 1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion Formed at Easington in May 1916. Post-WW II the Regiment saw service in Korea, Germany, Sudan, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Brunei, Borneo, Aden, Malta and Libya. The fallen from Ratby, Leicestershire 1939-1945 Private Wilfred Muir Service No: 4865518 Regiment/Service: 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Died: 12/02/1942 Aged: 21 Theatre of War: Malaya -. 6. (d.21st Oct 1944) Ellis Albert. In its early years, like other regiments, the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment #203533. Albert Cornish 1st Devons. OCTOBER 1914 5 November 1914. Royal Engineers. The Prince of Wales motored to the Command Sports Ground at Aldershot and saw the Army Rugby final between the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment . Hugh can be contacted via his website at: hugh@southirishhorse.com. 10 Platoon Pensiangan 100. Nigel Atter introduces his new book on the campaigns of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment between 1914 and 1918. The battalion were involved in the fighting during the Battle of Lys when the German field army attempted to break through to the Channel ports. 11 Platoon Sepulot 100 Used: An item that has been previously used. This figure includes the records for the 1st/4th, 2nd/4th & 3rd/4th Battalions. 1 Sep 64: Renamed 4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Leicestershire) upon formation of 'large' regiment from East Anglian Brigade 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment 1945.10 5. DE8880. Pte. Trooper Idwal Davies, 5th Light Horse Regiment.Gallipoli. The Battalion was Formed at Leicester in October 1915 by the Mayor and a local committee. English: A Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai, 20 November 1917. 8th (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment #G/1063. The type of information contained in these records includes: name of solider, age, birthplace, occupation, marital status, and regiment number. The 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment was a part of the 16th Infantry Brigade, which also included: 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment; 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment; 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey); and the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). In 1695 it won special distinction and its first Battle Honour for the gallant part all ranks played in the siege of Namur, a strongly fortified town which was deemed impregnable. Seeking information relating to the 11th Leicesters on the opening of the German spring offensive, any help appreciated Lance Corporal 41221 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918. Also, 1st/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Abner Foss 3593 and his brother John William Foss 3614. The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both World War I and World War II, before being amalgamated, in September 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East . DE8879. Retaking Trenches. 1st March to 30th May 1944. On 22nd January 1900 he attested to join the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment. History Soldier of 17th regiment, 1742 Colours of the regiment . With the accompanying Queen's Colour, it was presented at Weedon in 1849, and though repaired, is in a marvellous state of preservation. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (from july 1944, replacing 1/6th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Read more. Received orders at 4.30pm to go to east of BOULOGNE and come under orders of 17th Infantry Bde. Cpl. 1st Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment Cap Badge All white metal Slider Org. 71 Infantry Brigade: 1 Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. 9 November 1914. He joined the Leicestershire Regiment as Private 42642 and would have been sent for training. Age 27. Hugh can be contacted via his website at: hugh@southirishhorse.com. 2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Ranikhet. 1964 The 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment became the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 1975 disbanded Service in British India 1804 Fort William 1806 Bundelcund 1806 Cawnpore 1807 Fort Chumar 1807 Fort Comona 1808 Muttra 1810 Meerut 1813 Ghazipur 1814 Jutgurgh 1814 Nepal 1815 Ghazipur 1815 Ghazipur The Territorial infantry battalions, the 1/5th and 2/5th, both served in . 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment War Diary for the period. The 8th Battalion, formed in Leicestershire in 1940, changed its designation to 1st Battalion in May 1942, to replace and carry on the high tradition of the old 1st which was lost when Singapore fell. Leicestershire Regiment Print Email The 1st Battalion was stationed at Glencoe, in the north of Natal, when the war broke out. Left BOIS GRENIER at 10.00am. Legal status: Public Record (s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description. On 1 September 1964, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was amalgamated into The Royal Anglian Regiment, with 1st Battalion of the former becoming 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion of the new Large Regiment of Infantry. Welcome to WW1TIGERS. William Bruce Darby 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment St Sever Cemetery, Rouen A.19.29 Castle Hill, St Peter's (old and new plaques), St Peter's Verger's Cross Thomas Henry Dodge 2nd Battalion . 1st Battalion 04.08.1914 Stationed at Fermoy, Ireland as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division. 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 4th (2nd Leicester Town Rifles) Leicestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps vj day - remembering the 1st battalion leicestershire regiment taken pow 15th february 1942 A comprehensive record of the nine hundred and thirty four men who fought fanatical Imperial Japanese forces down the Malay peninsula only to be taken as prisoners of war at the fall of Singapore 15th February 1942. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Page 2 of 4 foot was injured or wounded. BAYES George Ernest Bayes - Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, 29th Battalion. Fergusson DSO: Column 99: HQ column: Columns 21, 22: 2nd . Lived in Wigston Street, Countesthorpe. Royal Army Medical Corps. The 11th Battalion were a service battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment. Interests: Pte Jack Griffin and Pte Oliver Chapman the 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. He was in charge of a picket, and was wounded by a shell in both legs and severely bruised by falling timber. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Foster, of 4, The Mount, Earl Shilton, Leicester. B Company Bangar 20. Memorial plaque in St. Andrew's Church, Countesthorpe. BAZELEY Albert Bazeley - East Kent Regiment Arthur Wilfred Bazeley - Royal Navy Edmund White Bazeley - Machine Gun Corps 5th Battalion - Norfolk Regiment 10th Battalion He was aged 24, single and a former employee of the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road. 1936-1944: copy photographs and citation for Thomas Johnson of the 1st Leicestershire Regiment. Territorial Force Battalions. This includes the. November 1915, disbanded February 1918) 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (to 71st Bde. 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment Leicestershire Regiment during WW1. UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920 This database contains service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who were discharged from the Army and claimed disability . Search thousands of identified photos, obituaries and service records of First World War officers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen and civilian workers. Pte., 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment George Ernest Challands Private, Lance-Sergeant 2843, 240790, 1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment; later 59811 16th Battalion, Yorks and Lancaster Regiment 3/10607 Private W. Budworth, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. This battalion was a nursery and rest house for officers and men for the 1st Fifth. 148th Infantry Brigade (1939-April1940) 1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (to December 1939) 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS / OF 1ST BATT-17th OF THE (LEICESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT / OF FOOT WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN / THE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN 1878 - 1879. "Entraining Roll;", transcribed below. Following training he was drafted to France, arriving on 05/11/1916. On 27 September 1688 a commission was issued to Colonel Solomon Richards to raise a regiment of foot in the London area. The Royal Tiger badge was, as was the custom at the time, awarded in 1825 for long loyal service in India. the leicestershire regiment in the great war Each battalion is treated separately. Britain Formally Declares War on Turkey. - Leicestershire Regiment 12 Battalion - Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion. 51st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Born Manton, enlisted Leicester, resident Wymondham. In 1891 Harry, aged 14, was an engine fitter's apprentice. The 1st Battalion was fighting in the 2nd Boer War. Courtesy of Steve Bramley. Am looking forward to researching their lives and learning as much as possible about their time in service. 1915 He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Croix de Guerre for conspicuous gallantry. 12.10.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Marseilles and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Have just discovered 2 relatives, brothers, served in the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Pearson Edward 12/746 Private 01/07/1916 12th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Memorial Cross/Vicarage Wall/Holy Trinity Church Barrow upon Soar, Leics Peregrine John P. P. - Lieutenant 01/07/1916 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial/St Guthlac's Church Branston by Belvoir, Leics Potter John Kesteven 103834 Sapper 01/07/1916 154th Field Company Royal Engineers Carillon Tower . 51st (Graduated) Battalion Up to 26 October 1917, this was known as 261st Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. 1ST BATTALION LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT LANDED IN NORMANDY 3RD JULY 1944 LEICESTER'S CASUALTIES NORMANDY - 23RD AUGUST 1944 The 8th battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, formed from the 50th holding battalion at Burbage, Hinckley during 1940, made up mainly of war time conscripts, was posted to Norfolk in the early days of World War Two. September 1914 He was sent to France with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. 9 Platoon Long Pasia 70. (d.12th February 1942) Bonnington Robert James. The Leicestershire Regiment Battle Honours the Great War 1914-1918. Died: 6 June 1918 . The first entry appears in the book for 34 Casualty Clearing Station which was located at Tincourt, near Peronne (Casualty Clearing Stations were part of the casualty evacuation chain, further back from the front line than the First Aid Posts and Field Ambulances). Pte. Commemorated at Thiepval. Born Enderby, Leicester. Regimental uniform, 1840s . The Regiment raised a total of 19 Battalions during the course of the First World War and served in France and Flanders, Mesopotamia and Palestine, losing approximately 6,000 men throughout the war. Pte 9345 Walter Pallet 1st battalion Leicestershire Regiment, Walter had been born in Sutton Cheney Leicestershire in 1895 and enlisted into the Regiment in 1912, he. COM This website is a tribute to all those brave men who were members of the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great war of in which 7, 028. 1st Battalion fought on the Western front, arriving in France with 6th Division in September 1914; 2nd Battalion came from India with Meerut Division, fought on Western front, in Mesopotamia and Palestine Pte. Leicestershire Regiment, were involved in varying actions during the latter . Lt Tudor Davies MC. In 1880 the Administrative Battalion was consolidated as the 1st Leicestershire RVC, and the following year, as part of the Childers reforms, it became the Volunteer Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, changing its title three years later to 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for. Unit Location Distance from HO. Subtitle omitted 1 July 1968. Private Henry John Gould. The 1st Battalion diary entries 20th - 23rd October 1914. See the seller's listing for full details and . Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot.In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named the 9th Regiment of Foot.. (d.21st Oct 1944) Doughty Wayne James Clarence. 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Bellamy, of Wymondham, Oakham. Barnes Cyril Arthur. T4/036322 Driver P. Burberry, Army Ser-vice Corps. 1930: printed photograph album of the 1st Battalion at Ambala, India. Part of 16th Brigade, 6th Division. The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. It thus formed part of the brigade of General Penn Symons, the other battalions being the 1st King's Royal Rifles, 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, and 2nd Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 21 September 1916 . The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both World War I and World War II, before being amalgamated, in September 1964. yes Commemorations. Mark IV (Male) "Hyacinth" of H Battalion, stuck in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai. 12th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry #17740 20413 Corporal D. Burch (Special Reserve), Royal Army Medical . 1ST BATTALION LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT LANDED IN NORMANDY 3RD JULY 1944 LEICESTER'S CASUALTIES NORMANDY - 23RD AUGUST 1944 The 8th battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, formed from the 50th holding battalion at Burbage, Hinckley during 1940, made up mainly of war time conscripts, was posted to Norfolk in the early days of World War Two. When people consider the First World War they may think about the losses on the first day of the battle of the Somme or the atrocious conditions at Passchendaele. Hugh Vaugh, Military Researcher has kindly photographed the. Courtesy of Steve Bramley. Duplicated ts roll (23pp) recording the fate of individual soldiers serving in the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 1942 - 1945, after the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and giving name, rank and number, date and place of capture or death or last known sighting and referring to prisoner of war camps in Singapore and on the Burma-Siam railway, with many of the ms annotations made by Lieut In 1880 the Administrative Battalion was consolidated as the 1st Leicestershire RVC, of two battalions, and on 1 July the following year, as part of the Childers reforms, it became the Volunteer Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, changing its title in February 1883 to 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. A708 Sergeant Harold Lionel Matthews of Louth, B Company, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed 13 October 1915, aged 21. Private James Greechan. Lady Milne presenting prizes to the winning team the Welsh Regiment , with the Prince of Wales on the right . Date: 1917 Dec 1 - 1917 Dec 31. Battalions of the Regular Army. Private George William Norton of the 1/5th battalion, Leicestershire regiment dies of his . 19.08.1914 Moved to Cambridge. Hugh Vaugh, Military Researcher has kindly photographed the. 1st Battalion, Buffs (East Kent) Regiment; 1st Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment; 8th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (from 71st Bde. Doughty James Clarence. 5360 Serjeant W. N. Buddenn, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (attached 3rd Batta-lion) . 1st Volunteer Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment uniform button c 1883 ( a ) £9.99 + £17.34 P&P + £17.34 P&P + £17.34 P&P. Leicestershire Regiment uniform button. Soldiers Died in the Great War,1914-19: The Leicestershire Regiment: LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT: Battalion Unknown Anderson N M Lt : Short Record Of Service Barrington-Brown H Captain DSO : Photo Denny W A Pte : Short Record Of Service Dods W H G Lt : Photo Douglas G H Pte : Short Record Of Service Hinch F Pte : Short Record Of Service Locke A H Pte : Newspaper Photo Subtitle omitted 1 July 1968. The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both World War I and World War II, before being amalgamated, in September 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East . 24 November 1914. In 1963 the 1st Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment (nicknamed 'The Royal Tigers') joined the East Anglian Brigade. 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