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1688.09.27 |
Solomon
Richard's Regiment
raised in London |
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1688 |
England |
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1688.11 |
England |
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1689 |
England |
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1689.04 |
Ireland:
Jacobite war |
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1689.04 |
England |
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1694 |
Flanders |
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1697 |
Ireland |
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1698 |
Ireland |
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1701 |
Holland |
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1702 |
Flanders |
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1703 |
England |
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1704 |
Portugal |
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1704 |
Iberia |
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1708 |
England |
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1714 |
Ireland |
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1715 |
Scotland:
Jacobite war |
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1715 |
Scotland |
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1721 |
Ireland |
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1725 |
Minorca |
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1743 |
Minorca |
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1748 |
Minorca |
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1749 |
Ireland |
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1751.07.01 |
17th
Regiment of Foot |
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1757.05.05 |
at sea
(embarked at Cork) |
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1757 |
Nova Scotia:
Halifax |
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1757 |
French
and Indian war |
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1761 |
West
Indies |
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1762 |
North America |
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1763 |
North America |
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1767 |
England |
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1773 |
Ireland |
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1775.12 |
Massachusetts:
Boston |
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1776 |
American
revolution: northern campaigns |
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1781.04 |
at sea |
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1781.04 |
Virginia |
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1781 |
American
revolution: southern campaign |
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1781.10.19 |
captured
by the Americans at Yorktown and interned to 1783 |
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1783 |
Nova Scotia |
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1786 |
England |
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1787 |
Channel
Islands: Jersey |
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1788 |
England |
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1790 |
at sea |
service
as marines |
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1792 |
Ireland |
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1793 |
West
Indies (flank coys) |
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1795.11? |
at sea
(hat coys) |
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1796.05 |
Santo
Domingo |
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1798.10? |
Jamaica |
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1798 |
England
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1799.08 |
1st
Battalion, 17th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon formation of
2nd Battalion |
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1799 |
Holland:
Helder expedition |
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1799 |
England |
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1800 |
Minorca |
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1802 |
Ireland |
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1802.08 |
17th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon disbandment of
2nd
Battalion |
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1804 |
England |
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1804 |
India |
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1806 |
Bundelkund |
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1807 |
India |
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1808 |
Sutlej |
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1808 |
India |
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1814 |
Nepal |
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1815 |
India |
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1817 |
Mahratta
war |
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1817 |
India |
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1823 |
England |
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1826 |
Ireland |
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1829 |
England |
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1830 |
New South
Wales |
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1836 |
India |
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1839 |
Afghanistan |
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1841 |
Aden |
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1845 |
India |
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1847 |
England |
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1850 |
Ireland |
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1854 |
Gibraltar |
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1854 |
Crimea |
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1856 |
Canada:
Quebec, Montreal |
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1858.03.09 |
1st Battalion,
17th
Regiment of Foot
redesignated upon formation of
2nd Battalion |
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1861.11 |
Trent
Affair: Quebec, Montreal |
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1862 |
Canada:
Quebec, Montreal |
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1865 |
England |
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1867 |
Ireland |
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1870 |
India |
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1878 |
Afghanistan |
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1879 |
India |
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1881.07.01 |
1st
Battalion, The
Leicestershire Regiment |
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1881 |
India: Bengal |
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1882 |
England:
Aldershot |
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1888 |
Bermuda
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1891 |
Nova
Scotia: Halifax |
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1893 |
West
Indies |
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1895 |
South
Africa |
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1899 |
South
Africa |
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1902 |
India:
Madras |
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1904 |
Belgaum
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1906 |
England:
Shorncliffe |
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1910 |
Aldershot |
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1912 |
Ireland:
Fermoy |
16
Bde |
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1914.09.10 |
France
and Flanders |
6
Div |
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1919 |
UK |
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1920.01.17 |
Ireland: Athlone |
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1923.01 |
England:
Aldershot |
2
Bde |
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1925 |
Egypt
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1927.11 |
India:
Kemptee |
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1930 |
Ambala
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1933 |
Multan
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1935 |
Jubbulpore
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1936 |
NW
Frontier |
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1940 |
India |
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1941.02 |
Malaya |
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1941.12.19 |
The
British Battalion, formed at
Singapore by temporary amalgamation with 2nd
Bn, The East Surrey Regiment,
due to heavy casualties |
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1941.12 |
Malaya |
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1942.02.15 |
captured
by the Japanese at Singapore |
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1942.05.28 |
re-formed
in UK by redesignation of 8th Battalion |
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1942.05 |
UK |
49
Inf Div |
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1944.09 |
NW
Europe |
49
Inf Div |
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1945 |
Germany
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1946.11.28 |
1st
Battalion, The
Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
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1947. |
UK |
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1949 |
Hong
Kong |
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1951.10 |
Korea
|
29 Inf
Bde Gp |
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1952.06 |
Germany:
Iserlohn |
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1955 |
Sudan
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1955.10 |
Cyprus
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1956.01 |
UK? |
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1957.05 |
Germany:
Münster |
6 Bde |
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1961 |
Malta
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1963 |
Hong Kong
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1964.03 |
England:
Tidworth |
5 Bde |
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1964.09.01 |
4th
Battalion, The
Royal Anglian Regiment (Leicestershire)
redesignated upon formation of "large"
regiment from East
Anglian Brigade |
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1965.02 |
Aden
|
Aden Bde |
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1965.08 |
Malta |
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1968.07.01 |
4th
Battalion, The
Royal Anglian Regiment |
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1968.07 |
UK |
2 Bde |
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1969.08 |
Persian
Gulf |
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1970.10.01 |
reduced
to Tiger Company |
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1970? |
UK? |
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1975 |
disbanded |
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