17 November 1915 : transferred to 71st Brigade in same Division. Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 1313 joined on the 13th January 1911 . The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Territorial) ceased to exist in 1971. Son of Frederick Warwick Waite & Jane Waite (nee Simpson) of "The Spinneys", Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK. The image will be credited to yourself and free for reuse for non-commercial purposes by others under the IWM Non Commercial Licence. DE6117 ... 2014: copy photographs of the grave of John Faulks of the 17th Leicestershire Regiment . In August 1940 all British troops were recalled from China and the Battalion was sent to Singapore for combat training headed by Lieutenant Colonel G.E. The 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment also known as (2 MERCIAN) is an infantry battalion of the British Army.The battalion is one of the newer battalions of the British Army being only formed in 2007.. History [edit | edit source]. 9 October 1914. Stone Inscription :- "He Lived God's PurposeTo Maintain And Passed To Live More Worthily Again". British soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment man a Bren gun in defences around Tobruk, Libya. Details of WO 95/3945/2; Reference: WO 95/3945/2 Description: 2 Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. The 1st Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment in Action. Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for . Swinton MC. Men of the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (46th Division) firing at German snipers and machine gunners on the edge of the Bois de Riquerval near Bohain, 10 October 1918. The heritage of Leicestershire’s County Regiment is currently carried forward by B (Leicestershire) Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment and by 2 (Leicestershire and Lincolnshire) Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (Army Reserve). 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment.... 1945.10: India: Oashan Camp, Poona: 72 Infantry Brigade. 1651) - title page. 2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment standing orders. 10th Apr 1941 Reliefs 1st Jan 1944 On the Move 2nd Jan 1944 Excerise 3rd Jan 1944 On the Move 4th Jan 1944 Excerise 5th Jan 1944 On the Move 6th Jan 1944 On the March 7th Jan 1944 Patrols 8th Jan 1944 On the March 9th Jan 1944 Excerise 2nd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment: Columns 51, 69: 51/69 Field Regiments, Royal Artillery (fighting as infantry) Columns 45, 54: 45th Reconnaissance Regiment (fighting as infantry) Support: 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers : Medical Detachment : 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade : Commander: Brigadier Lance E.C.M. Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for. Dec 45: India: Garrison Barracks, Bombay.. 28 Nov 46: Renamed 2nd Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment..... 2nd Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.... 1946.11.26: India: Garrison Barracks, Bombay .. Apr 47: India: Jalahalli, Bangalore. Welcome to the Champion Family! 1st Volunteer Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Cap Badge ,Wm,original condition. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter. They transferred to the Middle East and saw action in … Here are some sample regimental numbers and joining dates for the the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Lieutenant John Cridlan Barrett, VC, 1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Attack on Machine Guns in Forgan's Trench, 24 September 1918 Newarke Houses Museum. Emphasis 77th Indian Infantry Brigade. 24 November 1914. O.C. The author has undertaken extensive archival research and made use of previously unpublished primary … Welcome to the 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment! The database was originally provided by BBC Radio Leicester and is in the process of being expanded and updated. His interest in the 2nd Leicesters developed as a result of having the record office and members of the Leicestershire & Rutland the WFA branch on hand. eBay Marketplaces GmbH (of Helvetiastraße15-17, 3005, Bern, Switzerland) is authorised by the FCA to conduct credit broking for a restricted range of finance providers. 5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, & 12th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site; The Royal Anglian Regiment … Moved on 19 August 1914 to Cambridge and landed at St Nazaire on 10 September 1914. Condition is "Used". 1/5th Battalion August 1914 : in Loughborough. Private 13313, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment: 17 and 71 Columns 51/69 Field Regiment Royal Artillery: 51 and 69 Columns (infantry columns made up of R.A. personnel) 45th Reconnaissance Regiment: 45 and 54 Columns (infantry columns made up recce units) 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: support . Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918. Catalogue description 2 Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Ordering and viewing options £3.50 - sign in to get this free; Download format PDF; Approximate size 60 MB; Add to basket; Order up to 10 items per basket, and up to 100 in a 30 day period. Search Leicestershire Regiment Men Who Died in World War 1 and 2: This database contains details of the men who served in the Leicestershire Regiment and died during the First and Second World Wars. WILLETT: Gerald Percy . If you have a photograph of this war memorial, please send it to memorials@iwm.org.uk for inclusion on the Register. 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