The Leicestershire Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Leicestershire_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Royal_New_Brunswick_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Regiment
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross gptkb:John_Hannah
gptkb:Robert_Cruickshank
gptkb:William_Buckingham
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Burma_1944–45
gptkb:Ypres_1917
gptkb:Waterloo
gptkb:Somme_1916
gptkb:South_Africa_1899–1902
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:formed 1688
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Leicester
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Leicestershire Regiment
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment
gptkbp:motto None officially
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Tigers
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Sir_John_Moore
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:17th_Regiment_of_Foot
gptkbp:regimentalColour Royal Blue and Gold
gptkbp:regimentalDepot gptkb:Leicester
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia gptkb:Royal_Tiger
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Auld_Lang_Syne
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:Newarke_Houses_Museum
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment
gptkbp:type line infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Battalion,_The_Royal_Anglian_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6