Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848

Richard Cannon

CONTENTS

PLATES.

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS

GENERAL ORDERS.

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION TO THE INFANTRY.

HISTORICAL RECORD

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS (2)

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

More detail can be found at the end of the book.

BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IV^TH.
and under the Patronage of
Her Majesty the Queen.

HISTORICAL RECORDS,
OF THE
British Army
Comprising the
History of every Regiment
IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
By Richard Cannon Esq^re.
Adjutant Generals Office, Horse Guards.
London
Printed by Authority:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1688,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1848.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,

30, CHARING-CROSS.

MDCCCXLVIII.

LONDON. PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

THE SEVENTEENTH,

THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT,

BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR

"THE ROYAL TIGER;"

WITH THE WORD

"HINDOOSTAN,"

AS A LASTING TESTIMONY OF THE EXEMPLARY CONDUCT OF THE REGIMENT
DURING ITS SERVICE IN INDIA FROM
1804 TO 1823;

AND THE WORDS

"AFFGHANISTAN," "GHUZNEE," AND "KHELAT,"

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN AFFGHANISTAN,
THE STORMING OF GHUZNEE, AND THE CAPTURE OF KHELAT,
IN THE YEAR 1839.

SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.

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