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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 — John Shaqi

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 1848Cannon, Richard

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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

Name: 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
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Leicestershire Regiment

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[Illustration:

  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:_]

  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.

  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,

  OR

  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.

CONTENTS

OF THE

HISTORICAL RECORD.

  YEAR                                                 PAGE

        INTRODUCTION

  1688  Formation of the Regiment in the vicinity of
          London                                          1

  ----  Solomon Richards appointed to be Colonel          2

  ----  Reported fit for duty, and marched to Windsor,
          Slough, Datchet, Staines, and Egham             -

  ----  Furnished a Guard at Windsor Castle, to His
          Majesty King James II.                          -

  ----  Revolution took place in Great Britain            -

  ----  King James II. proceeded to France                -

  1689  King William III. and Queen Mary elevated
          to the Throne                                   -

  ----  Regiment adhered to the Protestant interest       -

  ----  Embarked for Ireland with Ninth Foot to aid
          in the defence of Londonderry                   3

  ----  Returned to England, having failed to land at
          Londonderry                                     -

  ----  Colonel Richards deprived of his commission by
          King William III.                               -

  ----  Sir George St. George appointed Colonel           -

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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

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