1688-89. Colonel Solomon Richards' Regiment of Foot.
1689-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot (in 1702 Colonel
Holcroft Blood).
1751-82. The 17th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Leicestershire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1693-97. Flanders.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1702-4. Germany.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Huy.
1702. Liége.
1704-9. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisbourg.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1775-81. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1796. San Domingo.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
*1804-23. Hindoostan.
*1839. Afghanistan.
*1839. Ghuznee.
*1839. Khelat.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1878-79. Afghanistan.
*1878. Ali Masjid.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Greyish-white facings (1688-1790); Scarlet
and White facings (from 1790).
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Tiger within a Wreath,"
superscribed "Hindoostan" (for services in India from 1804-23).
NICKNAMES.--(1) "The Bengal Tigers" (from its badge); (2) "The
Lily-whites" (from its facings).
NOTES.--Mainly raised near London: twelve regiments in all were
formed in 1688, but this and The 16th (The Bedfordshire) are
alone in commission now.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 17th, or Leicestershire
Regiment._ 1688-1848. [London: Parker. 1848.]
The Royal Irish Regiment,