Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Foot)

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	Royal Anglian Regiment (Later known as)
Date:	1757-2014
Places:	Leicestershire Leicestershire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Army > Infantry
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C27139 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O38228 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1769-1960s: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7700	See 22D63
2	1879-1919: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE2467
3	1915: letters	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE3695
4	1868-1919: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE3852
5	1899 - 1919: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE4220
6	1897 - 1903: ledger	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE4936
7	1900: diary	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5172
8	1941-42: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5231
9	1915-18: diary	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5674
10	1890-1995: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5757
11	1906-1980: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5806
12	1759-1961: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5834
13	1901-1995: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5891
14	1920-1992: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5935
15	1857-2000: records, incl papers rel to individual soldiers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5970	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
16	1757-1975: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE 6007	NRA 44672
17	1915-16: order book of the 2nd Battalion	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE6117	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
18	c1914-2002: Charitable Trust accounts, papers, maps	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE 6377	See Annual Return 2003
19	1916-1917: group photographs	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE6506	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
20	1941-45: papers of Major T. Biron relating to the Chindit force in Burma	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE 6565	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
21	1940-44: records of captain J D Berry of 1/5 and 2/5 battalions	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE 6568	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc See Annual Return 2004
22	19th-20th cent: additional records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE6767	See Annual Return 2005
23	c1918: photographs	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE 6824	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
24	1924-2005: roll of honour (1939-1945) and memorial books	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE6914	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc See Annual Return 2005
25	1897-1902: corresp	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	P114
26	1942: roll of first battalion	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	P143
27	1916-1918: papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	P170
28	1920-1949: registers of soldiers (incl soldiers serving since 1897), Militia register (1939), 6th (Home Defence) Battalion registers (1940-1941), Primary Training Wing, no. 50, Infantry Holding Depot and 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit registers (1940-1946), register of 'Transfers In' from the General Service Corps and register of 'Transfers In': 'Under and Over' (1937-1949)	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7190	See Annual Return 2007
29	c1899-2006: photographs, maps rel to South Africa, Lucknow, Burna and Korea and war diary of Captain S Brown rel to Norway (1940)	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7221	See Annual Return 2007
30	1943-1970: corresp concerning the proposed almalgamation of the regiment (1966-1970), maps of Crete(1943, 1962), war diary of service in Brunei and North Borneo (1963-1964) and historical notes for Underwood's history of the regiment	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7453	See Annual Return 2008
31	1848-1974: digest of services of 1st Battalion, war diary (Brunei and North Borneo), corresp rel to regimental commemoration, notes on proposed disbandment of the 4th Battalion, circulars and misc records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7687
32	1919-1945: photographs and misc records rel to army and home guard service of E C McNally	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7694
33	1768-2000: records, incl Malaya and Burma war diaries, corresp and photographs	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7700
34	c 1930-2009: photographs, incl Burma-Siam Railway war graves, corresp and misc records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7718
35	1877-2010: records incl certificates, photographs, files, etc.	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8002
36	1920-1939: photographs of Brigadier Frederick Thomas Russell Darley (c1901 - 1968) incl officers; men; groups, etc; roadblocks and burnt buildings in Ireland; relaxation in India & Egypt	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE7823
37	1888-2005: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8145	See Annual Return 2011
38	c1800-1995: scrapbook, history of 2nd btn, papers of Sergeant R E Twigg (2/5th Btn), 44th btn visitors' book, orders of services	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8244
39	1900-1990: records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for		See Annual Return 2012
40	1914-1976: 4th Leicesters Policy Committee minutes, with Officers' District Club minutes and membership list	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8696
41	1932-1937: photograph of troops in India, with images of Razmak and Chalweshti	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8869	See Annual Return 2014
42	records	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8894	See Annual Return 2015
43	1945-1993: records incl those rel to Royal Tigers Association	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE9064	See Annual Return 2015
44	c1879: copy photograph of Private John Pulford of the 17th Leicestershire Regiment	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8966	See Annual Return 2015
45	2014: copy photographs of the grave of John Faulks of the 17th Leicestershire Regiment	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE8968	See Annual Return 2015
46	1938: photographs	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
47	1916-1957: additions incl papers rel to Joseph William Garratt, and RSM Victor Forster	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE9370	See Annual Return 2017