Welcome to the 17th Regiment of Foot! We are a community that plays Mount and Blade Napoleonic Wars. We also like to play other games and chill out in the teamspeak. The 17th consist of members that have previously been in the 99th, 34th, and the 6th. We have gone through hardships and are now just getting on our feet.
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History
The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964. On 27 September 1688 a commission was issued to Colonel Solomon Richards to raise a regiment of foot. From 1688 to 1751 the regiment was known by the name of its various colonels. The regiment saw service in the Flanders from 1694 to 1697, before moving to Ireland. In 1701 the regiment moved to the continent of Europe, and took part in the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1709 the unit returned to England, moving to Minorca in 1725.
In 1751 a royal warrant assigned numbers to the regiments of the line, and the unit became the 17th Regiment of Foot. It saw service during the French and Indian War at Louisbourg in 1758, Ticonderoga in 1759, and in Caribbean engagements in 1761 and 1762. Following that war it also saw duty during Pontiac's Rebellion before eventually returning to England in 1767. The 17th were again in service during the American War of Independence, landing in Boston on New Year's Day 1776. The regiment's performance at the Battle of Princeton was commemorated in the addition of an unbroken laurel wreath to its insignia. Several companies were captured at the Battle of Stony Point by a daring night-time bayonet charge by "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The regiment moved to Nova Scotia before returning to England in 1786.
A royal warrant dated 31 August 1782 bestowed county titles on all regiments of foot that did not already have a special designation "to cultivate a connection with the County which might at all times be useful towards recruiting". The regiment became the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot.
The regiment was increased to two battalions in 1799 and both battalions served in the Netherlands before the second was disbanded in 1802. In 1804 the 17th moved to India, and remained there until 1823. In 1825 the regiment was granted the badge of a "royal tiger" to recall their long service in the sub-continent.[1] The Regiment was posted to New South Wales from 1830-1836.[2]
The regiment returned to India in 1837, and then took part in the First Afghan War from 1838 to 1842. The 17th next came under fire in the Crimean War from 1854 to 1856.
Ranks
Rank Structure
Officers
Colonel : Col
Lieutenant Colonel : LtCol
Major : Maj
Captain : Capt
Lieutenant : Lt
NCOs
Master Sergeant : MSgt
Sergeant First Class : Sfc
Staff Sergeant : SSgt
Sergeant : Sgt
Enlisted
Corporal : Cpl
Private First Class : Pfc
Private : Pvt
Recruit
Recruit : Rct
Roster (19)
Commanding Officers
Colonel - Sync
Lieutenant Colonel - Grim
Major - Kpblake
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Corporal - Risky
Corporal- Danger_Powers
Private First Class - DarthPuncakes
Private First Class - Foomister
Private First Class - Amazing
Private - Dynasty
| | | | | | | | | | Recruits
Recruit - Sam
Recruit - SirJames
Recruit - KingMetal
Recruit - Zecmaster
Recruit - TotalWar
Recruit - Qman
Recruit - Wedodum
Recruit - Dupaim
Recruit - Polandball
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