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The Leicestershire Regiment were nicknamed "The Tigers"
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 1/4th Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 1/5th Battalion
- 2/5th Battalion
- 3/4th
- 3/5th Battalion
- 6th (Service) Battalion
- 7th (Service) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 10th (Reserve) Battalion
- 11th (Service) Battalion (Midland Pioneers)
- 12th (Reserve) Battalion
- 14th (Service) Battalion
- 13th (Labour) Battalion
- 1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
- 51st (Graduated) Battalion
- 52nd (Graduated) Battalion
- 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
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Those known to have served with The Leicestershire Regiment during The Great War
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- Pte. Vernon Aubry Body 1st/4th Btn. (d.18th Oct 1915) Read his Story.
- Pte. Algernon Alfred Casterton 1st Battalion (d.30th Nov 1917) Read his Story.
- Fredrick Ambrose Clarke Read his Story.
- Pte. William Drury 2/5th Btn. D Coy. Read his Story.
- Pte. James Foster Read his Story.
- Sjt. John Geary Read his Story.
- Cpl. Arthur "Buzzer" Marriott 1/7th Btn. Read his Story.
- Pte. Alfred Marston 1/5th Battalion (d.8th Aug 1916) Read his Story.
- Cpl. Williams Henry Moreby DCM. 1st Btn. (d.25th Oct 1914) Read his Story.
- Dick Muggleton 2/4th Btn. (d.17th Apr 1918) Read his Story.
- Private Arthur Munton Read his Story.
- A/Cpl. Arthur Munton Read his Story.
- Pte. George Smart 7th Btn. (d.1st Oct 1917) Read his Story.
Private Arthur Munton Leicestershire Regiment
I am trying to establish if the royal leicestershire regiment fought at the third battle of ypres - passchendale from the information i have been able to obtain i know my grandfather was enlisted with the royal leicesterdshire regiment and i understand he was wounded several times in some of the key battles of WW1 he always said that passchendale was the worse and i assumed he was there was he?
Cpl. Williams Henry Moreby DCM. 1st Btn. (d.25th Oct 1914)
William Henry Moreby was a serving police officer in the Leeds City Police and enlisted at the outbreak of war. He was awarded the DCM and died on 25th October 1914 and is remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial panel 4
Pte. George Smart 7th Btn. Leicester Regiment (d.1st Oct 1917)
George Smart joined the Army in 1909, he married Mary Elizabeth Garner from Glenfield Leicester in 1915. George was killed in action on the 1st October 1917and is remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot memorial.
Pte. Alfred Marston 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1916)
Alfred Marston is buried at Warlincourt Cemetery, I would like to know which battle would he have been involved in? I am also trying to locate a photo of his grave.
Sjt. John Geary Leicestershire Regiment
My great great uncle John Geary was born in Mountsorrel, he joined up on 3rd January 1915.
A/Cpl. Arthur Munton Leicestershire Regiment
My grandfather was Arthur Munton who died at 'Dooraville' in Belmesthorpe Lincs in 1966 when I was thirteen. As we approach Rememberance Day it ony serves to reinforce my determination to find more about what he did in WW1 and in particular at the Third Ypres Passchendale and it is my intention to visit the battlefield sometime next year
As part of my research I have found what I believe is my grandfathers general service medal it is inscribed with THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914 - 1919 and around the edge of the medal is engraved 25881 it could be 25887 A.CPL.A.MUNTON.LEIC.R.
When I look back and attempt to recall what my grandfather told me about WW1 and his involvement he always described Passchendale in one word 'quagmire' having read some of the accounts and seen some photographs of this battle it seems an apt description
If anyone has any information that would assist me with my research I would much appreciate hearing from them
The only footnote I would add is an oddity but neverless a common thread when I talk to other people who are undertaking similar research is that my father would often tell me that my grandfather would recount stories of WW1 to me and yet not to him, why is this so?
Dick Muggleton 2/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.17th Apr 1918)
My Grandmother told me she remembers the soldiers going off to war, Dick Muggleton was her uncle, although he wasn't much older, he never came back, I'm not sure which battle he was in but there's a plaque in the church at Lyddington bearing his name.
Fredrick Ambrose Clarke Leicestershire Regiment
My Grandfather Fredrick Ambrose Clarke 1893-1974 joined the Leicestershire Regiment in 1914. I have no idea what battalion etc. except that I know he served in France in the trenches. Family history recalls that upon his arrival home at the end of the war he went into the garden and burnt all his medal and also his "cap" that he was given upon playing rugby for England Boys. He refused ever to speak of his time in the army. I have one regimental photo of 27 men including an officer, what is interesting is 4 of the men are holding puppies.
If anyone has any information pertaining to my grandfather I would love to hear from them.
Pte. James Foster Leicester Regiment
James Foster joined the Leicestershires in 1916, after the upper age limit was reduced. He was released after being gassed at the Somme. He had also served in Sherwood Foresters in the second Boer war.
Pte. Vernon Aubry Body 1st/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.18th Oct 1915)
Vernon Body (also spelt Boddy) was one of six sons. His father Harold Hermon Leopold also served in the war as did his older brothers Harold Valentine and Wilfred Reginald. His two youngest brothers, Clarence (my Grandfather) and Norman were too young to enlist.
A twin, Vernon and his brother Alwyne Victor signed up when they were sixteen, claiming they were nineteen. Vernon joined the army, Alwyne, the navy. Vernon enlisted with the 1st/4th Leicestershire Regiment on 12th November 1914. He was sent over to France 25th June 1915.
In September he was admitted to a field hospital with influenza. He was discharged 23rd September 1915 and three weeks later his battalion was given the task of attacking the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a German strongpoint near Bethune, France.
400 of the Battallion were killed and wounded, among them was Vernon who had gun shot wounds to the abdomen. He was admitted to the field hospital at Forquieres and he died from his wounds on 18th October, 1915.
He is buried at the Chocques Military Cemetery, memorial reference I.G.74 he had just turned 17 years.
Pte. Algernon Alfred Casterton 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regt (d.30th Nov 1917)
Cousin Algie (to my mother) always called at her parent's house prior to travelling home on leave during WWI. This was so that she and her sister could get him cleaned up before his mother saw him.
Initially he joined The Leicesters and then transferred to The Warwicks. He was wounded during an attack near Les Boeufs (halfway between Bapaume & The Somme) in October 1916 and subsequently killed, aged 25, by sniper fire on 30th November 1917. He lies in the Windmill British Cemetery at Monchy-le-Preux just to the east of Arras.
Cpl. Arthur "Buzzer" Marriott 1/7th Btn. London Regiment
Arthur Marriott was one of three Leicester pals who joined at same time,in March 1915. He was was attached to the Australian Diggers at Hill 60, then through Battle of Messines, being wounded in the knee & arm in 1917 near Croisilles. After the war he became an Engine driver on the railways.
H.C. Wylly
More information on:History of the 1st and 2nd Battalions: The Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War
John Milne
This account is written primarily for those who served or whose relatives served in the battalion, which is a good thing as we get plenty of names and the details of daily life in the trenches, officer casualties and new arrivals are mentioned by name in the text other ranks by totals. A reprint of the 1935 original.More information on:Footprints of the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment: August 1914 to November 1918
J.D. Hills
This battalion history, based essentially on the War Diary supplemented by contributions from various battalion members. There is plenty of meat in this history, detailed accounts of actions and events in and out of the trenches, names of officers and other ranks, list of honours and awards.More information on:Fifth Leicestershire: A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, TF, During the War 1914-1919
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