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The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Regiment of Foot) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries before being amalgamated, in September 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) and the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) to form the present day Royal Anglian Regiment.
Performed by the Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Knellar Hall.
The painting is 'The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777' by John Trumbull.
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Regiment of Foot) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries before being amalgamated, in September 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) and the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) to form the present day Royal Anglian Regiment.
Performed by the Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Knellar Hall.
The painting is 'The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777' by John Trumbull.
