Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Romaika, 1772 and a Hunting Call. This combination of three tunes has been in use since at least the beginning of the 20th Century: 'Romaika' is believed to be a Greek country dance tune and was authorised in 1882. '1772' was an adaptation from an old English air of that period. 'A Hunting Call' is an old Leicestershire hunting song, originally used by The Leicestershire Militia.
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as the Nine Years War, War of Spanish Succession, Seven Years War, American Revolutionary War, First Anglo Afghan War, Crimean War, Great War, World War I and World War II. In 1964 the regiment was amalgamated into the Royal Anglian Regiment, of which B Company of the 2nd Battalion continues the lineage of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
Performed by the Band of the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment (I think)
The painting is of German Paratroopers landing on top of the 2nd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment in Crete, 20 May 1941 by Terence Tenison Cuneo.
Romaika, 1772 and a Hunting Call. This combination of three tunes has been in use since at least the beginning of the 20th Century: 'Romaika' is believed to be a Greek country dance tune and was authorised in 1882. '1772' was an adaptation from an old English air of that period. 'A Hunting Call' is an old Leicestershire hunting song, originally used by The Leicestershire Militia.
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as the Nine Years War, War of Spanish Succession, Seven Years War, American Revolutionary War, First Anglo Afghan War, Crimean War, Great War, World War I and World War II. In 1964 the regiment was amalgamated into the Royal Anglian Regiment, of which B Company of the 2nd Battalion continues the lineage of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
Performed by the Band of the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment (I think)
The painting is of German Paratroopers landing on top of the 2nd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment in Crete, 20 May 1941 by Terence Tenison Cuneo.
