REMEMBER A TIGER TODAY: Captain James Charles VANNER, died on 19th March 1919 buried at Poole (Branksome) Cemetery, Dorset

Welcome to the official web site of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

This site provides an online presence for all matters of interest connected with the Regiment, which was founded in 1688 and served with distinction around the world until being merged into The Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964. You can learn about the Royal Tigers' Association, our Regimental Museum and the wider Regimental family.

You can use the site as an information resource, learn about forthcoming events and as a method of communicating with us, with friends of the Regiment and anyone interested in perpetuating the heritage of our great county regiment.

What are you looking for?

If you are researching your family, the site gives you access to over 65,000 records of former members of the Regiment. It is being continuously updated, so if you have information about any former soldier, please contact us .

This is our searchable database of the many medals and awards won by members of the Regiment and which are held in the Regimental Museum. Their citations, where we have them, can be viewed.

Here you can view and search all past editions of the 'Green Tiger', the Regimental journal, first published in 1904.