Latest News from the Association
Loughborough Echo, Guarding Richard III
Posted on 28th Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Mel Gould, of Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum, took on the duty as the coffin lay in repose in Leicester Cathedral.. Read more.. Standing guard for Richard III - Loughborough Echo
Leicester Mercury, Seventy Years On
Posted on 27th Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
I thank reader Rae Birchall for this very poignant photo, which she took while on holiday a couple of years back. "My husband and I visited the Commonwealth.. Read more.. Seventy years on, we shall still remember them
Leicester Mercury, 3 times escapee
Posted on 24th Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Tonight marks 71 years since the famous wartime heroic Great Escape of 76 Allied prisoners from German prison camp, Stalag Luft III. But Leicestershire was not.. Read more.. Third time lucky for city's great escaper
Leicester Mercury, An Extraordinary Man
Posted on 21st Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
John Sheppard died 10 days ago, five months short of his 100th birthday. He was one of that great generation who, as a young man in the band of brothers of the.. Read more.. First Person: 'An ordinary man, an extraordinary life of service'
Leicester Mercury, picture back with family
Posted on 19th Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
A large framed photograph of a Leicestershire war hero found in a skip has been re-united with his family. Corine Taylor, of Earl Shilton, contacted the Mercury.. Read more.. Picture of First World War hero reunited with his family 100...
Leicester Mercury, VC honoured
Posted on 13th Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Dozens of people gathered in Countesthorpe today to witness the unveiling of a special paving slab dedicated to a Victoria Cross winner who grew up in the.. Read more.. Memorial stone dedicated to Victoria Cross winner Private William...
Leicester Mercury, Leicesters' in Norway
Posted on 3rd Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
In April, 1940, Leicestershire soldiers were the first British troops to combat their Nazi counterparts. It was an inglorious start to a struggle for supremacy.. Read more.. Second World War: The first British troops to engage the Nazis...
Leicester Mercury, Mr John Sheppard
Posted on 3rd Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
The first British soldier to destroy a German tank in the Second World War has died aged 99.John Sheppard, of Rothley, had landed with the Leicestershire.. Read more.. Tiger John Sheppard, the first British soldier to destroy a...
Captain Hills letters to be published
Posted on 2nd Mar 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Over 200 letters sent home during the Great War by Captain John D Hills of the 1/5 th Bn The Leicestershire Regiment are to be published 100 years to the day since they were written. His ‘Letters from the Front’ started being...
Leicester Mercury, Soldier's letters to be published
Posted on 25th Feb 2015 by Royal Leicestershire Regiment
A century-old archive of more than 200 war letters sent by one Leicestershire soldier will be published online. Captain John D Hills, of the 1/5 (Territorial).. Read more.. Leicestershire soldier's war letters published online to mark...