Research

The Green Tiger

Research

If you had a relative or forebear who served with the Tigers, and you would like to know more about their service history, please get in touch. If we can help you directly we will, if not, we will at least try to point you in the right direction. If you have a photo, please send a scan of it with your enquiry. A picture paints a thousand words and sometimes the information you are seeking is right there, if you know what to look for!

Send your email to: webmaster@green-tiger.co.uk

Research Resources are held at:

Record Office for Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland

Long Street

Wigston

Leicester

http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/museums/record_office.htm

War Diaries, photographs, regimental histories

Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Newarke Houses Museum

Leicester

http://www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/newark.html

Regimental collection including silver, medals, uniforms

The National Archives

Kew

Surrey

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Medal Index Cards, Medal Rolls, Soldiers' Papers from WW1 and earlier

Other useful web links:

http://www.wwiimemories.com/index.htm

http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/bourne.htm

http://www.burmastar.org.uk/slaney.htm

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/017Leics.htm

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~garter1/17thfoot.htm

http://www.christmastruce.co.uk/leics.html

http://www.hglambert.co.uk/index.htm

http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html

http://groups.msn.com/royaltigers/royalleicestershireregiment.msnw

http://www.dti.gov.uk/about/aboutus/warmemorial/ww1/indext/page31679.html

http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/readil.htm

http://www.holcroftbloods.co.uk/holcroft.htm

http://www.hm17thregiment.org/

http://www.whitwick.org.uk/history/west.htm

http://members.lycos.co.uk/marktmi45/

http://www.enderbyheritage.org.uk/RoH.htm

http://www.army.mod.uk/aru/history/pictures.htm

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/9062/familymem.html

http://www.burmastar.org.uk/leicesters.htm

http://www.tommyatkins.org/

http://www.oldsweat.co.uk/author.asp

http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/tollemacheww1.htm

Acknowledgements