JOURNAL INTELLIGENCE: NOTES

This regiment has a very good claim to be 'Leicester's Forgotten Regiment' partly because it was pan of the British Expeditionary Force in France from March 1940 and there is little written about its service during this period, and because it ended up in India, Ceylon and finally Burma during WW2, playing an important part in the 19th Indian (Dagger) Division's pursuit of the Japanese down that country. It supported the crossing of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy Rivers; was the first unit to fire on Mandalay; supported the assaults on both Mandalay Hill and Fort Dufferin and ended up during the monsoon season, fighting Japanese troops eastwards in the mountainous terrain down the Mawchi Road, east of Toungoo. It finally left Burma in October 1945 and only got a very small article aboutThe establishment of the 2nd Battalion. 95th Foot as at 25th December 1813 shows that the main battalion had an establishment for a nominal 1,000 Rank and File, which in their case was for 950 privates and 60 corporals, since all Light Infantry and Rifle battalions had been established for one extra sergeant and one extra corporal per company with effect from 25th December 1809 (presumably in recognition of their skirmishing role).