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'''The Border Regiment''' | '''The Border Regiment''' | ||
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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1755''' raised in Stirling by George Perry as the 57th Regiment of Foot | *'''1755''' raised in Stirling by George Perry as the 57th Regiment of Foot | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot 55th Regiment of Foot] | + | '''Wikipedia''': |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot 55th Regiment of Foot] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Border_Regiment The Border Regiment] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment] | ||
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| + | '''Google Books''': | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vwQHAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0eTwnUwBQlmQrRl&client=firefox-a#PPA237,M1 ''Madras Quarterly Medical Journal''] Extensive reports by the [[Surgeon|Regimental Surgeon]] on the 55th's unhealthy stationing at [[Secunderabad]] in 1836/37. | ||
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 18:36, 4 June 2009
The Border Regiment
Chronology
- 1755 raised in Stirling by George Perry as the 57th Regiment of Foot
- 1757 re-ranked as the 55th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion The Border Regiment
- 1959 amalgamated with The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to become 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment as part of the King's Division
- 2006 merged with the other regiments of North West England to become 3rd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
External Links
Wikipedia:
Google Books:
- Madras Quarterly Medical Journal Extensive reports by the Regimental Surgeon on the 55th's unhealthy stationing at Secunderabad in 1836/37.
