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55th Regiment of Foot

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*[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]
'''Other'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071217114916/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/055-1.htm 1st Battalion 55th Regiment of Foot] Regiments.org (archived site)
'''Historical Books Online''':
*''A historical account of the services of the 34th & 55th regiments, the linked line battalions in the 2nd or Cumberland & Westmorland subdistrict brigade, from the periods of their formation until the present time'' by George Noakes 1875 [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog Archive.org]. Note content is only given for first three and a bit chapters and the history of the two regiments is intertwined.The Regiment arrived in India in 1830 in Madras [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n85/mode/1up page 73], went to China in 1841 [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n90/mode/1up page 78], and left for Calcutta in 1863,[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n155/mode/1up page 143]
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