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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071012183600/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/055-757.htm 55th (the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217114916/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/055-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215184640/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm The Border Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221212850/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/034-1.htm 1st Battalion 55th Regiment of Foot], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217114916/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/055-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (, an archived site)<br />website.
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/55thfoot.htm 55th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk
*[http://kingsownbordermuseum.btck.co.uk/ Cumbria's Military Museum: The Museum of the Border and King's Own Royal Border Regiments] It houses the collections of Cumbria’s County Infantry Regiment – the [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]] Cumberland and 55th Westmorland Regiments 1702-1881, which became The Border Regiment 1881-1959.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog ''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. 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]
*[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 (Google Books)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Diary of 2/4th Battalion the Border Regiment, 1914-19''] (in India and Afghanistan. This Battalion was formed during the [[First World War]] and was part of the Territorial Force. Archive.org**Includes a [http://archive.org)/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/24/mode/2up list of those who died] {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}   
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