55th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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The Border Regiment

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)

Wikipedia:

Google Books:

Madras Quarterly Medical Journal Extensive reports by the Regimental Surgeon on the 55th's unhealthy stationing at Secunderabad in 1836/37.

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 '''The Border Regiment'''
 == Chronology ==
 *'''1755''' raised in Stirling by George Perry as the 57th Regiment of Foot
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 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot 55th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Border_Regiment The Border Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment] Wikipedia
+'''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]
+'''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]]