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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
'''Wikipedia''':
 
=== Wikipedia ===
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot 55th Regiment of Foot]  
*[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_Border_Regiment The Border Regiment]  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment]


'''Other''':
 
=== 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)
*[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]   
=== Historical Books Online ===
 
*[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://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


[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 16:11, 24 January 2010

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


Other


Historical Books Online