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*'''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
*'''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)
*'''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)
== Service in British India ==
*'''1830''' India
*'''1834''' [[:Category:Coorg Campaign 1834|Coorg Campaign]]
*'''1840''' [[1st China War]]
*'''1863''' India
*'''1864''' [[Duar War|Bhutan]]
*'''1864''' [[Madras]]
*'''1865''' [[Lucknow]]
*'''1869''' [[Dum Dum]]
*'''1869''' [[Dewanghiri]]
*'''1869''' Chakratta
*'''1873''' [[Cherat]]
*'''1874''' [[Roorkee]]
*'''1875''' [[Delhi]]
*'''1890''' [[Multan]]
*'''1897'' [[Quetta]]
*'''1899''' [[Bareilly]]
*'''1902''' [[Burma]]
*'''1929''' [[Rawalpindi]]
*'''1931''' [[Landi Kotal]]
*'''1934''' [[Ferozepore]]
*'''1938''' [[Calcutta]]
*'''1941''' [[Poona]]
*'''1942''' [[Ceylon]]
*'''1943''' India/[[Burma]]


==Transfers from other regiments in India==
==Transfers from other regiments in India==

Revision as of 17:57, 4 July 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)

Service in British India

Transfers from other regiments in India

Some men transferred from the 48th Regiment of Foot in 1834, when it returned to England.

External Links

Wikipedia

Other

Historical Books on-line