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*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army] wellingboroughrec.org.uk. William Damerun, a [[Anglo Indian| Eurasian]] enlisted at age 7 and served in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]] 24/09/1800-27/09/1805 (under age), the [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th Foot]], period not noted, but under age, the [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Foot]] 25/09/1807-19/07/1824, the [[48th Regiment of Foot|48th Foot]]  20/07/1824-31/07/1834, and the  55th Foot, 01/07/1834-30/11/1837 when he was discharged on medical grounds. He was a musician by trade. His brother James joined the 69th Foot 01/08/1808 as a drummer, aged 7 or 8, served in the same regiments and was discharged from the 55th Foot on medical grounds 30/11/1842
*[http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army] wellingboroughrec.org.uk. William Damerun, a [[Anglo Indian| Eurasian]] enlisted at age 7 and served in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]] 24/09/1800-27/09/1805 (under age), the [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th Foot]], period not noted, but under age, the [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Foot]] 25/09/1807-19/07/1824, the [[48th Regiment of Foot|48th Foot]]  20/07/1824-31/07/1834, and the  55th Foot, 01/07/1834-30/11/1837 when he was discharged on medical grounds. He was a musician by trade. His brother James joined the 69th Foot 01/08/1808 as a drummer, aged 7 or 8, served in the same regiments and was discharged from the 55th Foot on medical grounds 30/11/1842
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1bord.html  2nd Battalion Border Regiment left Malta 21 Feb 1890 for Bombay] maltaramc.com
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1bord.html  2nd Battalion Border Regiment left Malta 21 Feb 1890 for Bombay] maltaramc.com
*[[First World War#British Army Territorial Force troops in India|Territorial Force]] 2/4 (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion, Border Regiment sailed for India 4 March 1915 and was in India throughout the [[First World War]] [http://www.1914-1918.net/border.htm 1914-1918.net]
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/border-regiment/ Border Regiment] longlongtrail.co.uk. [[First World War#British Army Territorial Force troops in India|Territorial Force]] !/4 and  2/4 (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion, Border Regiment sailed for India 29 September 1914 and  4 March 1915, and were in Burma and in India throughout the [[First World War]].
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/2-4%20Border%20Regiment.html 2/4 Border Regiment in India 1916-1919] includes photographs taken at Gharial, ([[Murree]] Hills), and the Mohmand Blockade Line. king-emperor.com
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/2-4%20Border%20Regiment.html 2/4 Border Regiment in India 1916-1919] includes photographs taken at Gharial, ([[Murree]] Hills), and the Mohmand Blockade Line. king-emperor.com
*9th Battalion, The Border Regiment in Assam and Burma  by tikhaiall BBC WW2 People’s War
*9th Battalion, The Border Regiment in Assam and Burma  by tikhaiall BBC WW2 People’s War

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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

The Ogilby Trust website Book Search has details of the book 55th Regiment in India; or, a record of events during six years' service in India; 1863 to 1869 by Sergeant Major T H Vickers, published Chakrata: 55th Regimental Printing Press, 1871 second edition. 254 pages and 16 pages. "An excellent example of its type, this history was produced entirely by other ranks ('Printers: Privates J Hanrahan and B Flaherty; Book-Binder, Sergeant G Bremner') and published on a moveable press. The text has a full roll of the men who left for India in 1863, lists of casualties including women and children, notes on marches and a good 30 page account of the Bhootan campaign. The 16 pages added to the second edition reprint a prize essay on the dress of British infantry".

This book is available at the National Library of Scotland. It is not in the British Library catalogue.

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

The constituent regiments are the 4th, 8th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 47th, 55th, 59th, 63rd, 81st, 82nd and 96th Regiments of Foot.

Historical books online