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== British India Service == | == British India Service == | ||
*'''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egyptian Campaign]] | *'''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egyptian Campaign]] | ||
*''' | *'''1853''' India & Ceylon | ||
*''' | *'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]] | ||
*'''1881''' [[Bengal]] | *'''1881''' [[Bengal]] | ||
*''' | *'''1885''' [[Meerut]] | ||
*''' | *'''1888''' [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90|Chin Lushai Expedition]] | ||
*''' | *'''1911''' [[Ranikhet]] | ||
*'''1912''' [[ | *'''1912''' [[Lucknow]] | ||
*''' | *'''1919''' [[Agra]] | ||
*''' | *'''1921''' [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] | ||
In February 1855 the regiment received orders to return to Britain and men who wished to remain in India were given leave to transfer to the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd Foot]] (later 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry).<ref>Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=7554#p33092 post] quoting page 81 of ''The King's Own Scottish Borderers'' by Trevor Royle </ref> | In February 1855 the regiment received orders to return to Britain and men who wished to remain in India were given leave to transfer to the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd Foot]] (later 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry).<ref>Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=7554#p33092 post] quoting page 81 of ''The King's Own Scottish Borderers'' by Trevor Royle </ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 14 October 2012
Also known as The Scottish Borderers
History
- 1689 raised as Leven's Regiment by the Earl of Leven
- 1746 known as Semphill's Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became 25th Regiment of Foot
- 1806 became King's Own Borderers
- 1887 became King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 2006 amalgamated with the Royal Scots to form the Royal Scots Borderers (1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland)
British India Service
- 1801 Egyptian Campaign
- 1853 India & Ceylon
- 1878 2nd Afghan War
- 1881 Bengal
- 1885 Meerut
- 1888 Chin Lushai Expedition
- 1911 Ranikhet
- 1912 Lucknow
- 1919 Agra
- 1921 North West Frontier
In February 1855 the regiment received orders to return to Britain and men who wished to remain in India were given leave to transfer to the 43rd Foot (later 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry).[1]
External Links
- King's Own Scottish Borderers Wikipedia
- Royal Scots Borderers Wikipedia
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Wikipedia
- The King's Own Scottish Borderers including deployments: 1st Battalion,2nd Battalion Regiments.org an archived website.
Historical books online
- "The King’s Own Scottish Borderers" from The Lowland Scots Regiments : their origin, character and services previous to the great war of 1914 edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1918 Archive.org
- Page 207. The regiment was in India and Ceylon from 1842 to 1854
- Page 209. The 1st Battalion served in Afghanistan from the end of 1878.
References