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*'''1921''' [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] | *'''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> | + | 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>derekb. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=7554#p33092 Charles ATKINSON, 25th Foot 1854-64, Indian service?] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 6 October 2012, quoting page 81 of ''The King's Own Scottish Borderers'' by Trevor Royle. Retrieved 21 April 2019.</ref> |
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/207/mode/1up Page 207]. The regiment was in India and Ceylon from 1842 to 1854 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/207/mode/1up Page 207]. The regiment was in India and Ceylon from 1842 to 1854 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/209/mode/1up Page 209]. The 1st Battalion served in [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] from the end of 1878. | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/lowlandscotsregi00assouoft#page/209/mode/1up Page 209]. The 1st Battalion served in [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]] from the end of 1878. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n3 ''Footslogger An Autobiography''] by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. | ||
| + | :He joined the !st Battalion K.O.S.B. in January 1910, page 59, and subsequently went to India in 1911 with the 1st Battalion [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n79 page 75] where he became involved with the Durbar, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n85 page 82]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:42, 21 April 2019
Also known as The Scottish Borderers
Contents
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.
- The King’s Own Scottish Borderers Association and Museum. Retrieved 15 September 2014
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.
- Footslogger An Autobiography by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org.
- He joined the !st Battalion K.O.S.B. in January 1910, page 59, and subsequently went to India in 1911 with the 1st Battalion page 75 where he became involved with the Durbar, page 82.
References
- ↑ derekb. Charles ATKINSON, 25th Foot 1854-64, Indian service? Victorian Wars Forum 6 October 2012, quoting page 81 of The King's Own Scottish Borderers by Trevor Royle. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
