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34th Regiment of Foot

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External Links
== External Links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/34thfoot.htm 34th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br />*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_(Cumberland)_Regiment_of_Foot 34th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Border_Regiment The Border Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Royal_Border_Regiment King's Own Royal Border Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://kingsownbordermuseum.btck.co.uk/Cumbria's Military Museum: The Museum of the Border and King's Own Royal Border Regiments] It houses the collections of Cumbria’s County Infantry Regiment – the 34th Cumberland and [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th]] Westmorland Regiments 1702-1881, which became The Border Regiment 1881-1959.*[http://sites.google.com/site/laurieletters/1-introduction Irregular Correspondence] is a collection of letters by the three eldest sons of John and Eliza Laurie, to their parents. Includes the letters, enroute to India in 1857 and from India 1858-1861, of Julius Laurie of the 34th Foot. He arrived in India as a Lieutenant and became a Captain by purchase in 1861. (Website by William Dyson-Laurie)
====Historical books on-line====
*[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.<br>:The 34th landed at Madras in 1803, [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n62/mode/1up/ page 50]<br>:The following pages are also relevant::[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n70/mode/1up page 58],[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n73/mode/1up/ page 61] , [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n142/mode/1up page 131] for service from 1857<br>:[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog#page/n84/mode/1up Page 72] advises that the practice of providing an evening meal was started in the 34th Regiment and was later adopted generally in the Army.<br>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Diary of 2/4th Battalion the Border Regiment, 1914-19''] (archive.org)
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