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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071012140237/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034-702.htm 34th (the Cumberland) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221212850/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/034-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215184640/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm The Border Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221212850/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/034-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071217114916/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/055-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website.
*[http://kingsownbordermuseumwww.btckcumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.co.uk/Cumbria's Military Museum: The org Cumbria’s Museum of the Border and King's Own Royal Border RegimentsMilitary Life] . 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)
*[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
*9th Battalion, The Border Regiment in Assam and Burma by tikhaiall BBC WW2 People’s War
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/user/46/u556046.shtml (Untitled) 9th Battalion, The Border Regiment] (undated)
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a2207026.shtml 9th Border] 16 January 2004
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a2207116.shtml 9th Border: In Assam] 16 January 2004
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a2419085.shtml 9 Border and "Pots and Pans"] 12 March 2004
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a2422216.shtml More from "Pots and Pans": 9th Borders in Burma] 14 March 2004
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080911/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.
:The constituent regiments are the [[4th Regiment of Foot|4th]], [[8th Regiment of Foot|8th]], [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]], [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]], [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th]], [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]], [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th]], [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]], [[63rd Regiment of Foot|63rd]], [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]], [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] and [[96th Regiment of Foot|96th]] Regiments of Foot.
====Historical books on-line====
*[httphttps://www.archive.org/streamdetails/ahistoricalacco02noakgoog ahistoricalacco01noakgoog ''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/ahistoricalacco02noakgoogahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n62n66/mode/1up/ page 50]<br>
:The following pages are also relevant:
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoogahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n70n74/mode/1up page 58], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoogahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n73n77/mode/1up/ page 61], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoogahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n142n145/mode/1up page 131] for service from 1857<br>:[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco02noakgoogahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n84n88/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>*[https://archive.org/details/sketchesofindia00sherrich ''Sketches of India''] by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org. The author arrived in Madras in July 1818, and left a year later for Calcutta. The author's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the 34th Regiment of Foot.
*[http://archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Diary of 2/4th Battalion the Border Regiment, 1914-19''] in India and Afghanistan. This Battalion was formed during the [[First World War]] and was part of the Territorial Force. Archive.org
**Includes a [http://archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/24/mode/2up list of those who died]
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]''
