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*[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)
*[[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.king-emperor.com/Photos2-Frontier-Mohmand-a34%20Border%20Regiment.htm Photographs: Men of the html 2/4 Border Regiment in India 1916-1919] includes photographs taken at Gharial, (Cumberland and Westmoreland[[Murree]] Hills) Battalion, Border Regiment constructing and the Mohmand Blockade Line 1916-1917] . king-emperor.com
====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>
