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====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>
*[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]
