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Page
created 1 November 2002. Corrected and updated
31.03.2005
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United
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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Lineage
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War service
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Overseas service
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Home service
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1755.12.25 |
57th
Regiment of Foot
raised at Stirling, Scotland |
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1756 |
Scotland |
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1756.10 |
55th
Regiment of Foot |
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1757 |
Nova Scotia |
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1757 |
French
and Indian war |
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1763? |
Ireland |
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1775.12 |
Massachusetts:
Boston |
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1775 |
American
revolution |
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1778.11 |
East Florida |
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1778.12 |
West
Indies |
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1782.01 |
captured
by the French at St. Kitts |
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1785 |
England |
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1791 |
Ireland |
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1793 |
Holland |
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1794 |
West
Indies (flank coys) |
surrendered
to French |
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1795 |
West
Indies (bn coys) |
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1797 |
England |
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1798 |
Belgium:
Ostend |
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1799 |
Holland:
Helder |
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1800 |
England |
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1802 |
England |
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1802 |
West
Indies |
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1812 |
England |
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1813 |
Holland |
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1814 |
England |
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1820 |
Ireland |
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1821 |
England |
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1821 |
Cape of
Good Hope |
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182u |
Kaffir
war |
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182u |
Cape of
Good Hope |
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1830 |
India |
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1834 |
Coorg war |
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1840 |
China |
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1844 |
England |
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1846 |
Ireland |
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1851 |
Gibraltar |
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1854 |
Crimea |
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1856 |
Gibraltar |
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1857 |
Ireland:
Dublin |
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1859 |
Curragh |
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1860 |
England:
Aldershot |
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1861 |
Jersey |
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1862 |
England:
Portsmouth |
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1863 |
India- |
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1864 |
Bhutan |
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1864 |
India:
Madras |
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1865 |
Lucknow |
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1869 |
Dum Dum |
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1869 |
Dewangiri |
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1869 |
Chakratta |
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1873 |
Cherat |
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1874 |
Roorkee |
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1875 |
Delhi |
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1876 |
Aden |
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1877 |
England:
Gosport |
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1878 |
Portsmouth |
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1879 |
Shorncliffe/Dover |
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1881.07.01 |
2nd
Battalion, The
Border Regiment |
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1882 |
Ireland:
Dublin |
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1887 |
Channel
Islands: Guernsey |
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1888 |
Malta
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1890 |
India:
Multan |
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<1897> |
Quetta
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<1899> |
Bareilly
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1902 |
Burma
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1905 |
South
Africa |
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1907 |
England:
Sheffield |
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1901 |
Bordon
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1912 |
Wales:
Pembroke Dock |
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1914.09 |
France
and Flanders |
7 Div |
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1917.11 |
Italy
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20 Bde,
7 Div |
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1918.11 |
Italy |
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1919 |
Ireland:
Castlebar/Claremorris |
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1922 |
England:
Aldershot |
1 Bde |
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1924 |
Malta
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1925 |
Sudan
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1927 |
China:
Tientsin |
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1929.12 |
India:
Rawalpindi |
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1930 |
NW
Frontier: Rawalpindi |
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1931 |
Landi
Kotal |
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1934 |
Ferozepore
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1938.10 |
Calcutta
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1939 |
Calcutta |
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1941.03 |
Poona
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1942.07 |
Ceylon
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1943.11 |
India/Burma
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36 Inf
Div |
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1946 |
UK
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1950.10.28 |
amalgamated
with 1st
Battalion |
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