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The Border Regiment. 287^
42 Lieuts. Ellis and Palmer served in the South African war in 1899-1903 with the 1st Battalion Border
Regiment.
*' Second Lieut. Harrison served in the South African war with the 1st Battalion Border Regiment, and took
part in the operations in Cape Colony and Natal in 1399, the relief of Ladysuiith including the action at Colenso,
operations of 17th to 24th Jan. including the action at Spion Kop, 5th to 7th Feb. including the action at Vaal
Krantz, on Tugela Heights including the action ai Pieter's Hill 27th Feb., Orange Free State in April and May,
Cape Colony in May, Orange River Colony in May, and the Transvaal in June.
f* Lieut. Austin served in the South African war with the 1st Battalion Border Regiment, and took part in the
operations in Cape Colony and Natal in 1899, the relief of Ladysmith including the action at Colenso, operations of
17th to 24th Jan. including the action at Spion Kop, 5th to 7th Feb. including the action at Vaal Krantz, 011 Tugela
Heights including the action at Pieter's Hill 27th Feb., Orange Free State in April and May, Cape Colony in May,
Orange River Colony in May, the Transvaal in June, east of Pretoria in July, and west of Pretoria July to Nov. 1900.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion The Border Regiment [formerly the 55th Regiment).
Raised in Stirling in 1753 and numbered the 57th Regiment. Became the 55th Regiment, 1757. To Halifax,
N.S., 1757. To North America, 1760. 1761-75, records lost; believed to have returned to England. To North
America, 1776. To West Indies, 1779. To England and Scotland, 1785. To Ireland, 1791. To Holland, 17Q3.
To West Indies, 1795. To England, 1797. To Holland, 1799. To England, 1800. To West Indies, 1S02. To
England, 1812. (Detachment in West Indies, which, except one Compaq-, rejoined Head Quarters in England,
1813 ) To Holland, 1813. (Company from Jamaica rejoined Head Quarters in Holland, 1S14,) To England, 1S14.
To Ireland, 1820. To England, 1821'. To Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 1821. To India, 1830. To China, 184: (war
of 1342). To England, 1844. To Ireland, 1846. To Gibraltar, 1851. To Turkey and the Crimea, 185.) (battles of
Alma and Inkerman and siege of Sebastopol). To Gibraltar, 1856. To England and Ireland, TS57. ToEnglanl
iS5:>. To In-lia, i85j. To England, 1S77. To Malta, i833. To India, 1390 (Waziristan Field Force).