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The Border Regiment. 2876
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion The Border Regiment (formerly the 55th Regiment).
Raised in Stirling in 1755 and numbered the 57th Regiment. Became the 55th Regiment, 1757. To Halifax,
N.S., 1757. To Ncrth 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, 1793.
To West Indies, 1795. To England, 1797. To Holland, 1799. To England, 1800. To West Indies, 1802. To
Kngland, 1812. (Detachment in West Indies, which, except one Company, rejoined Bead Quarters in England,
1813.) To Holland, 1813. (Company from Jamaica rejoined Head Quarters in Holland, 1814,) To England, 1814.
To Ireland, 1820. To England, 1821. To Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 1821. To India. 1830. To China, 1841 (war
of 1842). To England, 1844. To Ireland, 1846. To Gibraltar, 1851. To Turkey and the Crimea, 1S54 (battles ol
Alma and Inkerman and sieee of Sebastopol). To Gibraltar, 1S56. To England and Ireland, 1857. To England
i860. To India, 1863. To England, 1877. To Malta, 1888. To India, 1890 (Waziristan Field Force).

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