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	1st Border (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1881, the 57th and the 55th, its sister Regiment, were renamed the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Border Regiment.
		While not seriously challenged, the position of the 1st Border was highly precarious on the afternoon of the 28th as they were quite alone and German tanks were reported to have overtook them on either side.
		In 1959, the Border Regiment was amalgamated with the Kings Own Royal Regiment, and is known to this day as the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /batt_1st_border.htm (1944 words)

	The King's Own Royal Border Regiment (UK)
		The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
		Border and Kings Own Royal Border Regimental Museum, Carlisle, by Stuart Eastwood.
		The King's Own Royal Border Regiment : 1680-1984 : a short regimental history written to mark the 25th anniversary of the amalgamation of the King's Own Royal Regiment and the Border Regiment, 1st October, 1984.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/004KORBR.htm (287 words)

	Colours of The 55th (Westmorland) Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The King’s Colour was used during the latter part of the century, probably from 1786 to 1801.
		The emblem of the Chinese Dragon on this standard was awarded as a Battle Honour of the 55th Regiment and worn on the Regimental Colour.
		The ‘Dragon’ has been incorporated in the Colour of the Border Regiment (formed by the amalgamation of the Cumberland and Westmorland Regiments) and is now emblazoned on the colours of the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment, and worn on the regimental buttons to this day.
	www.wilson31.freeserve.co.uk /kpc/regiment.htm (347 words)

	Historical Encyclopedia of WA - WA Snapshots
		The town was declared a municipality in 1871 and granted its own crest of anchor, sheaf and grapes.
		The hunting of the European red fox (which had spread from eastern Australia to Eucla on the state border by 1911) and the rabbit, was for the purpose of pest control as well as recreation.
		It was established in June 1899 as a branch of Britain's Royal Mint to refine the gold from Western Australia's newly discovered Eastern Goldfields and to turn it into British sovereigns and half sovereigns for the Empire.
	www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /wa_snapshots (9972 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		The Black Watch, the regiment that attracted the most attention because of its recent tour in Iraq, will be known as The Black Watch (3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland).
		The Devon and Dorset Regiment and The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment will be split up, with the Devon and Dorsets and the Glorious Glosters element of the RGBW forming a third battalion of The Light Infantry; the Berkshire and Wiltshire elements will form a third battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
		Disbanding the second battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, as advocated by supporters of the Green Howards, would have forced the remaining battalion to amalgamate with another.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/17/narmy117.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/17/ixhome.html (694 words)

	The Regimental History Card
		The Regiment had the unique distinction of being known as "The King's Own" and of wearing the Lion of England as its cap badge.
		It was shortly after this that King George I fixed the titles of many of his regiments and in a Royal Warrant of July 1715 the regiment was first officially known as the King's Own.
		From the Peninsula the King's Own were sent to America and were present at the battle of BLADENSBERG in 1814 which led to the fall of Washington.
	www.priory.lancs.ac.uk /kor_hl_c.html (1486 words)

	Cameroon History Timeline - historic overview of Cameroun, Africa
		The King of Douala (Douala Manga Bell) writes to Queen Victoria, inviting England to form an official relationship with Douala, when he was told about the British post in Lagos, Nigeria.
		The borders are drawn without considering differences in culture and language for the inhabitants.
		The film is inspired by her own childhood in Cameroon and delas with the relations between fl/white, man/woman, child/adult.
	crawfurd.dk /africa/cameroon_timeline.htm (2602 words)

	KORR Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The museum, established in 1929, tells the history of the King's Own Royal Regiment (4th Foot) from 1680 to 1959 when the Regiment was amalgamated with the Border Regiment to form today's King's Own Royal Border Regiment.
		The King's Own 1/5 Battalion TF Being a Record of the 1/5th Battalion The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in the European War 1914-1918.
		The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Steve Irwin and CLEO (Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online) are pleased to announce the brand new website covering the Regiment and the First World War.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /howard.martin/KORRMUSEUM.html (486 words)

	The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [UK]
		The King's Own Royal Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster, by Howard Martin.
		The King's Own, T.F., being a record of the 1/5th Battalion, the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in the European War, 1914-1918.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/004KORR.htm (723 words)

	News and Future Events
		I feel as strongly as they do north of the Border, and, they and I will be delighted to welcome you on the march and rally especially since this is a UK wide rally not just confined to the Scottish Regiments campaigners.
		The plan is to merge the Lancashire and Cumbrian side of the Kings Division to form a two battalion Regiment called the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment, however us, The Kings and the QLR will remain as three separate battalions until at least the end of 2005.
		The Regiment, who was present in the capture of the rock in 1704, was honoured by being invited to take part in the Guard Mounting Ceremony at the Convent - the Residence of the Governor.
	diamondreunion.org /News.htm (5719 words)

	Cameroon Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This was the last time the regiment was together as a regiment for nearly ten months; this was because the regiment was being split up into three camps.
		My own company which was “S” had only a month prior to embarkation, been turned from a Support company into a rifle company for the duration of the stay in the Cameroons.
		Considering the regiment was spread out over the 250 miles, on hindsight they did a fine job in helping to bring peace and stability in the Cameroons.
	freespace.virgin.net /ian.parkinson31/cameroons/html/cameroon_summary.html (1613 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Jul 2005 (pt 11) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Establishments of each infantry and armoured corps regiment have not been provided because they are not defined individually.
		Neither the Queen's Lancashire Regiment or the King's Own Royal Border Regiment have a mascot.
		The silverware of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment belongs to the regiments themselves.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm050718/text/50718w11.htm (771 words)

	Defence Internet \| Fact Sheets \| Operations in Iraq: Chronology of Events
		Reservists from the newly formed Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh, serving in Basrah, southern Iraq are the first soldiers to wear their new hackles and cap badges in an operational theatre.
		Sergeant John Jones of the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at approximately 1230 hrs local time in Basra, Iraq.
		Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury of A Squadron, King's Royal Hussars, was repatriated from Iraq in a C17 to RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/summary.htm (7000 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments & National Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 34th Foot raised in 1702 as Lucas's Regiment, the 55th Foot raised in 1757.
		The 34th became the Cumberland Regiment and the 55th The Westmorland, in 1881 they became the Border Regiment.
		In the Second World War the regiment became part of the 1st Airborne Brigade and became the first glider troops during the invasion of Sicily.
	www.britisharmedforces.org /i_regiments/bord_index.htm (233 words)

	The Cumberland News
		TROOPS from the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment are being sent to Basra in southern Iraq.
		Despite the MoD refusing to confirm the move, evidence is growing that the regiment is on stand-by for deployment.
		The Gulf posting could be the last for KORBR before its amalgamation with the King’s Regiment to form the King’s Lancashire and Border Regiment.
	www.cumberland-news.co.uk /news/viewarticle.aspx?id=285128 (404 words)

	AFROMET - The Association for the Return of The Maqdala Ethiopian Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		AFROMET sent the following letter to the commanding officers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), asking for the return of three pieces of a drum taken at Maqdala.
		May I draw your attention to the fragment of an Ethiopian royal drum, which is currently in the possession of your esteemed Regiment.
		AFROMET would therefore appeal through you to your Regiment to listen to this appeal for the restitution of your third portion of the drum.
	www.afromet.org /news/archives/000073.html (389 words)

	History Alive -> British Army Regimental Cuts
		GONE are the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Royal Welch Fusiliers,now the Royal Welsh Regiment
		I agree that the loss of these regiments is a travesty, and if we could only force labour to increase defence spending, they could perhaps have been preserved in the way the other historic battalions will be.
		The reforms were badly needed to balance the way regiments interact, but they have been tarnished by the insistence on cuts, and the destruction of a number of regimental identities.
	s3.invisionfree.com /History_Alive/index.php?showtopic=48 (2320 words)

	times and star workington lake district, workington news sport, west cumbria news, lake district news
		In the past three years, the government has looked at plans to change the way services are organised with mergers to form huge superstructure organisations with head offices sometimes hundreds of miles from the outer reaches of the areas they serve.
		Last month, the army came under fire when it was discovered that it had decided to drop ‘border’ from the name of the new regiment.
		But KORBR defended the decision and said it was decided that ‘King’s Lancashire and Border Regiment,’ was clumsy.
	www.timesandstar.co.uk /news/viewarticle.aspx?id=310314 (1792 words)

	This is Lancashire \| CommuniGate \| Kings Own Royal Border Regiment Ass'n Parade.Kendal12.9.04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yet again the KORBR has shown courage in the face of such a threat, fighting to retain it's identity with the same tenacity as historically shown on the Battlefield.
		The date of the presentation is especially significant.....it is the day the Border Regiments' Veterans are returning to Arnhem to commemorate their stoic involvement in the famous battle of 1944.
		Kings Own Royal Border Regiment Ass'n Parade.Kendal12.9.04
	www.communigate.co.uk /lancs/cumbriabkva/page42.phtml (461 words)

	51 Far North Queensland Regiment
		In 1950, the 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment was presented its first King's and Regimental Colours incorporating the Battle Honours of all of its predecessor Battalions In June 1951, nine members of the 51st Battalion represented the unit at the Jubilee Celebrations at Canberra.
		On its reformation in 1985, the 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment adopted the colour patch of the original 51st Battalion AIF and the badge and motto of the original 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment; the new badge being surmounted by the Queen's crown instead of the King's crown of the original.
		During the British Army reorganisation of 1960 - 61, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ceased to exist as an entity and was absorbed onto the Light Division which, in 1987, was located in a new barracks, The Sir John Moore Barracks, at Hants, England, as a composite Regular Army/Territorial Army Division.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/state-regts/51fnqr.htm (2909 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I am going to the rally to support the Scottish regiments, and also to support the Argylls, which my brother is a serving member of at the moment.
		The Royal Scots oldest Regiment in the British Army.
		The King's Own Royal Border Regiment is one of the oldest English regiments and the only one which recruits from Cumberland and Westmoreland and has a 375 year history.
	www.londonrally.info /why (771 words)

	MOD Briefing, 23 April 1999
		We are committed, as you know, to the unconditional and safe return of all refugees and displaced persons and unhindered access to them by humanitarian aid organisations, and we will ensure that this is done and that those responsible for their suffering are brought to justice.
		In the Ionian Sea HMS Invincible, with her embarked air group of Sea Harriers and helicopters, is accompanied by HMS Newcastle and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Austin.
		These include The Kings Royal Hussars with Challenger tanks, the Irish Guards and The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment with Warrior armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 Regiment Royal Artillery with 155mm guns.
	www.kosovo.mod.uk /brief230499.htm (2069 words)

	MILITARY HISTORY WEBSITES
		Alan Parkinson describes his time as a National Serviceman, serving as a Private in the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment in the British Cameroons, West Africa from 1960-62.
		Of the thousands of questions the center receives during the year, these are the most common topics along with answers.
		Willys-Overland Motors, current owners of the traditional company name, offers their own history of the jeep vehicles.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_www.php3 (1614 words)

	The Cameroon Involment
		The Bamenda region was very hilly with valleys infested with bamboo thickets and patrols were mostly on the border regions of the British and French Cameroons.
		Our regiment, The King's Own Royal Borders, handed all equipment and camps, bar our rifles, over to the Guards and we sailed home on the Devonshire.
		At the time the Regiment had quite a lot of National Servicemen in the ranks, who were lucky to have been trained by men such as CSMs, Sgts., and other NCOs who had fought in the Second World War and Korea.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /RRGP/Cameroons.html (1672 words)

	Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.
		Royal Corps of Transport were killed in this unprovoked attack.
		C Company the 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment under the command of Major David Miller was ordered to put down the
		George joined the Regiment in 1949 in Egypt and served in Barce, Tripoli and Germany until being demobbed in Sennelager in 1954,
	www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org /aden.htm (1299 words)

	Trafalgar 200 - Ship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She maintains successful affiliations with a number of Sea Cadet Units, local Schools, the Cumberland Hotel, and the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment of the British Army.
		After initial training at BRNC and in HMS Bulwark, he had a succession of appointments in frigates and minor war vessels as a junior officer, including HMS Antelope during the Falklands conflict and a Far East deployment in HMS Ambuscade in 1983.
		He attended the Royal Naval Staff College at Greenwich in 1995, where he received the Commodore’s Prize and gained a master’s degree in defence studies.
	www.trafalgar200.com /tallships_details/cumberland.html (557 words)

	The Regimental Memorial Chapel
		The King's Own Regimental Memorial Chapel in Lancaster Priory was constructed in 1903 - 1904 in memory of the members of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment who lost their lives in the South African (Boer) War 1899 - 1902.
		The existing North Nave wall was moved outwards and the Chapel separated from the Nave by an open wooden screen.
		Members of the Regiment take part in the annual Service of Remembrance held in the Priory on the Sunday nearest to November 11th.
	www.priory.lancs.ac.uk /mil-chapel.html (659 words)

	MOD Briefing, 31 May 1999
		The Royal Air Force also flew support sorties in the airborne early warning and air to air refuelling roles on all 3 days.
		From the Royal Air Force, you can see on this slide, that we have provided 16 Harrier GR7s and 12 Tornado GR1s, a significant contribution to the NATO strike capability.
		The Kings Royal Hussars Battle group stationed 20 or so miles to the south is the training battle group.
	www.kosovo.mod.uk /brief310599.htm (1890 words)

	Armed Forces - m17 - Ranks - Codewords & Nicknames - Dates & Timings - Phonetic Alphabet
		However, it should be remembered that regiments and corps have different customs and although the above is a reasonable guide it may not always be correct.
		The normal everyday headdress of NCOs and Soldiers (and in some regiments of all ranks) is the beret or national equivalent.
		The majority of Scottish Regiments wear the Tam O Shanter (TOS) and the Royal Irish Regiment wear the Corbeen.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /mod/listings/l0017.html (600 words)

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