55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot

The 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1755 as the 55th Regiment of Foot, it served in the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War and American War of Independence before being renamed the "55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot" in 1782. The regiment subsequently served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Fifth Xhosa War, Coorg War, First Opium War, Crimean War and Bhutan War. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot to form the Border Regiment in 1881.