2nd Battalion (Regular Army) Border Regiment

55th Regiment and 2nd Battalion Colours
2nd Border Regiment
Formed / Active		1 July 1881 — 28 October 1950
Type		Regular Battlion
Byname		The Two Fives
Anniversary		Arroyo dos Molinos 28 October
Theatre honours		France & Flanders 1914-1917 Italy 1917, 1918
Battle honours		First World War: Ypres 1914 Langemarck 1914 Gheluvelt 1914 Neuve Chappelle 1915 Aubers 1915 Festubert 1915 Somme 1916 Albert 1916 Bazentin 1916 Guillemont Bullecourt 1917 Ypres 1917 Polygon Wood 1917 Broodseinde 1917 Poelcappelle 1917 Passchendaele 1917 Piave 1918 Vittorio Veneto 1918
War Diary		October 1914 - November 1917
Disbanded		Not disbanded
Notes		Re-designation of 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot, 1 July 1881. Amalgamated with 1st Border Regiment 28 October 1950

Early years (1881-1913)

2nd Border Regiment postings from formation to the First World War.

• Dublin, Ireland 1882; Guernsey 1888; Malta 1888;
• Multan, India 1890; Quetta 1897; Bareilly 1899;
• Burma 1902; South Africa 1905; Sheffield, England 1907;
• Bordon, England 1910; Pembroke Dock, Wales 1912;
• France and Flanders (7 Division) from September 1914.

First World War (1914-1918)

This section requires expansion.  (August 2013)

Battalion war diary

Main project page: Border Regiment War Diaries

The aim of transcribing the war diary is to include as much of the original character as possible. This does include some incorrect spelling and infrequent punctuation to remain in keeping with our aims of the project. Each transcript includes a place, date, hour and summary column in a basic table format indicating the battalion, month and year in the title. Please note that the National Archives hold the copyright of the scanned images. However, transcripts of unpublished Crown Copyright war diaries from the First World War can be used in any type of media such as websites and books providing they conform to certain conditions. The National Archives state: "You are free to transcribe, translate, index and quote from published or unpublished Crown copyright material among the records as extensively as you wish and you may publish the results in any format and any medium: in accordance with the terms of the Open Government Licence." With this in mind each transcript will state: "The transcription above is available under the National Archives Open Government Licence for public sector information." For more information see the main war diary project page.

2nd Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/1655 & WO/95/1656
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1914										✔	✔	✔
1915	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1916	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1917	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1918

Roll of honour

The 2nd Battalion World War One casualty list has been compiled using the publication Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and cross-referenced with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. The number of casualties compiled to date does not necessarily reflect the total number of casualties for this battalion due to the possibility of missed names and the (current) exclusion of officers and other ranks that were attached to the Border Regiment. This listing is a work-in-progress.

For the 2nd Battalion roll of honour, see 2nd Battalion Border Regiment Casualty List.