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The history of The Border Regiment, like many other regiments from this period, is a long and complex one that is far too detailed for me to go into here. There is much research needed and even though the number of original documents housed in archives are numerous, particularly those of [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]'s [[11th Battalion]] at the Castle in Carlisle, the actual number of obtainable and useable documents online are very slim, and those that can be accessed are usually at a price.
The number of sources used have been kept to a minimum and so with this in mind please be aware that the following history of the Regiment<ref name="ftn3">This history is very much in its infancy is being written in my own time, therefore, you may notice individual Battalion's pages still quite empty. It will take time to write a history for all battalions so please bear with me.</ref> does not take on an argumentative view combining different academic sources to produce one factually based text; instead, this history, simple and honest in nature, will be the starting point for The Border Regiment during
== The early regiment ==
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