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The 34th ( Cumberland ) and 55th ( Westmorland ) Regiments of Foot were formed later in 1705 and 1755, respectively.

In 1881 they amalgamated to form the Border Regiment, a fearsome force of Cumbrians who fought in the Battle of Arnhem in 1944 and were well represented in the bitter war across Burma, as featured in the book Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser.