Distribution of the British Army 30 April 1859 Date of 1st Lifeguards Windsor Feb 1816 France 2nd Life Guards Hyde Park Feb 1816 France Royal Horse Gds Regent's Park Feb 1816 France 1st Dragoon Gds Bangalore Canterbury Aug 1857 2nd Dragoon Gds Lucknow Canterbury July 1857 3rd Dragoon Gds Ahmednaggar Canterbury Aug 1857 4th Dragoon Gds Jul 1856 Crimea 5th Dragoon Gds Manchester May 1856 Crimea 6th Dragoon Gds Meerut Maidstone Aug 1856 7th Dragoon Gds Sealkote Canterbury Oct 1857 1st Dragoons Dublin May 1856 Crimea 2nd Dragoons Dublin Jul 1856 Crimea 3rd Lancers Newbridge May 1853 Bengal 4th Lancers Birmingham May 1856 Crimes 5th Lancers Newbridge 6th Dragoons Kirkee Maidstone July 1858 7th Hussars Umballah Canterbury Aug 1857 8th Hussars Seepree Canterbury Oct 1857 9th Lancers Umballah Maidstone May 1842 10th Hussars Jun 1856 Crimes 11th Lt Dragoons Brighton Jul 1856 Crimea 12th Lancers Secunderabad Maidstone Aug 1856 13th Lt Dragoons Dublin May 1856 Crimea 14th Dragoons Gwailor Maidstone May 1841 15th Hussars Hounslow Jun 1854 E. Indies 16th Lancers Edinburgh Dec 1846 Bengal 17th Lancers Mhow Canterbury Oct 1857 18th Lt Dragoons York Mil Train 1st Bn Shorncliffe Mil Train 2nd Bn Bengal Mil Train 3rd Bn Woolwich Mil Train 4th Bn Mil Train 5th Bn Curragh Mil Train 6th Bn Woolwich Mil Train Depot Bristol Gren Gds 1st Bn W'ton Bar 1828 Portugal Gren Gds 2nd Bn The Tower Oct 1842 Canada Gren Gds 3rd Bn St. Geo's Bar Jul 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 1st Bn W'ton Bar Jun 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 2nd Bn P'man St. Bar Oct 1842 Canada Sc Fus Gds 1st Bn Windsor Jul 1856 Crimea Sc Fus Gds 2nd Bn Dublin 1828 Portugal 1st Foot 1st Bn Secunderabad Colchester July 1857 1st Foot 2nd Bn Hong Kong Birr Jan 1853 2nd Foot 1st Bn C of Good Hope Deal June 1851 2nd Foot 2nd Bn Corfu Deal Feb 1858 1
3rd Foot 1st Bn Dum Dum Limerick Apr 1851 3rd Foot 2nd Bn Malta Limerick Apr 1858 4th Foot 1st Bn Ahmedabad Chichester May 1857 4th Foot 2nd Bn Chichester 5th Foot 1st Bn Calpee Colchester July 1847 5th Foot 2nd Bn Mauritius Pembroke Aug 1858 6th Foot 1st Bn Poona Colchester Aug 1846 6th Foot 2nd Bn Gibraltar Cork May 1858 7th Foot 1st Bn Meean Meer Chatham July 1857 7th Foot 2nd Bn Gibraltar Deal May 1858 8th Foot 1st Bn Agra Chatham Apr 1846 8th Foot 2nd Bn Gibraltar Templemore 9th Foot 1st Bn Limerick Nov 1857 Canada 9th Foot 2nd Bn Corfu Limerick Oct 1858 10th Foot 1st Bn Dinapore Chatham Apr 1842 10th Foot 2nd Bn Curragh 11th Foot 1st Bn Shorncliffe Fermoy Feb 1858 N S W 11th Foot 2nd Bn 12th Foot 1st Bn Tasmania Deal Jun 1854 12th Foot 2nd Bn Ft George N B 13th Foot 1st Bn Goruckpore Fermoy May 1851 13th Foot 2nd Bn C of Good Hope Feb 1859 14th Foot 1st Bn Cephalonia Fermoy Apr 1854 14th Foot 2nd Bn Dublin 15th Foot 1st Bn Jersey Pembroke Jun 1857 Gibraltar 15th Foot 2nd Bn Malta Pembroke Nov 1858 16th Foot 1st Bn Dublin Templemore Jun 1857 Canada 16th Foot 2nd Bn Curragh 17th Foot 1st Bn Quebec Limerick Apr 1854 17th Foot 2nd Bn Plymouth 18th Foot 1st Bn Jaulna Buttevant Nov 1857 18th Foot 2nd Bn Curragh 19th Foot 1st Bn Barrackpore Chatham July 1857 19th Foot 2nd Bn Shorncliffe 20th Foot 1st Bn Lucknow Chatham Aug 1857 20th Foot 2nd Bn Clonmel 21st Foot 1st Bn Malta Birr Aug 1854 21st Foot 2nd Bn Newport 22nd Foot 1st Bn Manchester Parkhurst Jul 1855 E Indies 22nd Foot 2nd Bn 23rd Foot 1st Bn Lucknow Chatham May 1857 23rd Foot 2nd Bn Malta Deal Feb 1859 24th Foot 1st Bn Ferozepore Chatham May 1848 24th Foot 2nd Bn Sheffield 25th Foot Gibraltar Athlone Jan 1858 26th Foot Bermuda Belfast Mar 1850 27th Foot Umballah Buttevant July 1854 28th Foot Bombay Fermoy Feb 1854 29th Foot Rangoon Chatham Apr 1842 2
30th Foot Dublin Isle of Wt Sep 1857 Gibraltar 31st Foot Poona Pembroke Jan 1853 32nd Foot Allahabad Chatham May 1846 33rd Foot Deesa Fermoy Mar 1851 34th Foot Azimghur Colchester Aug 1857 35th Foot Dinapore Chatham July 1854 36th Foot Athlone Jul 1857 Jamaica 37th Foot Ghazepore Colchester Nov 1846 38th Foot Lucknow Colchester Aug 1857 39th Foot Quebec Templemore Apr 1854 40th Foot Melbourne Birr July 1852 41st Foot Jamaica Jersey Apr 1857 42nd Foot Bareilly Stirling Aug 1857 43rd Foot Bangalore Chatham Oct 1851 44th Foot Madras Colchester Aug 1857 45th Foot C of Good Hope Isle of Wt Feb 1843 46th Foot Mooltan Templemore Oct 1854 47th Foot Cork Aug 1857 Gibraltar 48th Foot Calcutta Cork Feb 1853 49th Foot Barbadoes Belfast Feb 1851 50th Foot Ceylon Parkhurst July 1857 51st Foot Mooltan Chichester Oct 1857 52nd Foot Sealkote Chatham June 1853 53rd Foot Lucknow Chatham Aug 1844 54th Foot Allahabad Colchester Aug 1857 55th Foot Dublin Jersey Sep 1857 Gibraltar 56th Foot Belgaum Colchester Aug 1857 57th Foot Chopra Cork Feb 1853 58th Foot Shorncliffe Birr Mar 1859 N Zealand 59th Foot Cape Athlone June 1849 60th Foot 1st Bn Shajehanapore Winchester July 1845 60th Foot 2nd Bn Dinapore Winchester June 1851 60th Foot 3rd Bn Bangalre Winchester Aug 1857 60th Foot 4th Bn 61st Foot Gwailor Chatham July 1845 62nd Foot Nova Scotia Belfast Feb 1851 63rd Foot Nova Scotia Belfast July 1854 64th Foot Futteghur Canterbury Jan 1849 65th Foot New Zealand Birr May 1846 66th Foot Cananore Colchester Aug 1857 67th Foot Bengal Athlone Sep 1858 68th Foot Rangoon Fermoy Sep 1857 69th Foot Tonghoo Fermoy Nov 1857 70th Foot Peshawur Canterbury Jan 1849 71st Foot Gwailor Stirling Dec 1854 72nd Foot Rajpootana Aberdeen Aug 1857 73rd Foot Shergotty Jersey Sep 1845 74th Foot Dharwar Aberdeen Mat 1851 75th Foot Meerut Chatham May 1849 3
76th Foot Curragh Belfast Oct 1857 N Scotia 77th Foot Allahabad Jersey June 1857 78th Foot Bareilly Aberdeen Apr 1842 79th Foot Futtyghur Dundee Aug 1857 80th Foot Bengal Buttevant Jul 1856 81st Foot Nowshera Chatham Jul 1853 82nd Foot Shajehanpore Canterbury Jan 1855 83rd Foot Kurrachee Chichester Jan 1849 84th Foot Buxar Chatham Apr 1842 85th Foot India Pembroke Jan 1853 86th Foot Poona Buttevant Apr 1842 87th Foot Jullunder Buttevant Apr 1849 88th Foot Bengal Colchester Jul 1857 89th Foot Rajpootana Fermoy Apr 1854 90th Foot Lucknow Canterbury Nov 1854 91st Foot Kamptee Pembroke Dec 1854 92nd Foot Mhow Stirling Mar 1851 93rd Foot Bareilly Aberdeen June 1857 94th Foot Mooltan Chatham Jun 1856 Gibraltar 95th Foot Chopra Fermoy June 1857 96th Foot Plymouth Isle of Wt Jun 1857 Gibraltar 97th Foot Lucknow Colchester Aug 1857 98th Foot Campbelpore Canterbury Oct 1857 99th Foot Calcutta Cork Sep 1858 100th Foot Shorncliffe Rifle Bde 1st Bn Newcastle Winchester Jul 1856 Crimea Rifle Bde 2nd Bn Lucknow Winchester Aug 1857 Rifle Bde 3rd Bn Oude Winchester July 1857 Rifle Bde 4th Bn Malta Winchester Aug 1858 German Legion Poona Medical Staff C Brompton Royal Engineers India, Brompton & Chatham Colonial Corps 1st West India Regiment at Bahamas, Depot - Chatham 2nd West India Regiment at Jamaica, Depot - Chtahm 3rd West India Regiment at Demerara, Depot - Chatham Ceylon Rifle Regiment at Ceylon Cape Mounted Rifles at Cape of Good Hope Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment at Kingston St. Helena Regiment at St. Helena Royal Newfoundland Veteran Coys at Newfoundland Gold Coast Corps at Cape Coast Royal Malta Fencibles at Malta 4
Embodied Militia English Bedford Cheshire (2nd, Royal) Durham (Artillery) Hampshire (Artillery) Kent (East) Lancashire (Artillery, Royal) Lincoln (North, Royal) Middlesex (5th, Royal Elthorne) Northumberland (Artillery) Norfolk (Artillery) Nottingham Oxford Stafford (1st King's Own) Stafford (2nd King's Own) Suffolk (East) Sussex (Royal) Tower Hamlets (King's Own) Warwick (2nd) Wiltshire (Royal) York (1st West) York (3rd West) Bishop Aukland Plymouth Waterford Kilkenny North Shields Yarmouth Nottingham Cork Edinburgh Curragh Plymouth Carlisle Scotch Edinburgh (City Artillery) Forfar & Kincardine Artillery Lanark (2nd Royal) Stirling Edinburgh Kinsale Dublin Irish Antrim (Rifles) Antrim (Artillery) Cork (North Rifles) Donegal Dublin (City, Royal) Dublin (City Artillery) Fermanagh Kerry Limerick (County) Louth (Rifles) Tipperary (Artillery) Waterford (Artillery) Woolwich Belfast Shorncliffe Dublin Bradford & Burnley Chester Yarmouth Gosport Isle of Wight The Naval and Military Gazette and East India and Colonial Chronicle, 1859 Copyright GFN 1994. 5