Distribution of the British Army 5 September 1857 Date of 1st Lifeguards Regent's Park Feb 1816 France 2nd Life Guards Hyde Park Feb 1816 France Royal Horse Gds Windsor Feb 1816 France 1st Dragoon Gds Bengal Canterbury Aug 1857 2nd Dragoon Gds Bengal Canterbury July 1857 3rd Dragoon Gds Bombay Canterbury Aug 1857 4th Dragoon Gds Manchester Jul 1856 Crimea 5th Dragoon Gds Edinburgh May 1856 Crimea 6th Dragoon Gds Delhi Maidstone Aug 1856 7th Dragoon Gds 1 Sheffield Jun 1848 Cape 1st Dragoons Dublin May 1856 Crimea 2nd Dragoons Dublin Jul 1856 Crimes 3rd Lancers Newbridge May 1853 Bengal 4th Lancers Aldershot May 1856 Crimes 6th Dragoons Aldershot Jul 1856 Crimea 7th Hussars Bengal Canterbury Aug 1857 8th Hussars 1 Dundalk May 1856 Crimea 9th Lancers Delhi Maidstone May 1842 10th Hussars Birmingham Jun 1856 Crimes 11th Lt Dragoons Hounslow Topsham Jul 1856 Crimea 12th Lancers Bangalore Maidstone Aug 1856 13th Lt Dragoons Newbridge May 1856 Crimea 14th Dragoons Kirkee Maidstone May 1841 15th Hussars Norwich Jun 1854 E. Indies 16th Lancers Rdinburgh Dec 1846 Bengal 17th Lancers 1 Dublin May 1856 Crimea Gren Gds 1st Bn St. Geo's Bar 1828 Portugal Gren Gds 2nd Bn W'ton Bar Oct 1842 Canada Gren Gds 3rd Bn The Tower Jul 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 1st Bn W'ton Bar Jun 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 2nd Bn Ireland Oct 1842 Canada Sc Fus Gds 1st Bn Portsmouth Jul 1856 Crimea Sc Fus Gds 2nd Bn Windsor 1828 Portugal 1st Foot 1st Bn India Chatham July 1857 1st Foot 2nd Bn Gibraltar Glasgow Jan 1853 2nd Foot C of Good Hope Colchester June 1851 3rd Foot Corfu Limerick Apr 1851 4th Foot Mauritius Colchester May 1857 5th Foot Calcutta Jersey July 1847 6th Foot C of Good Hope Canterbury Aug 1846 7th Foot Kurrachee Chatham July 1857 8th Foot Delhi Chatham Apr 1846 9th Foot Kingston Can Limerick Feb 1854 10th Foot Dinapore Chatham Apr 1842 11th Foot New S Wales Cork July 1845 1
Date of 12th Foot 1st Bn Tasmania Colchester Jun 1854 12th Foot 2nd Bn C of Good Hope Colchester Nov 1842 13th Foot C of Good Hope Pembroke May 1851 14th Foot Malta Cork Apr 1854 15th Foot Aldershot Isle of Wt Jun 1857 Gibraltar 16th Foot Dublin Templemore Jun 1857 Canada 17th Foot Quebec Limerick Apr 1854 18th Foot 1 Curragh Birr Jul 1856 Crimea 19th Foot India Chatham July 1857 20th Foot Calcutta Chatham Aug 1857 21st Foot Malta Glasgow Aug 1854 22nd Foot Aldershot Winchester Jul 1855 E Indies 23rd Foot India Chatham May 1857 24th Foot Punjab Chatham May 1848 25th Foot Dover Preston Aug 1855 E Indies 26th Foot Bermuda Walmer Mar 1850 27th Foot Punjab Chatham July 1854 28th Foot Malta Cork Feb 1854 29th Foot Bengal Chatham Apr 1842 30th Foot 2 Gibraltar Isle of Wt Jan 1851 31st Foot Gibraltar Winchester Jan 1853 32nd Foot Lucknow Chatham May 1846 33rd Foot Mauritius Canterbury Mar 1851 34th Foot Bengal Colchester Aug 1857 35th Foot Barrackpore Chatham July 1854 36th Foot Manchester Athlone Jul 1857 Jamaica 37th Foot Calcutta Chichester Nov 1846 38th Foot Bengal Cork Aug 1857 39th Foot Montreal Cork Apr 1854 40th Foot Melbourne Belfast July 1852 41st Foot Jamiaca Walmer Apr 1857 42nd Foot Bengal Stirling Aug 1857 43rd Foot Bangalore Chatham Oct 1851 44th Foot Bengal Walmer Aug 1857 45th Foot C of Good Hope Canterbury Feb 1843 46th Foot Corfu Templemore Oct 1854 47th Foot Portsmouth Fermoy Aug 1857 Gibraltar 48th Foot Gibraltar Fermoy Feb 1853 49th Foot Barbadoes Walmer Feb 1851 50th Foot Ceylon Canterbury July 1857 51st Foot 1 Dublin Pembroke Jun 1856 Malta 52nd Foot Punjab Chatham June 1853 53rd Foot Fort William Chatham Aug 1844 54th Foot India Colchester Aug 1857 55th Foot 2 Gibraltar Isle of Wt Feb 1851 56th Foot Bombay Pembroke Aug 1857 57th Foot Malta Fermoy Feb 1853 58th Foot New Zealand Belfast May 1844 59th Foot Hong Kong Athlone June 1849 2
Date of 60th Foot 1st Bn Delhi Colchester July 1845 60th Foot 2nd Bn C of Good Hope Jersey June 1851 60th Foot 3rd Bn Madras Colchester Aug 1857 61st Foot Delhi Chatham July 1845 62nd Foot Nova Scotia Birr Feb 1851 63rd Foot Nova Scotia Birr July 1854 64th Foot Allahabad Chatham Jan 1849 65th Foot New Zealand Belfast May 1846 66th Foot Madras Colchester Aug 1857 67th Foot Plymouth Athlone Mar 1857 W Indies 68th Foot Portsmouth Templemore Aug 1857 Ionian I 69th Foot Devonport Weymouth May 1857 W Indies 70th Foot Punjab Chatham Jan 1849 71st Foot Malta Fort George Dec 1854 72nd Foot Bombay Fort George Aug 1857 73rd Foot C of Good Hope Colchester Sep 1845 74th Foot Madras Aberdeen Mat 1851 75th Foot Delhi Chatham May 1849 76th Foot Fredreton N.B. Birr Mar 1848 77th Foot Australia Colchester June 1857 78th Foot Bengal Aberdeen Apr 1842 79th Foot India Stirling Aug 1857 80th Foot C of Good Hope Pembroke Jul 1856 81st Foot Lahore Chatham Jul 1853 82nd Foot India Chatham Jan 1855 83rd Foot Deesa Chatham Jan 1849 84th Foot Allahabad Chatham Apr 1842 85th Foot C of Good Hope Preston Jan 1853 86th Foot Bombay & Poona Chatham Apr 1842 87th Foot Bengal Chatham Apr 1849 88th Foot Bengal Colchester Jul 1857 89th Foot C of Good Hope Colchester Apr 1854 90th Foot India Chatham Nov 1854 91st Foot Corfu Preston Dec 1854 92nd Foot Gibraltar Fort George Mar 1851 93rd Foot India Aberdeen June 1857 94th Foot 1 Dublin Pembroke Jun 1856 Gibraltar 95th Foot C of Good Hope Cork June 1857 96th Foot 1 Aldershot Isle of Wt Jun 1857 Gibraltar 97th Foot India Colchester Aug 1857 98th Foot 1 Shorncliffe Cork May 1855 E Indies 99th Foot Curragh Cork May 1856 N S W Rifle Bde 1st Bn Edinburgh Colchester Jul 1856 Crimea Rifle Bde 2nd Bn India Colchester Aug 1857 Rifle Bde 3rd Bn India Colchester July 1857 Mil Train 1st Bn Aldershot Mil Train 2nd Bn China Mil Train 3rd Bn Shorncliffe Mil Train 4th Bn Curragh 3
Mil Train 5th Bn Mil Train 6th Bn Mil Train Depot Medical Staff C Royal Engineers Woolwich Aldershot Horfield, Bristol Brompton Chatham Colonial Corps 1st West India Regiment at Jamaica, Depot - Chatham 2nd West India Regiment at Demerera, Depot - Chtahm 3rd West India Regiment at Jamaica, 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 Gold Coast Royal Malta Fencibles at Malta Cavalry Regiments in or proceeding to India 1st Dragoon Guards en route to Calcutta 2nd Dragoon Guards en route to Calcutta 3rd Dragoon Guards en route to Bombay 6th Dragoon Guards in Bengal 7th Hussars en route to Calcutta 8th Hussars under orders 9th Lancers in Bengal 12th Lancers in Madras 14th Dragoons in Bombay 17th Lancers under orders Summary: In Bengal - 2; proceeding to Bengal - 3; in Madras - 1; in Bombay -1; proceeding to Bombay - 1; under orders - 2 ; total 10 Regiments Infantry 1/1st Foot en route to Ceylon 5th Foot en route from China 7th Foot en route to Kurrachee 8th Foot in Bengal 10th Foot in Bengal 18th Foot under orders 19th Foot en route to Madras 20th Foot en route to Calcutta 23rd Foot en route from China 24th Foot in Bengal 27th Foot in Bengal 29th Foot in Bengal 32nd Foot in Bengal 34th Foot en route to Calcutta 35th Foot in Bengal 37th Foot wing in Bengal from Ceylon 38th Foot en route to Ceylon for orders 4
42nd Foot en route to Calcutta 43rd Foot in Madras 44th Foot en route to Madras 52nd Foot in Bengal 53rd Foot in Bengal 54th Foot en route to Calcutta 56th Foot en route to Bombay 1/60th Foot in Bengal 3/60th Foot en route to Madras 61st Foot in Bengal 64th Foot in Bengal from Bombay 66th Foot en route to Madras 70th Foot in Bengal 72nd Foot en route to Bombay 74th Foot in Madras 75th Foot in Bengal 78th Foot in Bengal from Bombay 79th Foot en route to Ceylon for orders 81st Foot in Bengal 82nd Foot en route from China 83rd Foot in Bombay 84th Foot in Bengal from Madras 86th Foot in Bombay 87th Foot in Bengal 88th Foot en route to Calcutta 90th Foot en route from China 93rd Foot en route from China 94th Foot under orders 97th Foot en route to Calcutta 98th Foot under orders 2/Rifle Brigade en route to Calcutta 3/Rifle Brigade en route to Calcutta Summary: In Bengal - 18; en route to Bengal - 8; on voyage to Kurrachee - 1; coming from China - 5; on voyage to Ceylon - 4; in Madras - 2; en route to Madras - 3; in Bombay - 2; en route to Bombay - 2; under orders - 3; total - 48 regiments In addition to these, the aid of one or more regiments has been asked for from the Cape and Mauritius. Royal Artillery 2 Troops Calcutta 2 Batteries Kurrachee 2 Companies Calcutta to Ceylon for orders 2 Companies Madras to Ceylon for orders 2 Companies Bombay to Ceylon for orders 1 Embarking or unders orders for India 2 Ordered home The Naval and Military Gazette and East India and Colonial Chronicle, 1857 Copyright GFN 1994. 5