Stations of the British Army 1 April 1870

Stations of the British Army 1 April 1870 Note: The numbers stated are the usual average of men. Aberdeen: 93rd Foot and Depots of 78th & 92nd 750 Alderney: Aldershot: 3rd & 7th Dragoon Guards 600 6th Dragoons 300 Royal Horse Artillery, 2 batteries 250 Royal Engineers, 2 Mounted Troops 100 Army Service Corps 400 Royal Artillery, 2 field batteries 220 Royal Engineers, 2 companies 160 Foot Guards 400 2/3rd, Depot of 1/3rd, 1/4th, Depot 1/1st, 2/5th 1/12th, 2/13th, Depot of 1/33rd & 53rd, 42nd, Depots of 77th & 79th, 67th, Depots of 38th, 97th & 98th, 4/60th, Depots of 1, 2, 3rd/60th, 2, 4/Rifle Bde, Depots of 1, 3/Rifle Bde 7,800 -- 10,230 Armagh: 44th & Depot of 95th 650 Ashton: 2/8th 550 Athlone: 56th & Depot of 64th 650 750 Ballincollig: 1st Dragoons 300 Barbadoes: 2nd West India Regt, 53rd 1,300 -- 1,400 Belfast: 1/18th, Depot of 86th 650 Bengal: 4th Hussars 450 5th Lancers 450 7th Hussars 450 11th Hussars 450 19th, 20th & 21st Hussars 1,350 Royal Horse Artillery, 2 Brigades 1,000 Royal Artillery, 6 Brigades 3,600 1/3rd, 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 1/11th, 2nd/12th, 1/14th, 1/17th, 1/19th, 2/25th 7,500 26th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 55th, 58th, 2/60th 62nd, 77th, 85th, 88th, 92nd, 96th, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 109th, 3/Rifle Bde 17,000 1

32,250 Bermuda: Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200 Royal Engineers, 4 companies 300 1/15th 650 61st 650 1,800 Birr: 80th & Depot of 37th 650 Bombay: 3rd & 15th Hussars 900 Royal Horse Artillery, 1 Brigade 500 Royal Artillery, 3 Brigades 1,800 2/1st, 1/2nd, 1/8th, 1/14th, 1/21st 3,750 49th, 59th, 66th, 95th, 108th 3,750 -- 10,700 Bradford: 35th & Depot of 73rd 650 Brighton: 10th Hussars & Depot of 11th Hussars 536 Bristol: 50th & Depot of 88th 650 Burmah: 2/21st 650 76th 650 1,300 Buttevant: 72nd & Depot of 71st 650 Bury: 2/8th & Depot of 1/8th 650 Cahir: 1st Dragoon Guards 400 Canada: Royal Artillery, 6 batteries 600 69th 650 1/60th 650 1/Rifle Bde 650 2,650 Canterbury: 19th Hussars & Depots of 20th & 21st Hussars 500 Cape of Good Hope: Royal Engineers, 2 companies 200 1/9th 650 2/11th 650 2/20th 650 32nd 650 2

2,900 Carlisle: 1/12th & Depot of 2/12th, 61st 750 Castlebar: 54th & Depot of 36th 650 Ceylon: Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200 Ceylon Rifle Regiment 300 73rd 650 1,150 Chatham: Royal Engineers Mounted Troop 50 Army Service Corps 50 Royal Engineers, 8 companies 600 Battalion of Depot companies 1,500 Royal Marines, Chatham Division 1,500 2/23rd & Depot od 2/21st 650 -- 4.350 Chester: 2/4th & Depot of 2/1st 650 Clonmel: Colchester: 2nd Dragoon Guards 300 27th & Depot of 81st 650 950 Cork: Royal Engineers, 3 companies 300 1/22nd & Depot of 106th 650 64th & Depot of 85th 650 1,600 Curragh: Army Service Corps 100 1, 2/16th & Depot of 55th 1,200 1/65th 550 1,950 Deal: Coast Brigade, Royal Artillery & Royal Marine Depot 800 Devonport: Army Service Corps 30 1/23rd & Depot of 1/21st 650 50th 550 57th & Depot of 75th 650 1,980 Dorchester: Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125 3

Dover: Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800 91st & Depot of 74th 650 97th & Depot of 76th 650 102nd & Depot of 103rd 650 2,850 Dublin: 2nd Dragoons 300 12th Lancers & Depot of 16th Lancers 400 Army Service Corps 150 Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125 Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200 Royal Engineers, 1 company 95 1/Scots Fusilier Guards 650 2/15th & Depot of 69th 650 30th & Depot of 108th 650 43rd & Depot of 52nd 650 47th & Depot of 59th 650 4.520 Dundalk: 8th Hussars & Depot of 4th Hussars 400 Edinburgh: 17th Lancers 300 90th & Depot of 32nd 650 950 Fermoy: 65th & Depot 41st, 89th & Depot of 1/9th 1,280 -- 1,380 Gibraltar: Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800 Royal Engineers, 3 companies 300 1/13th 650 28th, 71st, 74th & 81st 2,000 -- 4,350 Glasgow: 2/5th & Depot of 1/5th 650 Gosport: Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800 2/2nd & Depot of 1/2nd 650 101st & Depot of 104th 650 2,100 Guernsey: Halifax, Nova Scotia: Royal Artillery, 3 batteries 300 Royal engineers, 2 companies 200 84th 650 4

1,150 Hilsea: Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 100 Hong Kong: 75th 650 Part of Ceylon Rifle Regiment 200 950 Jamaica: 29th 650 750 Japan: 1/10th 650 Jersey: 2/17th & Depot of 1/17th 750 850 Kilkenny: 1/20th & Depot of 2/20th 750 850 Kinsale: 63rd & Depot of 49th 650 750 Leeds: 5th Dragoon Guards 300 Leith Fort: Limerick: 70th & Depot of 58th 650 750 Longford: 14th Hussars & Depot of 18th Hussars 400 Madras: 16th Lancers 450 18th Hussars 450 Royal Horse Artillery, 1 Brigade 500 Royal Artillery, 3 Brigades 2.800 1/1st, 1/8th, 2/10th, 2/19th, 2/24th, 45th, 3/60th, 79th 5,600 -- 10,000 5

Malta: Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800 Royal Engineers, 2 companies 200 Royal Malta Fencible Artillery 650 1/24th 650 31st, 48th, 52nd, 64th, 87th 3,250 -- Manchester: Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125 4th Dragoon Guards 300 10th & Depot of 1o9th 650 5,550 1,075 Mauritius: 86th 650 850 Melbourne: 2/11th (on passage home) 650 Metropolis: 1st Life Guards, Hyde Park 436 Royal Horse Guards, Regent's Park 436 9th Lancers, Hounslow (Hampton Court & Kennsington) & Depot of 5th Lancers 400 1, 2/Grenadier Guards, Chelsea Barracks 1,300 1/Coldstream Guards, Wellington Barracks 650 2/Coldstream Guards, Wellington Barracks 650 3/Grenadier Guards, the Tower 650 -- 4,522 Mullingar: 40th & Depot of 62nd 650 Newbridge: 6th Dragoon Guards 300 Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125 425 New Brunswick: 1/22nd 650 Newcastle: 98th & Depot of 31st 650 Newfoundland: New Zealand: 2/18th 650 Norwich: Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 152 Nova Scotia: 78th 650 Parkhurst: 99th & Depot of 26th 650 6

Pembroke: 2/6th & Depot of 1/6th 650 750 Penang: Plymouth: Royal Artillery, 5 batteries 500 Royal Marines, Plymouth Division 2,000 -- 2,500 Portland: 2/7th & Depot of 1/7th 650 Portsmouth: Royal Artillery, 5 batteries 550 Royal Engineers, 2 companies 100 Royal Marine Artillery & Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division 1,500 1/25th & Depot of 2/25th, 46th & Depot of 66th, 82nd & Depots of 28th & 29th 1,650 -- 3,950 Preston: 9th depot Battalion 500 Sheerness: Royal Artillery & Coast Brigade 700 Sheffield: 2/22nd & Depot of 107th 650 Shoeburyness: Royal Artillery, 3 batteries 300 Shorncliffe: Army Service Corps 50 Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200 Royal Engineers, 1 company 116 6th & 10th Depot Battalions 1,000 24th & Depot of 96th 650 -- 9,016 Southampton: Royal Engineers, 2 companies 150 Sierra Leone: 1st West India regiment 650 Singapore: St. Helena: 200 Sydney: Tilbury Fort: 7

Warley: 2/9th & Depot of 2/10th 650 Waterford: 51st & Depot of 105th 650 Windsor: 2nd Life Guards 436 1/Scots Fusilier Guards 650 1,086 Woolwich: Royal Horse Artillery, 2 batteries 350 Artillery Riding Establishment 225 Royal Artillery, 13 batteries 1,300 Depot Brigade 700 Royal Engineeers, 2 companies 200 94th & Depot of 45th 650 -- 3,425 York: 113th Hussars and Depots of 3rd, 7th & 15th Hussars 600 Grand Total 159,215 Naval and Military Gazette, 1870 Copyright GFN 1994. 8