Distribution of the British Army 1 April 1865 Date of 1st Lifeguards Hyde Park Feb 1816 France 2nd Life Guards Windsor Feb 1816 France Royal Horse Gds Regent's Park Feb 1816 France 1st Dragoon Gds Secunderabad Canterbury Aug 1857 2nd Dragoon Gds Muttra Canterbury July 1857 3rd Dragoon Gds Ahmednaggar Canterbury Aug 1857 4th Dragoon Gds Newbridge Jul 1856 Crimea 5th Dragoon Gds Dublin May 1856 Crimea 6th Dragoon Gds Brighton Jul 1861 India 7th Dragoon Gds Benares Canterbury Oct 1857 1st Dragoons May 1856 Crimea 2nd Dragoons Jul 1856 Crimea 3rd Hussars Manchester May 1853 Bengal 4th Hussars Dundalk May 1856 Crimes 5th Lancers Lucknow Canterbury July 1863 6th Dragoons Mhow Maidstone July 1858 7th Hussars Sealkote Canterbury Aug 1857 8th Hussars York Apr 1864 India 9th Lancers Dublin Sep 1859 India 10th Hussars Cahir Jun 1856 Crimea 11th Hussars Dublin Jul 1856 Crimea 12th Lancers Sheffield Jun 1860 E Indies 13th Hussars Hounslow May 1856 Crimea 14th Hussars Jun 1860 E Indies 15th Hussars Edinburgh Jun 1854 E. Indies 16th Lancers Colchester Dec 1846 Bengal 17th Lancers on pass home Canterbury Oct 1857 18th Hussars Bangalaore Canterbury June 1864 19th Hussars Merut Canterbury 20th Hussars Kamillpore Canterbury 21st Hussars Umballa Canterbury Mil Train 1st Bn Mil Train 2nd Bn Mil Train 3rd Bn Montreal Dec 1861 Mil Train 4th Bn New Zealand Nov 1863 Mil Train 5th Bn Mil Train 6th Bn Curragh Gren Gds 1st Bn W'ton Barr Sep 1864 Canada Gren Gds 2nd Bn The Tower Oct 1842 Canada Gren Gds 3rd Bn W'ton Barr Jul 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 1st Bn Windsor Jun 1856 Crimea Colds Gds 2nd Bn St. Geo's Barr Oct 1842 Canada Sc Fus Gds 1st Bn Shorncliffe Jul 1856 Crimea Sc Fus Gds 2nd Bn Chelsea Barr Sep 1864 Canada 1st Foot 1st Bn Kamptee Colchester July 1857 1
1st Foot 2nd Bn Jersey Apr 1861 China 2nd Foot 1st Bn Cork May 1861 China 2nd Foot 2nd Bn Bermuda Feb 1858 3rd Foot 1st Bn Shefield Apr 1861 China 3rd Foot 2nd Bn Barbadoes Limerick Apr 1858 4th Foot 1st Bn Poona May 1857 4th Foot 2nd Bn Malta May 1859 5th Foot 1st Bn Birr Jul 1861 E Indies 5th Foot 2nd Bn C of Good Hope Walmer Aug 1858 6th Foot 1st Bn Devonport May 1862 E Indies 6th Foot 2nd Bn Jamaica Colchester May 1858 7th Foot 1st Bn Ferozepore Walmer July 1857 7th Foot 2nd Bn Malta Walmer May 1858 8th Foot 1st Bn Curragh Sep 1860 India 8th Foot 2nd Bn Malta Templemore 9th Foot 1st Bn Limerick Jan 1860 9th Foot 2nd Bn China Limerick Oct 1858 10th Foot 1st Bn C of Good Hope Sep 1864 10th Foot 2nd Bn Madras Jan 1860 11th Foot 1st Bn Fyzabad Cork July 1864 11th Foot 2nd Bn C of Good Hope Cork July 1861 12th Foot 1st Bn New Zealand Jun 1854 12th Foot 2nd Bn Seetapore Chatam July 1864 13th Foot 1st Bn Apr 1864 India 13th Foot 2nd Bn Mauritius Templemore Feb 1859 14th Foot 1st Bn May 1864 W Indies 14th Foot 2nd Bn New Zealand Templemore Sep 1860 15th Foot 1st Bn New Brunswick Feb 1862 15th Foot 2nd Bn Nov 1858 16th Foot 1st Bn Toronto Templemore Dec 1861 16th Foot 2nd Bn Halifax NS templemore Dec 1861 17th Foot 1st Bn Quebec Limerick Apr 1854 17th Foot 2nd Bn Halifax NS Limerick Dec 1861 18th Foot 1st Bn Secunderabad Fermoy Nov 1857 18th Foot 2nd Bn New Zealand Fermoy Apr 1863 19th Foot 1st Bn Jullundur July 1857 19th Foot 2nd Bn Thyetmyoe Aug 1863 20th Foot 1st Bn Roorkee Aug 1857 20th Foot 2nd Bn Japan July 1863 21st Foot 1st Bn Portsmouth Aug 1864 W Indies 21st Foot 2nd Bn Bellary Preston July 1863 22nd Foot 1st Bn Malta Parkhurst May 1860 22nd Foot 2nd Bn Malta Parkhurst May 1859 23rd Foot 1st Bn Agra Walmer May 1857 23rd Foot 2nd Bn Walmer Feb 1859 24th Foot 1st Bn Dublin Jul 1861 India 24th Foot 2nd Bn Mauritius Cork Mar 1860 25th Foot 1st Bn Quebec Preston Jan 1858 25th Foot 2nd Bn Ceylon Preston July 1863 2
26th Foot Portsmouth Oct 1859 Bermuda 27th Foot Dinapore Cork July 1854 28th Foot Devonport Mar 1865 India 29th Foot Newry Sep 1859 India 30th Foot Montreal Parkhurst June 1861 31st Foot Nov 1863 China 32nd Foot Waterford Aug 1859 India 33rd Foot Bombay Fermoy Mar 1851 34th Foot Morar Colchester Aug 1857 35th Foot Mooltan July 1854 36th Foot Shajehanpore Belfast Aug 1863 37th Foot Dover Jul 1861 India 38th Foot Subathoo Colchester Aug 1857 39th Foot Aug 1864 Bermuda 40th Foot New Zealand July 1852 41st Foot Dublin Colchester Apr 1860 Jamaica 42nd Foot Rawul Pindee Aberdeen Aug 1857 43rd Foot New Zealand Winchester Oct 1851 44th Foot Belgaum Colchester Aug 1857 45th Foot Mhow Parkhurst July 1864 46th Foot Lucknow Templemore Oct 1854 47th Foot Canada Belfast June 1861 48th Foot on pass home Cork Feb 1853 49th Foot Dublin May 1860 Barbadoes 50th Foot New Zealand Parkhurst July 1857 51st Foot Peshawur Winchester Oct 1857 52nd Foot Portsmouth Mar 1865 India 53rd Foot Curragh Aug 1860 India 54th Foot Calcutta Colchester Aug 1857 55th Foot Lucknow Preston Non 1863 56th Foot Deesa Colchester Aug 1857 57th Foot New Zealand Cork Feb 1853 58th Foot Benares Belfast July 1864 59th Foot Glasgow Dec 1861 Cape 60th Foot 1st Bn Dublin Aug 1860 India 60th Foot 2nd Bn Dover Feb 1862 China 60th Foot 3rd Bn Rangoon Winchester Aug 1857 60th Foot 4th Bn Montreal Winchester June 1861 61st Foot Curragh Sep 1860 Mauritius 62nd Foot Jul 1864 Canada 63rd Foot Canada Colchester July 1854 64th Foot Manchester Sep 1861 India 65th Foot New Zealand May 1846 66th Foot Bangalore Colchester Aug 1857 67th Foot China Belfast Sep 1858 68th Foot New Zealand Preston Sep 1857 69th Foot Gosport May 1864 India 70th Foot New Zealand Colchester Jan 1849 71st Foot on pass home Stirling Dec 1854 3
72nd Foot Bombay Stirling Aug 1857 73rd Foot Shorncliffe Aug 1861 India 74th Foot Edinburgh Jun 1864 India 75th Foot Jun 1862 India 76th Foot Madras Belfast Oct 1863 77th Foot Bareilly June 1857 78th Foot Dublin Aberdeen Sep 1859 India 79th Foot Rawul Pindee Aberdeen Aug 1857 80th Foot Dum Dum Jul 1856 81st Foot on pass home Gosport Jul 1853 82nd Foot Meean Meer Colchester Jan 1855 83rd Foot May 1862 India 84th Foot Dublin Colchester Sep 1859 India 85th Foot Jun 1863 Cape 86th Foot Templemore Oct 1864 87th Foot Gosport Jun 1861 China 88th Foot Cawnpore Fermoy Jul 1857 89th Foot Subathoo Fermoy Apr 1854 90th Foot Dugshai Preston Nov 1854 91st Foot Jubbulpore Preston Dec 1854 92nd Foot May 1863 India 93rd Foot Sealkote Aberdeen June 1857 94th Foot Meean Meer Jun 1856 95th Foot Kurrachee Fermoy June 1857 96th Foot C of Good Hope Belfast Feb 1863 97th Foot Saugor Colchester Aug 1857 98th Foot Umballa Colchester Oct 1857 99th Foot China Cork Sep 1858 100th Foot Malta Parkhurst May 1859 101st Foot Dugshai Walmer 102nd Foot Cannanore 103rd Foot Neemuch Colchester 104th Foot Jhansi Parkhurst 105th Foot Madras Pembroke 106th Foot Nusseerabad Limerick 107th Foot Allahabad Fermoy 108th Foot Secunderabad Fermoy 109th Foot Aden Cork Rifle Bde 1st Bn Montreal Winchester Dec 1861 Rifle Bde 2nd Bn Meerut Winchester Aug 1857 Rifle Bde 3rd Bn Nowshera Winchester July 1857 Rifle Bde 4th Bn Winchester Aug 1858 A Horse Bde Bengal B C Meerut D Bangalore E Kirkee F Umballa 1st Bde 4
2nd Bde 3rd Bde 4th Bde 5th Bde 6th Bde 7th Bde 8th Bde 9th Bde 10th Bde 11th Bde 12th Bde 13th Bde 14th Bde 15th Bde 16th Bde 17th Bde 18th Bde 19th Bde 20th Bde 21st Bde 22nd Bde 23rd Bde 24th Bde 25th Bde Horse Bde Depot Depot Coast Bde HQ A Trp RE Train B Trp RE Train 1st Coy 2nd Coy 3rd Coy 4th Coy 5th Coy 6th Coy 7th Coy 8th Coy 9th Coy 10th Coy 11th Coy 12th Coy 13th Coy 14th Coy 15th Coy 16th Coy 17th Coy 18th Coy 19th Coy 20th Coy Mauritius Malta Plymouth Portsmouth Gosport Dublin Shorncliffe Montreal Lucknow Gosport Dover Ahmedabad Nova Scotia Barrackpore Madras Kurrachee Peshawur Kamptee Mhow Morar Secunderbad Meean Meer Benares Canterbury Mauritius Portsmouth Halifax NS Bermuda New Zealand Dover Shorncliffe C of Good Hope C of Good Hope Edinburgh survey London survey Canada Dublin survey Weymouth Nova Scotia Glasgow survey Curragh 5
21st Coy Mauritius 22nd Coy China 23rd Coy 24th Coy Devonport 25th Coy 26th Coy Weymouth 27th Coy 28th Coy Malta 29th Coy 30th Coy 31st Coy Malta 32nd Coy St. Helena 33rd Coy 34th Coy Bermuda 35th Coy 36th Coy 37th Coy 38th Coy 39th Coy 40th Coy Com Stf Cps 1 Coy Canada 2 Coy Curragh 3 Coy 4 Coy New Zealand 5 Coy Date of Colonial Corps 1st West India Regiment at Bahamas 2nd West India Regiment at Barbadoes 3rd West India Regiment at Sierra Leone 4th West India Regiment at Cape Coast Castle Ceylon Rifle Regiment at Ceylon Cape Mounted Rifles at Cape of Good Hope, Depot - Canterbury Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment at Canada Royal Malta Fencibles at Malta The Naval and Military Gazette and East India and Colonial Chronicle, 1865 Copyright GFN 1994. 6