Stations of the British Army 5 September 1885 Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year 1st Life Guards Hyde Pk 1815 France France 1816 2nd Life Guards Windsor 1815 France France 1816 Royal Horse Guards Regent's Pk 1815 France France 1816 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards Rawul Pindee Canterbury 1879 Natal 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1857 India Bombay 1870 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoons Guards Muttra Canterbury 1884 Bengal 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Manchester 1882 1882 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Drag Gds Newbridge 1854 Turkey Crimea 1856 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) Rawul Pindee Canterbury 1877 Bengal 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards Mhow Canterbury 1882 1883 1st (Royal) Dragoons Dundalk 1854 Turkey Crimea 1856 2nd Dragoons Edinburgh 1854 Crimea Crimea 1856 3rd (King's Own) Hussars York 1868 Bombay Bombay 1879 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars Norwich 1867 Bombay Bengal 1878 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Brighton 1863 Bengal Bengal 1874 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Cape Canterbury 1881 Natal 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 1881 Natal Natal 1882 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars Meerut Canterbury 1878 Bengal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers Rawul Pindee Canterbury 1875 Bengal 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 1873 Bengal Bengal 1884 11th (Prince Albert's Own Hussars) Ballincollig 1866 Bombay Bengal 1877 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers Bangalore Canterbury 1877 Madras 13th Hussars Natal Colchester 1874 Bengal 14th (King's) Hussars Secunderabad Canterbury 1876 Bengal 15th (King's) Hussars Hounslow 1869 Bombay Natal 1882 16th (Queen's) Lancers Dublin 1865 Madras Madras 1877 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers Lucknow Canterbury 1879 Natal 18th Hussars Dublin 1864 Madras Madras 1876 19th Hussars Colchester 1882 20th Hussars 1885 21st Hussars Cahir Bengal Bengal 1873 Cavalry Canterbury Grenadier Guards 1st Bn Dublin 1861 Canada Canada 1864 Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn Chelsea 1882 1882 Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn on pass home 1885 Soudan Coldstream Guards 1st Bn on pass home 1885 Soudan Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn W'ton Barr 1882 1882 Scots Guards 1st Bn Chelsea Barr 1882 1882 Scots Guards 2nd Bn on pass home 1885 Soudan 1st Royal Scots 1st Bn Cape Glencorse 1878 1st Royal Scots 2nd Bn Edinburgh Glencorse 1866 Bombay Bengal 1880 2nd Queen's (Royal West Surrey) 1st Bn Cork Guildford 1866 Bombay Bombay 1879 2nd Queen's (Royal West Surrey) 2nd Bn Cawnpore Guildford 1877 Bombay 3rd The Buffs, (East Kent) 1st Bn Canterbury 1885 3rd The Buffs, (East Kent) 2nd Bn Hong Kong Canterbury 1876 Natal 1885 4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster) 1st Bn Lancaster 1874 Gib B'does 1881 4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster) 2nd Bn Poona Lancaster 1878 Capes 5th Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Bn Dublin Newcastle 1866 Bengal Afghan 1880 5th Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Bn Mean Meer Newcastle 1880 Bengal 1
Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year 1 2 Squadrons in the Soudan. 6th Royal Warwickshire 1st Bn Plymouth Warwick 1867 Bengal Aden 1880 6th Royal Warwickshire 2nd Bn Jubbulpore Warwick 1878 Bengal 7th Royal Fusiliers (City of London) 1st Bn Hounslow 1884 Gib 7th Royal Fusiliers (City of London) 2nd Bn Cannanore Hounslow 1873 Bombay 8th King's (Liverpool) 1st Bn Curragh Warrington 1866 1879 8th King's (Liverpool) 2nd Bn Ft William Warrington 1877 Bengal 9th Norfolk 1st Bn Gosport Yarmouth 1854 Cape 1870 9th Norfolk 2nd Bn Seetapore Yarmouth 1874 Bengal 10th Lincolnshire 1st Bn Curragh Lincoln 1864 Cape Straits 1877 10th Lincolnshire 2nd Bn Morar Lincoln 1878 11th Devonshire 1st Bn Newry Exeter 1864 Bengal Bengal 1877 11th Devonshire 2nd Bn Jhansi Exeter 1877 Bombay 12th Suffolk 1st Bn Roorkee Bury St E 1854 Bengal 12th Suffolk 2nd Bn Cork Bury St E 1864 Bengal Bengal 1878 13th P Albert's (Somersetshire L.I.) 1st Bn Enniskillen Taunton 1867 Gib Natal 1879 13th P Albert's (Somersetshire L.I.) 2nd Bn Rangoon Taunton 1877 14th P of Wales's Own (W Yorkshire) 1st Bn Galway York 1867 Aden 1879 14th P of Wales's Own (W Yorkshire) 2nd Bn Sealkote York 1878 Bengal 15th East Yorkshire 1st Bn Beverley 1885 Gib 15th East Yorkshire 2nd Bn Bombay Beverley 1873 Bengal 16th Bedfordshire 1st Bn Colchester Bedford 1861 Canada N Scotia 1870 16th Bedfordshire 2nd Bn Bellary Bedford 1876 Madras 17th Leicestershire 1st Bn Leicester 1870 Bengal Bengal 1882 17th Leicestershire 2nd Bn Lucknow Leicester 1876 Bengal 18th Royal Irish 1st Bn on pass home Clonmel 1872 18th Royal Irish 2nd Bn Rawul Pindee Clonmel 1884 19th Princess of Wales's Own (Yorks) 1st Bn Richmond 1877 Bermuda 19th Princess of Wales's Own (Yorks) 2nd Bn Buttevant Richmond 1863 Rangoon Bengal 1877 20th Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn Fermoy Bury 1873 Bermuda 1881 20th Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Bn Nusseerabad Bury 1881 Bombay 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Bn Portland Ayr 1863 Bombay Madras 1881 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn Burmah Ayr 1879 Natal 22nd Cheshire 1st Bn Chester 1885 Gib 22nd Cheshire 2nd Bn Rawul Pindee Chester 1873 Bengal 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Bn Dum Dum Wrexham 1880 Bengal 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Bn Templemore Wrexham 1874 Gib Gib 1880 24th South Wales Borderers 1st Bn Kilkenny Brecon 1866 Natal 1879 24th South Wales Borderers 2nd Bn Ft St George Brecon 1878 Cape 25th King's Own Borderers 1st Bn Meerut Berwick 1875 Bengal 25th King's Own Borderers 2nd Bn Dublin Berwick 1863 Ceylon Aden 1876 26th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn Glasgow Hamilton 1880 1881 90th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Bn Bareilly Hamilton 1878 Cape 27th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn Straits Omagh 1876 108th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Bn Belfast Omagh Bombay Bombay 1876 28th Gloucestershire 1st Bn York Bristol 1868 Gib Straits 1879 61st Gloucestershire 2nd Bn Poona Bristol 1878 29th Worcestershire 1st Bn Kurrachee Worcester 1879 Bombay 36th Worcestershire 2nd Bn Jersey Worcester 1863 Bengal Bengal 1875 30th East Lancashire 1st Bn Ferozepore Burnley 1880 Bengal 59th East Lancashire 2nd Bn Dover Burnley 1867 Ceylon Afghan 1880 31st East Surrey 1st Bn Ranikhet Kingston 1884 Gib 70th East Surrey 2nd Bn on pass home Kingston 1871 Bengal
Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year 32nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Bn Dublin Bodmin 1865 Gib Cape 1877 46th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Bn Bodmin 1876 Bermuda 33rd Duke of Wellington's (W Riding) 1st Bn Rawul Pindee Halifax 1875 Madras 76th Duke of Wellington's (W Riding) 2nd Bn Tipperary Halifax 1863 Madras Madras 1876 34th Border 1st Bn Agra Carlisle 1875 Bengal 55th Border 2nd Bn Dublin Carlisle 1863 Bengal Bengal 1877 35th Royal Sussex 1st Bn Chichester 1875 Jamaica 107th Royal Sussex 2nd Bn Chichester 1882 37th Hampshire 1st Bn Winchester 1884 67th Hampshire 2nd Bn Secunderabad Gosport 1872 Burmah 38th South Staffordshire 1st Bn Lichfield 1880 80th South Staffordshire 2nd Bn Manchester Lichfield 1872 S'pore Transvaal 1880 39th Dorsetshire 1st Bn Dorchester 1885 54th Dorsetshire 2nd Bn Peshawur Dorchester 1871 Bengal 40th P of Wales's Vols (S. Lancs) 1st Bn Aden Warrington 1872 Bengal 82nd P of Wales's Vols (S. LAncs) 2nd Bn Natal Warrington 1870 Aden Natal 1884 41st Welsh 1st Bn Natal Cardiff 1880 Gib 69th Welsh 2nd Bn Mullingar Cardiff 1867 Canada Gib 1879 42nd The Black Watch(Royal Highlanders)1st Bn Perth 1882 73rd The Black Watch(Royal Highlanders)2nd Bn Perth 1866 China Bengal 1881 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry 1st Bn Quetta Oxford 1872 Madras 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn Oxford 1868 Gib 1884 44th Essex 1st Bn The Tower Warley 1871 Madras Aden 1884 56th Essex 2nd Bn Warley 1882 Gib 45th Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire) 1st Bn Athlone Derby 1864 Bombay Madras 1878 95th Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire) 2nd Bn Lucknow Derby 1881 Gib 47th Loyal North Lancashire 1st Bn Quetta Preston 1882 Gib 81st Loyal North Lancashire 2nd Bn Preston 1870 Gib Gib 1883 48th Northamptonshire 1st Bn Preston N'pton 1868 Madras 1880 58th Northamptonshire 2nd Bn Cape N'pton 1879 Natal 49th P Charlotte of Wales's(Berkshire) 1st Bn Reading 1881 Gib 66th P Charlotte of Wales's(Berkshire) 2nd Bn Chatham Reading 1870 Bengal Bombay 1881 50th Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) 1st Bn Maidstone 1882 97th Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) 2nd Bn Curragh Maidstone 1873 Jamaica Natal 1882 51st King's Own L I (S Yorkshire) 1st Bn Dinapore Pontefract 1872 Bengal 105th King's Own L I (S Yorkshire) 2nd Bn Pontefract 1884 53rd King's (Shropshire Lt Infantry) 1st Bn Shrewsbury 1882 85th King's (Shropshire Lt Infantry) 2nd Bn Shrewsbury 1868 Bombay Natal 1881 57th D of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) 1st Bn Dover Hounslow 1873 Ceylon Natal 1879 77th D of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) 2nd Bn Secunderabad Hounslow 1880 Bengal 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn Limerick Winchester 1866 Halifax 1872 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn Devonport Winchester 1867 Bengal Bengal 1882 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Bn Cyprus Winchester 1879 Natal 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Bn Peshawur Winchester 1876 Bengal 62nd Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) 1st Bn Devizes 1868 Bengal Aden 1882 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) 2nd Bn Nowshera Devizes 1878 Cape 63rd Manchester 1st Bn Shorncliff Ashton 1870 Bengal 1882 96th Manchester 2nd Bn Rawul Pindee Ashton 1881 64th P of Wales's (N Staffordshire) 1st Bn W Indies Lichfield 1884 W Indies 98th P of Wales's (N Staffordshire) 2nd Bn Mhow Lichfield 1873 Bar'oes 65th York and Lancaster 1st Bn Sheffield Pontefract 1871 Bengal Bombay 1884 84th York and Lancaster 2nd Bn Bermuda Pontefract 1883 Bermuda 68th Durham Light Infantry 1st Bn Allahabad Newcastle 1872 Bombay 3
Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year 106th Durham Light Infantry 2nd Bn Newcastle 1882 Gib 71st Highland Light Infantry 1st Bn Dublin Hamilton 1868 Gib Gib 1880 74th HighlandLight Infantry 2nd Bn Rawul Pindee Hamilton 1884 Bengal 72nd S'forth H'Landers (R-shire Buffs) 1st Bn Windsor Ft George 1871 Bengal 1882 78th S'forth H'Landers (R-shire Buffs) 2nd Bn Rawul Pindee Ft George 1879 Poona 75th Gordon Highlanders 1st Bn Aberdeen 1881 92nd Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn Devonport Aberdeen 1868 Bombay Natal 1882 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn Ft George 1879 Gib 83rd Royal Irish Rifles 1st Bn Guernsey Belfast 1867 Gib Natal 1882 86th Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Bn Halifax NS Belfast 1880 Bermuda 87th P Victoria's (Royal Irish Fus) 1st Bn Rawul Pindee Armagh 1883 Bengal 89th P Victoria's (Royal Irish Fus) 2nd Bn Armagh 1870 Madras Madras 1884 88th Connaught Rangers 1st Bn Jullundur Galway 1877 Cape 94th Connaught Ranger's 2nd Bn Fermoy Galway 1879 Natal Natal 1882 91st P Louise's Argyll & S'land H'ers)1st Bn Natal Stirling 1879 Natal 93rd P Louise's Argyll & S'land H'ers)2nd Bn Parkshurst Stirling 1879 Gib Gib 1881 100th P of Wales's Leinster (Royal Can)1st Bn Fyzabad Birr 1877 Bengal 109th P of Wales's Leinster (Royal Can)2nd Bn Birr Birr Bombay Bombay 1877 101st Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Bn Pembroke Dk Tralee 1874 N Scotia 1883 104th Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Bn Kamptee Tralee 1882 102nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers) 1st Bn Ceylon Naas 1876 Gib 103rd Royal Dublin Fusiliers) 2nd Bn Naas 1884 Gib Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1st Bn Belgaum Winchester 1880 Madras Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Bn Winchester 1874 Gib Gib 1880 Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 3rd Bn Winchester 1885 Gib Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 4th Bn Rawul Pindee Winchester 1873 Bengal 1st West India Regiment Jamaica 2nd West India Regiment Sierra Leone Fencible Artillery RE HQ Chatham HQ RE Train A Trp RE Train 1st Div RE Tel 2nd Div RE Tel 1st Coy RE 2nd Coy 3rd Coy London 4th Coy Bermuda (Torpedo) 5th Coy 6th Coy Bermuda 7th Coy Secunderabad 8th Coy 9th Coy 10th Coy Plymouth 11th Coy 12th Coy Chatham 13th Coy Clifton Survey 14th Coy Dublin Survey 15th Coy 16th Coy Ipswich Survey 17th Coy Chatham 18th Coy 19th Coy Southampton Survey
Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year 20th Coy Halifax NS 21st Coy Chatham 22nd Coy Gravesend 23rd Coy 24th Coy Suakin 25th Coy Cork Harbour 26th Coy (Field) 27th Coy Devonport 28th Coy Gosport 29th Coy Curragh 30th Coy Bermuda 31st Coy Hong Kong 32nd Coy Natal 33rd Coy Cork 34th Coy Army Service C HQ London Royal Horse Artillery A Brigade H Battery L Battery B Brigade H Battery N Battery A & B Brigades Riding Est Newbridge St. John's Wood Sealkote Lucknow Meerut Meerut Dublin Umballa Newbridge Dublin Exeter Dorchester Kirkee Bangalore Canterbury Cairo Exeter Rawul Pindee Trimulghry Umballa 5
Returned Regiment Station Year Went to From Year Field Artillery 1st Brigade Dinapore Mooltan Cape Town Trimulghry Kirkee Kirkee Cawnpore H Battery Shorncliff J Battery Fermoy L Battery Shorncliff N Battery Kilkenny O Battery Athlone P Battery St. Thomas Mount Q Battery St. Thomas Mount R Battery Bellary S Battery Bangalore T Battery Kirkee U Battery Kamptee V Battery W Battery Newcastle 2nd Brigade H Battery J Battery L Battery N Battery O Battery P Battery Q Battery R Battery S Battery Deesa Mhow Hyderabad Ahmedabad Kurrachee Nusseerabad Belgaum Sheffield Rawul Pindee Curragh Bangalore Weedon Coventry Bristol Jullundur Ipswich Colchester
3rd Brigade J Battery L Battery N Battery O Battery P Battery Q Battery R Battery 4th Brigade H Battery J Battery L Battery O Battery P Battery Q Battery R Battery Trowbridge Ipswich Weedon Chatham Trimulgherry Dublin Morar Meerut Peshawur Mean Meer Lucknow Meen Meer Saugor Fyzabad Hilsea Neemuch Meerut Nowgong Agra Bareilly Morar Allahabad Natal Glasgow Christchurch Newbridge Ferozepore Limerick Barrackpore Sheffield Newport Clonmel Preston Garrison Artillery No. 1 Northern Division Weymouth Plymouth Devonport Tilbury Bermuda Bermuda Jutogh Agra Quetta Sunderland 7
No. 2 Lancashire Division Hong Kong Jersey Lahore Gwalior Liverpool No. 3 Eastern Division Rawul Pindee Sheerness Alderney Ceylon Ceylon Campbellpore Sheerness Delhi Colchester No. 4 Cinque Ports Division Devonport Pembroke Dock Halifax NS Barbadoes Quetta Dublin Murree Hills Dover No. 5 London Division No. 6 Southern Division Campbellpore Shoeburyness Golden Hill Tonghoo Singapore Dover Thyetmyoe Rangoon Morar Hong Kong
No. 7 Western Division No. 8 Scottish Division No. 9 Welsh Division Singapore Fort Rowner Carlisle Fort Spike Island Camden Fort Dover Ferozepore Aden St. Helena Cape Mauritius Devonport Quetta Calcutta Landguard Fort Dover Sheerness Bombay Leith Fort Sandown Pembroke Dock Trimulgherry Allahabad Jamaica Halifax Halifax Newport No. 10 North Irish Division Golden Hill Fort St. George Bombay Londonderry No. 11 South Irish Division Cape Plymouth Mount Wise Shoeburyness 9
Aden Thyetmyo Kinsale The Army and Navy Gazette, Supplement, 1885 Copyright GFN 1994.