British Army Dispositions, January 1862

 

The following is an approximate listing of the disposition of the British Army (Regulars only) in the first week of January 1862, after the first wave of reinforcements arrive in America.

 

Area	Cavalry	Infantry
Home Islands	20	45
Eastern Colonies	11	57
Mediterranean	0	12
North America and West Indies	0	23
Australasia	0	6
South Africa	0	5
China	0	3
TOTAL	31	151

 

Home

 

England

 

Cavalry

 

Household Brigade: 1^st Life Guards, 2^nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards

 

Heavy Brigade: 5^th Dragoon Guards, 6^th Dragoon Guards, 1^st Dragoons and 2^nd Dragoons

 

Hussars: 3^rd Hussars, 4^th Hussars, 10^th Hussars, 13^th Hussars, 15^th Hussars, and 18^th Hussars

 

Lancers: 9^th Lancers, 12^th Lancers, 16^th Lancers and 5^th Lancers

 

Infantry

 

Brigade of Guards: 2/1^st Guards, 3/1^st Guards, 1/ Coldstream Guards, 2/ Coldstream Guards and 1/ Scots Fusilier Guards

 

Infantry of the Line: 2/1^st, 1/2^nd, 1/3^rd, 1/5^th, 1/6^th, 1/8^th, 1/11^th, 2/12^th, 2/18^th, 2/20^th, 1/24^th, 29^th, 32^nd, 37^th, 41^st, 49^th, 53^rd, 55^th, 59^th, 1/60^th Rifles, 2/60^th Rifles, 61^st, 64^th, 73^rd, 75^th, 76^th, 78^th, 83^rd, 84^th, 86^th, 87^th and 4/Rifle Brigade

 

Ireland: 4^th Dragoon Guards, 11^th Hussars, 14^th Hussars, 1/10^th, 2/19^th, 2/21^st, 36^th, 45^th and 58^th

 

Scotland: 2/25^th, 26^th

 

 

Mediterranean

 

Gibraltar: 2/2^nd, 2/3^rd, 2/7^th and 2/8^th

 

Ionian Islands: 2/4^th, 2/6^th, 1/9^th and 2/9^th

 

Malta: 2/15^th, 1/22^nd, 2/22^nd and 2/23^rd

 

 

Eastern Colonies

 

India

 

Cavalry

 

1^st Dragoon Guards, 2^nd Dragoon Guards, 3^rd Dragoon Guards, 7^th Dragoon Guards, 6^th Dragoons, 7^th Hussars, 8^th Hussars, 17^th Lancers, 19^th Hussars, 20^th Hussars and 21^st Lancers

 

Infantry

 

1/4^th, 1/7^th, 1/13^th, 1/18^th, 1/19^th, 1/20^th, 1/23^rd, 27^th, 28^th, 33^rd, 34^th, 35^th, 38^th, 42^nd, 43^rd, 44^th, 46^th, 48^th, 51^st, 52^nd, 54^th, 56^th, 66^th, 69^th, 71^st, 72^nd, 74^th, 77^th, 79^th, 80^th, 81^st, 82^nd, 88^th, 89^th, 90^th, 91^st, 92^nd, 93^rd, 94^th, 95^th, 97^th, 98^th, 100^th, 101^st, 102^nd, 103^rd, 104^th, 105^th, 106^th, 107^th, 108^th, 109^th, 2/Rifle Brigade and 3/ Rifle Brigade

 

Burma: 3/60^th Rifles and 68^th

 

Ceylon: 1/1^st and 50^th

 

Mauritius: 2/24^th

 

 

North America

 

Canada: 1/1^st Guards, 2/Scots Fusilier Guards, 1/16^th, 1/17^th, 1/25^th, 30^th, 47^th, 4/60^th Rifles, 62^nd, 63^rd and 1/Rifle Brigade

 

New Brunswick: 1/15^th and 96^th

 

Nova Scotia: 2/16^th, 2/17^th and 4/60^th Rifles

 

Bermuda: 39^th

 

West Indies: 1/14^th, 1/21^st, 1^st West Indies, 2^nd West Indies, 3^rd West Indies and 4^th West Indies

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

New Zealand: 1/12^th, 2/14^th, 40^th, 57^th, 65^th and 70^th (Australia’s garrison is reduced to a single artillery battery)

 

South Africa: 2/5^th, 2/10^th, 2/11^th, 2/13^th and 85^th

 

China: 33^rd, 67^th and 99^th