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

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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