British Army Dispositions, 1781

British Army Dispositions, 1781

This document is a draft, showing the dispositions of the British Regular Army in early 1871. It does not include King George’s German troops, or his Provincials, Militia and the 5 Regiments of the American Regular Army.

	Cavalry	Infantry
Britain	21	24
Ireland	11	11
Jersey	0	3
Canada (inc Maine)	0	11
Northern BNA	1	9
Southern BNA	0	13
West Indies and Florida	0	28
Mediterranean	0	8
West Africa	0	3
India	0	3
TOTAL	33	113

Table 1: Disposition of Regular Battalions (including 2 battalions of Marines serving as infantry in British North America)

England

Cavalry: Life Guards, Horse Grenadier Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Dragoon Guards, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th, 7^th, 10^th, 11^th, 15^th, 16^th, 19^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd Dragoons

Infantry: 1/1^st Guards, 2/1^st Guards, 3/1^st Guards, 1/Coldstream Guards, 2/Coldstream Guards, 1/3^rd Guards, 2/3^rd Guards, 2/1^st, 2^nd, 5^th, 10^th, 14^th, 18^th, 25^th, 26^th, 41^st (Invalids), 45^th, 50^th, 52^nd, 59^th, 65^th and 97^th

Scotland: 83^rd

Wales: 75^th

Ireland

Cavalry: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Horse, 5^th, 8^th, 9^th, 12^th, 13^th, 14^th and 18^th Dragoons

Infantry: 4^th, 11^th, 32^nd, 36^th, 49^th, 66^th, 67^th, 68^th, 79^th, 81^st and 102^nd

Jersey: 6^th, 95^th and 96^th (plus 3 battalions of militia, an attack was repulsed 6^th January 1781)

British North America

Newfoundland: 3/71^st

Quebec: 29^th, 31^st and 44^th

Canada: 8^th (Detroit frontier), 34^th (Niagara frontier) and 56^th

Halifax: 70^th and 1^st Bn RM

Maine: 74^th and 82^nd

Clinton’s Northern Army: 17^th Dragoons, 17^th, 22^nd, 38^th, 43^rd, 54^th, 57^th, 76^th, 80^th and 2^nd Bn RM

Cornwallis’ Southern Army: 1^st and 2^nd Bns of Foot Guards, 3^rd, 7^th, 17^th, 19^th, 23^rd, 30^th, 33^rd, 63^rd, 64^th, 2/71^st and 2/84^th

Florida: 16^th, 3/60^th and 4/60^th (Pensacola) and 37^th (St. Augustine)

West Indies

Antigua: 40^th

Barbados: 1/1^st, 13^th and 2/60^th

Dominica: 48^th

Grenada: 27^th

Jamaica: 75^th, 79^th, 88^th, 92^nd, 93^rd, 94^th and 99^th

Leeward Islands: 86^th, 87^th, 89^th and 90^th

Nicaragua: 1/60^th

St. Eustatius: 46^th

St. Kitts: 15^th, 28^th and 55^th

St. Lucia: 35^th and 91^st

Mediterranean

Gibraltar: 12^th, 39^th, 56^th, 58^th and 72^nd

Minorca: 51^st and 61^st

India

2/42^nd, 73^rd and 100^th

West Africa

78^th, 98^th and 101^st

Regiments lost at Saratoga: 9^th, 20^th, 21^st, 24^th, 47^th and 62^nd