British Army Dispositions, 1838

Home: 18 Cavalry Regiments, 27 Infantry Battalions

Mediterranean: 17 Infantry Battalions

Canada: 2 Cavalry Regiments, 19 Infantry Battalions

North America (except Canada) 16 Infantry Battalions

India: 5 Cavalry Regiments, 25 Infantry Battalions

Africa: 5 Infantry Battalions

Australia: 5 Infantry Battalions

Home

Household Brigade:

1^st Life Guards (Windsor)

2^nd Life Guards (Regents Park, London)

Royal Horse Guards (Hyde Park, London)

Heavy Cavalry Brigade (London):

4^th Dragoon Guards (Islington)

5^th Dragoon Guards (Clapham)

10^th Hussars (Houndslow)

Light Cavalry Brigade (Dublin):

2^nd Dragoons

8^th Hussars

17^th Lancers

Guards Division (London)

1/Grenadier Guards (St. Georges Barracks, London)

3/Grenadier Guards (Portman Barracks, London)

1/Coldstream Guards (Windsor)

1/Scotch Fusilier Guards (Wellington Barracks, London)

Infantry Division (Dublin)

7^th, 38^th, 42^nd, 79^th

Regional

Ireland

Newbridge: 2^nd Dragoon Guards

Ballincollig: 1^st Dragoons

Cahir: 6^th Dragoons

Fermoy: 10^th

Kilkenny: 19^th

Belfast: 22^nd

Limerick: 25^th

Athlone: 48^th

Cork: 94^th

Newry: 95^th

Enniskillen: 96^th

Birr: 97^th

Templemore: 99^th

England and Wales

Manchester: 3^rd Dragoon Guards, 98^th

Leeds: 9^th Lancers

London: 20^th (Tower), 1/ Rifle Brigade (Woolwich), 2/Rifle Brigade (Chelsea)

Brighton: 12^th Lancers

Birmingham: 14^th Light Dragoons

Plymouth: 29^th

Canterbury: 45^th

Gosport: 84^th

Bolton: 88^th

Stockport: 86^th

Scotland

Edinburgh: 7^th Dragoon Guards, 1/1^st

Glasgow: 15^th Hussars, 78^th

Mediterranean

Celephonia: 53^rd (Depot at Dublin)

Corfu: 5^th (Depot at Gosport), 1/60^th and 2/60^th (Depots at Hull and Jersey)

Gibraltar: 33^rd (Depot at Carlisle), 46^th (Kinsdale), 52^nd (Newcastle), 81^st (Carlisle), 82^nd (Cork)

Malta: 47^th (Depot at Portsmouth), 59^th (Mullingar), 77^th (Galway), 92^nd (Nenagh), Royal Malta Fencibles

Mauritius: 12^th (Depot at Tralee), 35^th (Stirling Castle), 87^th (Castlebar)

Canada

Cavalry Brigade:

1^st Dragoon Guards (Depot at Coventry)

7^th Hussars (Depot at Coventry)

Guards Brigade (Montreal)

2/Grenadier Guards

2/Coldstream Guards

2/Scotch Fusilier Guards

Infantry Brigade (Montreal)

2/1^st (Depot at Devonport)

83^rd (Chester)

85^th (Devonport)

Infantry Brigade (Quebec)

15^th (Depot at Spike Island)

66^th (Depot at Yougal)

23^rd (Depot at Armagh)

24^th (Depot at Portsmouth)

34^th (Depot at Fermoy)

71^st (Depot at Cork)

Royal Newfoundland Veterans

London: 32^nd (Depot at Devonport)

St. John’s: 43^rd (Depot at Dover), 65^th

Infantry Brigade (Halifax):

11^th (Depot at Chs Fort)

73^rd (Depot at Clare Castle)

93^rd (Butevant)

North America

Bermuda: 30^th (Depot at Sunderland)

Jamaica: 8^th (Depot at Guernsey), 37^th (Cork), 56^th (Sheerness), 64^th (Londonderry), 68^th (Waterford)

Antigua: 14^th (Depot at Brecon)

Barbadoes: 36^th (Depot at Cork, order to Canada), 69^th (Dover), 70^th (Guernsey)

Guyana: 67^th (Chatham)

St Vincents: 74^th (Aberdeen)

Demerara: 76^th (Drogheda)

Trinidad: 89^th (Gosport)

St Helena: 91^st (Dundee)

St Lucia: 1^st West Indies

Bahamas: 2^nd West Indies

Honduras: Det of 2^nd West Indies

Africa

Cape: 27^th, 72^nd (Depot at Cork), 75^th (Boyle), Cape Mounted Rifles

Sierra Leone: Royal African Colonials, det of 2^nd West Indies

India (unless noted, depot is at Chatham)

Bengal:

3^rd Dragoons (Depot at Maidstone)

11^th Light Dragoons (Depot at Coventry)

16^th Lancers (Depot at Maidstone)

3^rd

9^th

13^th

16^th

26^th

31^st

44^th

49^th

Bombay:

4^th Dragoons (Depot at Maidstone)

2^nd

6^th

17^th

40^th

Madras:

13^th Light Dragoons (Depot at Maidstone)

4^th

39^th

41^st

54^th

55^th

57^th

62^nd

63^rd

Ceylon:

18^th (Depot at Newbridge)

58^th

61^st (Depot at Clonmel)

90^th (Depot at Portsmouth)

Ceylon Rifles

Australasia

Van Dietman’s Land

21^st

New South Wales

28^th

50^th

51^st

80^th