Type | No of Units | Strength | Avg Strength | Peace Establishment |
% | War Establishment |
To bring to war est. |
Notes | ||||
Regular Cavalry | Household Cavalry | 3 | 1,320 | 440 | 440 | 100% | 440 | - | ||||
Cavalry | 28 | 16,030 | 573 | 589 | 97% | 589 | 463 | Plus 1 additional pax on 3rd Hussars Est. | ||||
Regular Artillery | Horse Artillery (Light Arty) | 30 | 5,054 | 168 | 228 | 74% | 228 | 1,786 | ||||
(1,320 guns manned) | Field Artillery (Medium Arty) | 79 | 13,114 | 166 | 277 | 60% | 277 | 8,769 | ||||
Garrison Artillery (Hvy Arty) | 111 | 11,329 | 102 | 245 | 42% | 245 | 15,866 | |||||
Regular Infantry | Foot Guards | 7 | 6,313 | 902 | 899 | 100% | 1073 | 1,198 | ||||
Line and Light Infantry | 121 | 104,146 | 861 | 928 | 93% | 1079 | 26,390 | Minus 23 Pax on Scots Fusiliers Est. | ||||
Highland Infantry | 12 | 10,715 | 893 | 934 | 96% | 1085 | 2,305 | |||||
Rifles | 8 | 6,807 | 851 | 928 | 92% | 1079 | 1,825 | |||||
Depot | 23 | 928 | ||||||||||
Royal Engineers | 40 coys, 4 survey coys and 2 trains | 46 | 4,489 | 98 | 98 | 100% | 98 | 19 | Unknown figures on train coy est. | |||
Total Regular Army | 179,317 | 58,621 | ||||||||||
Militia | Militia Infantry (130) and Artillery (29) | 159 | 124,478 | 783 | 928 | 84% | 1079 | 47,083 | ||||
(Approx 2,320 guns) | Yeomanry Cavalry | 49 | 14,268 | 291 | 589 | 49% | 589 | 14,593 | ||||
Volunteers | Honourable Artillery Company | |||||||||||
Infantry (Rifles) | 169 | 132,894 | 786 | 928 | 85% | 1079 | 49,457 | |||||
(Approx 2,784 guns) | Artillery (Inc HAC) | 58 | 26,289 | 453 | 640 | 71% | 640 | 10,831 | Est for Sheffield Arty Vols | |||
Engineers | 21 | 3,756 | 179 | 308 | 58% | 308 | 2,712 | Est for Bns | ||||
Total Reserves | 301,685 | 124,676 | ||||||||||
Grand Total | 481,002 | 183,297 | ||||||||||
War Establishment | 664,299 | |||||||||||
Commissariat, Land Transport, Army Works, and Medical Staff Corps | ||||||||||||
Military Train | 15 | 507 | ||||||||||
Royal Marines | Artillery Companies (Btys) | 16 |