Stations of the British Army, 1 April 1870 - CGSC
Stations of the British Army, 1 April 1870 - CGSC
Stations of the British Army, 1 April 1870 - CGSC
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<strong>Stations</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>British</strong> <strong>Army</strong>1 <strong>April</strong> <strong>1870</strong>Note: The numbers stated are <strong>the</strong> usual average <strong>of</strong> men.Aberdeen:93rd Foot and Depots <strong>of</strong> 78th & 92nd 750Alderney:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Aldershot:3rd & 7th Dragoon Guards 6006th Dragoons 300Royal Horse Artillery, 2 batteries 250Royal Engineers, 2 Mounted Troops 100<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 400Royal Artillery, 2 field batteries 220Royal Engineers, 2 companies 160Foot Guards 4002/3rd, Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/3rd, 1/4th, Depot 1/1st, 2/5th1/12th, 2/13th, Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/33rd & 53rd, 42nd,Depots <strong>of</strong> 77th & 79th, 67th, Depots <strong>of</strong> 38th, 97th & 98th,4/60th, Depots <strong>of</strong> 1, 2, 3rd/60th, 2, 4/Rifle Bde,Depots <strong>of</strong> 1, 3/Rifle Bde 7,800----- 10,230Armagh:44th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 95th 650Ashton:2/8th 550Athlone:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10056th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 64th 650--- 750Ballincollig:1st Dragoons 300Barbadoes:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1002nd West India Regt, 53rd 1,300----- 1,400Belfast:1/18th, Depot <strong>of</strong> 86th 650Bengal:4th Hussars 4505th Lancers 4507th Hussars 45011th Hussars 45019th, 20th & 21st Hussars 1,350Royal Horse Artillery, 2 Brigades 1,000Royal Artillery, 6 Brigades 3,6001/3rd, 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 1/11th, 2nd/12th, 1/14th,1/17th, 1/19th, 2/25th 7,50026th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 55th, 58th, 2/60th62nd, 77th, 85th, 88th, 92nd, 96th, 102nd, 103rd, 104th,105th, 106th, 107th, 109th, 3/Rifle Bde 17,0001
------32,250Bermuda:Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200Royal Engineers, 4 companies 3001/15th 65061st 650---1,800Birr:80th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 37th 650Bombay:3rd & 15th Hussars 900Royal Horse Artillery, 1 Brigade 500Royal Artillery, 3 Brigades 1,8002/1st, 1/2nd, 1/8th, 1/14th, 1/21st 3,75049th, 59th, 66th, 95th, 108th 3,750-----10,700Bradford:35th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 73rd 650Brighton:10th Hussars & Depot <strong>of</strong> 11th Hussars 536Bristol:50th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 88th 650Burmah:2/21st 65076th 650---1,300Buttevant:72nd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 71st 650Bury:2/8th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/8th 650Cahir:1st Dragoon Guards 400Canada:Royal Artillery, 6 batteries 600Royal Engineers, 1 company 10069th 6501/60th 6501/Rifle Bde 650---2,650Canterbury:19th Hussars & Depots <strong>of</strong> 20th & 21st Hussars 500Cape <strong>of</strong> Good Hope:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Royal Engineers, 2 companies 2001/9th 6502/11th 6502/20th 65032nd 6502
---2,900Carlisle:1/12th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 2/12th, 61st 750Castlebar:54th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 36th 650Ceylon:Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200Ceylon Rifle Regiment 30073rd 650---1,150Chatham:Royal Engineers Mounted Troop 50<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 50Royal Engineers, 8 companies 600Battalion <strong>of</strong> Depot companies 1,500Royal Marines, Chatham Division 1,5002/23rd & Depot od 2/21st 650-----4.350Chester:2/4th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 2/1st 650Clonmel:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Colchester:2nd Dragoon Guards 30027th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 81st 650---950Cork:Royal Engineers, 3 companies 3001/22nd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 106th 65064th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 85th 650---1,600Curragh:<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 100Royal Engineers, 1 company 1001, 2/16th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 55th 1,2001/65th 550---1,950Deal:Coast Brigade, Royal Artillery & Royal Marine Depot 800Devonport:<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 30Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1001/23rd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/21st 65050th 55057th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 75th 650---1,980Dorchester:Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 1253
Dover:Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800Royal Engineers, 1 company 10091st & Depot <strong>of</strong> 74th 65097th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 76th 650102nd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 103rd 650---2,850Dublin:2nd Dragoons 30012th Lancers & Depot <strong>of</strong> 16th Lancers 400<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 150Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200Royal Engineers, 1 company 951/Scots Fusilier Guards 6502/15th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 69th 65030th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 108th 65043rd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 52nd 65047th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 59th 650---4.520Dundalk:8th Hussars & Depot <strong>of</strong> 4th Hussars 400Edinburgh:17th Lancers 30090th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 32nd 650---950Fermoy:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10065th & Depot 41st, 89th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/9th 1,280-----1,380Gibraltar:Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800Royal Engineers, 3 companies 3001/13th 65028th, 71st, 74th & 81st 2,000-----4,350Glasgow:2/5th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/5th 650Gosport:Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 8002/2nd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/2nd 650101st & Depot <strong>of</strong> 104th 650---2,100Guernsey:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Halifax, Nova Scotia:Royal Artillery, 3 batteries 300Royal engineers, 2 companies 20084th 6504
---1,150Hilsea:Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 100Hong Kong:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10075th 650Part <strong>of</strong> Ceylon Rifle Regiment 200---950Jamaica:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10029th 650---750Japan:1/10th 650Jersey:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1002/17th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/17th 750---850Kilkenny:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1001/20th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 2/20th 750---850Kinsale:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10063rd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 49th 650---750Leeds:5th Dragoon Guards 300Leith Fort:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Limerick:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 10070th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 58th 650---750Longford:14th Hussars & Depot <strong>of</strong> 18th Hussars 400Madras:16th Lancers 45018th Hussars 450Royal Horse Artillery, 1 Brigade 500Royal Artillery, 3 Brigades 2.8001/1st, 1/8th, 2/10th, 2/19th, 2/24th, 45th,3/60th, 79th 5,600-----10,0005
Malta:Royal Artillery, 1 Brigade 800Royal Engineers, 2 companies 200Royal Malta Fencible Artillery 6501/24th 65031st, 48th, 52nd, 64th, 87th 3,250-----Manchester:Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 1254th Dragoon Guards 30010th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1o9th 650---5,5501,075Mauritius:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Royal Engineers, 1 company 10086th 650---850Melbourne:2/11th (on passage home) 650Metropolis:1st Life Guards, Hyde Park 436Royal Horse Guards, Regent's Park 4369th Lancers, Hounslow (Hampton Court & Kennsington) &Depot <strong>of</strong> 5th Lancers 4001, 2/Grenadier Guards, Chelsea Barracks 1,3001/Coldstream Guards, Wellington Barracks 6502/Coldstream Guards, Wellington Barracks 6503/Grenadier Guards, <strong>the</strong> Tower 650-----4,522Mullingar:40th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 62nd 650Newbridge:6th Dragoon Guards 300Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 125---425New Brunswick:1/22nd 650Newcastle:98th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 31st 650Newfoundland:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100New Zealand:2/18th 650Norwich:Royal Horse Artillery, 1 battery 152Nova Scotia:78th 650Parkhurst:99th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 26th 6506
Pembroke:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1002/6th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/6th 650---750Penang:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Plymouth:Royal Artillery, 5 batteries 500Royal Marines, Plymouth Division 2,000-----2,500Portland:2/7th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 1/7th 650Portsmouth:Royal Artillery, 5 batteries 550Royal Engineers, 2 companies 100Royal Marine Artillery & Royal Marines,Portsmouth Division 1,5001/25th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 2/25th, 46th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 66th,82nd & Depots <strong>of</strong> 28th & 29th 1,650-----3,950Preston:9th depot Battalion 500Sheerness:Royal Artillery & Coast Brigade 700Sheffield:2/22nd & Depot <strong>of</strong> 107th 650Shoeburyness:Royal Artillery, 3 batteries 300Shorncliffe:<strong>Army</strong> Service Corps 50Royal Artillery, 2 batteries 200Royal Engineers, 1 company 1166th & 10th Depot Battalions 1,00024th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 96th 650-----9,016Southampton:Royal Engineers, 2 companies 150Sierra Leone:1st West India regiment 650Singapore:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100St. Helena:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Royal Engineers, 1 company 100---200Sydney:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 100Tilbury Fort:Royal Artillery, 1 battery 1007
Warley:2/9th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 2/10th 650Waterford:51st & Depot <strong>of</strong> 105th 650Windsor:2nd Life Guards 4361/Scots Fusilier Guards 650---1,086Woolwich:Royal Horse Artillery, 2 batteries 350Artillery Riding Establishment 225Royal Artillery, 13 batteries 1,300Depot Brigade 700Royal Engineeers, 2 companies 20094th & Depot <strong>of</strong> 45th 650-----3,425York:113th Hussars and Depots <strong>of</strong> 3rd, 7th & 15th Hussars 600Grand Total 159,215Naval and Military Gazette, <strong>1870</strong>Copyright GFN 1994.8
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