Bound For Mondego Bay: British Infantry Regiment Movements To and From the Peninsula, 1808 to 1814

By Steve Brown

The following information has been extracted from a wide variety of occasionally inconsistent sources. It attempts to track the comings and goings of all the infantry battalions of the British Army who served in the Peninsula in the period 1808 to 1814: some who stayed the entire distance, others who served several tours of duty, some who went only to suffer high losses and be either sent home to recruit of to be absorbed by their first battalions.

Commanding officers and brigade assignations have been shown. In all instances the assignments were the first postings on arrival, and often changed afterwards. The reader is directed to Oman or Reid to gain a fuller understanding of later postings once ‘in country’.

Try as I might, I have not been able to ascertain accurate battalion strengths on leaving France in May/June/July 1814. Hopefully in time, these will come to light and an update will be possible.

It must be noted, dear reader, that this has been compiled from often incomplete sources: hence the liberal use of ‘@’ for ‘approximate’ wherever needed. Such figures were based upon best guesses of strengths by reference to known strengths a few weeks (or perhaps months) before. Likewise,’?’ has been used as necessary whenever unknown data remains to be completed.

* Denotes an officer holding brevet rank (** being a double brevet, i.e. a Captain in a regiment who is also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army).

Disembarkation strength summaries at the end of each section do not includes drafts for existing battalions (or ‘replacements’, if you prefer WW2 terminology).

1808

The Originals – August 1808

First to arrive (and later, first into action):

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot	20 July 1808	Cadiz	Gibraltar	806	Lt Col Hon. George Augustus Frederick Lake	Nightingall’s Brigade

The following units (Wellesley’s Force) arrived in August 1808:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1107	Lt Col John McKenzie	Hill’s Brigade
1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Lisbon	Cadiz	946	Major Thomas Carnie	Bowes’ Brigade
1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1061	Lt Col John Stewart	Hill’s Brigade
1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Gibraltar	874	Lt Col. Samuel Hinde	Bowes’ Brigade
1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	703	Col Robert Burne	Ferguson’s Brigade
1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1079	Lt Col Hon. Charles James Greville	Hill’s Brigade
1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1040	Lt Col James Kemmis	Ferguson’s Brigade
1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	594	Lt Col William Guard	C. Craufurd’s Brigade
1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Gibraltar	948	Major Charles Napier	C. Craufurd’s Brigade
5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1039	Major William Gabriel Davy	Fane’s Brigade
1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	984	Lt Col Denis Pack	Ferguson’s Brigade
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	6 August 1808	Figueira	Gibraltar	929	Major Henry Samuel Eyre	Nightingall’s Brigade
1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders)	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	1018	Major William Douglas	C. Craufurd’s Brigade
2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.)	6 August 1808	Figueira	Cork	446	unknown	Fane’s Brigade

Followed by:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Harwich	731	Lt Col William Iremonger	Acland’s Brigade
2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Ramsgate	633	Major David Campbell	Anstruther’s Brigade
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Harwich	530	Lt Col Alexander Campbell	Anstruther’s Brigade
2/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Ramsgate	721	Major Edward Hull	Anstruther’s Brigade
2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Harwich	654	Lt Col John Ross	Anstruther’s Brigade
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.)	20 August 1808	Peniche	Harwich	200	unknown	Anstruther’s Brigade
97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot	20 August 1808	Peniche	Ramsgate	695	Lt Col James Lyon	Anstruther’s Brigade

Moore’s Force arrived in late August:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	971	Lt Col James Wynch	Fraser’s Division
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	926	Major John Frederick Brown	Fraser’s Division
1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	951	Lt Col. Robert Barclay	Paget’s Brigade
1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	995	Lt Col Philips Cameron	Fraser’s Dvision
1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	934	Lt Col Alexander Napier	Fraser’s Division
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.)	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	@300	unknown	Paget’s Brigade
1st KGL Light Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	907	Col Baron Alten	Paget’s Brigade
2nd KGL Light Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	903	Lt Col Colin Halkett	Paget’s Brigade
1st KGL Line Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	725	Lt Col Christian Baron Ompteda	Murray’s Division
2nd KGL Line Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	761	Lt Col von Bulow	Murray’s Division
5th KGL Line Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	753	Col George von Drieberg	Murray’s Division
7th KGL Line Battalion	25 August 1808	Peniche	Portsmouth	679	Col Baron Drechiel	Murray’s Division

These units were followed by:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot	2 September 1808	Lisbon	Madeira	929	Lt Col Richard Blunt	Ciudad Rodrigo Garrison
1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	2 September 1808	Lisbon	Gibraltar	943	Lt Col James Stirling	Bentinck’s Brigade

Baird’s Force arrived in late October:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	29 October 1808	Corunna	Ramsgate	1361	Captain & Lt Col Hon. Philip Cocks	Warde’s Brigade
2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	29 October 1808	Corunna	Ramsgate	1113	Captain & Lt Col William Wheatley	Warde’s Brigade
3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Cork	723	Col Andrew Hay	Manningham’s Brigade
2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Cork	630	Lt Col Jasper Nicholls	R. Craufurd’s Brigade
2/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)	29 October 1808	Corunna	Cork	590	Lt Col William Edgell Wyatt	R. Craufurd’s Brigade
1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Cork	870	Lt Col William Maxwell	Manningham’s Brigade
1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	912	Lt Col George St John Gifford	R. Craufurd’s Brigade
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	620	Lt Col Ralph Darling	Mackenzie’s Brigade
2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	640	Lt Col Charles Fane	Mackenzie’s Brigade
2/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	272	Lt Col Edward Codd	Corunna Garrison
76th Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	782	Lt Col Michael Symes	Mackenzie’s Brigade
2/81st Regiment of Foot	29 October 1808	Corunna	Cork	716	Major Henry Milling	Mackenzie’s Brigade
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.)	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	367	unknown	Mackenzie’s Brigade
2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.)	29 October 1808	Corunna	Falmouth	405	unknown	Mackenzie’s Brigade

In November:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	2 November 1808	Lisbon	Cork	818	Lt Col John MacLean	Lisbon Garrison
2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot	2 November 1808	Lisbon	Cork	804	Lt Col William Howe Campbell	Lisbon Garrison

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1808 = 48, of which:

·       36 were 1st battalions (all KGL counted as if 1st battalions)
·       10 were 2nd battalions
·       2 were 3rd or higher numbered battalions.

Approximate total infantry disembarked = 41,222 men.
Average battalion strength = 858 men.

A typical ideal expeditionary force: mostly 1st battalions, at or close to full strength.

1809

Evacuation from Corunna - the following units departed in January 1809:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	CAMPAIGN LOSSES	C.O. (w) = wounded at Corunna	Next posting
1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	74	Captain & Lt Col Hon. Philip Cocks	Walcheren
2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	66	Captain & Lt Col William Wheatley	Home Duty
3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	216	Col Andrew Hay	Walcheren
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	205	Lt Col William Iremonger	Walcheren
1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Portsmouth	149	Lt Col James Wynch (w), Major Francis Brooke	Walcheren
1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	239	Major Thomas Emes	Walcheren
1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	391	Major Thomas Carnie	Walcheren
1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Plymouth & Portsmouth	373	Lt Col John Stewart	Walcheren
2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Plymouth & Portsmouth	138	Lt Col Jasper Nicholls	Walcheren
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Falmouth, Plymouth & Portsmouth	113	Lt Col Alexander Campbell	Walcheren
2/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	172	Lt Col William Edgell Wyatt	Walcheren
1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Portsmouth	208	Lt Col William Maxwell (w), Major Fountain Hogg	Walcheren
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Plymouth & Portsmouth	302	Major John Frederick Brown	Walcheren
1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	187	Lt Col. Samuel Hinde	Walcheren
1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Deal, Plymouth & Portsmouth	243	Col Robert Burne	Walcheren
1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	143	Lt Col Hon. Charles James Greville	Walcheren
1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Plymouth	161	Lt Col James Stirling	Walcheren
2/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	230	Lt Col Edward Hull	Peninsula – May 1809
1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	264	Major Charles Napier	Walcheren
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	107	Lt Col Ralph Darling	Walcheren
1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Portsmouth	143	Lt Col. Robert Barclay	Peninsula – May 1809
2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	143	Lt Col Charles Fane (w), Major George MacGregor	Walcheren
2/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Guernsey	?	Lt Col Edward Codd	Walcheren
1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	138	Lt Col Denis Pack	Walcheren
76th Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	170	Lt Col Michael Symes (died in transit), Major John Covell	Walcheren
1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	Portsmouth	155	Lt Col Philips Cameron	Walcheren
2/81st Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	241	Major William Williams (w), Captain Nicholas Brown	Walcheren
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	228	Col Smith	Walcheren
1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders)	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	212	Major William Douglas	Walcheren
1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	129	Lt Col Alexander Napier	Walcheren
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Corunna	South coast of England	157	Lt Col Thomas Sidney Beckwith	Peninsula – May 1809

1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Vigo	Ramsgate	85	Lt Col George St John Gifford	Walcheren
2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Vigo	Ramsgate	161	Lt Col John Ross	Walcheren
2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	17-18 January 1809	Vigo	Ramsgate	96	?	Walcheren
1st KGL Light Battalion	17-18 January 1809	Vigo	Ramsgate	163*	Col Baron Alten	Walcheren
2nd KGL Light Battalion	17-18 January 1809	Vigo	Ramsgate	262**	Lt Col Colin Halkett	Walcheren

Noted:

* Includes 22 drowned on voyage home
** Includes 187 drowned on voyage home

There were no accurate regimental returns taken after disembarkation – probably due to dispersal of regiments between various ports and general confusion. The official returns give a total landed infantry strength after evacuation of 19,539 from Corunna, plus 3,100 from Vigo.

By deducting these total landed figures from disembarkation strength returns, a loss of around 8,200 infantrymen occurred between August 1808 and January 1809. However a number had been left behind – perhaps over 2,000 sick, detached or straggling – many of whom eventually returned to the British Army, mainly in Battalions of Detachments.

It is due to this lack of accurate landed returns that losses in the Corunna campaign have been shown instead. These amount to 6,461 men in the Corunna campaign, to which must be added earlier losses at Rolica (480) and Vimiero (720), although some of these were wounded who later returned to the ranks.

The embarkation from Corunna and Vigo left 13 battalions behind as a garrison in Portugal (1/3rd, 2/9th, 3/27th, 29th, 1/40th, 1/45th, 2/31st, 5/60th, 97th, 1st Line Battalion KGL, 2nd Line Battalion KGL, 5th Line Battalion KGL, 7th Line Battalion KGL).

The following reinforcements arrived in March 1809:

Unit	Disembarked		Port		From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards	13 March 1809		Lisbon		Cork	1120	Capt & Lt Col Richard Hulse	H. Campbell’s Brigade
1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards	13 March 1809		Lisbon		Cork	1361	Capt & Lt Col Thomas William Fermor	H. Campbell’s Brigade
2/87th (Prince of Wales Own Irish) Regiment of Foot		13 March 1809		Lisbon	Cork	710	Major Hugh Gough	Sontag’s Brigade
1/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)	13 March 1809		Lisbon		Cork	758	Col Alexander Duff	Sontag’s Brigade

With the main field army at home preparing for further tribulations in Walcheren, the second battalions started to arrive:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	628	Lt Col William James Myers, Bt.	A. Campbell’s Brigade
2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	698	Lt Col William Minet	Lisbon Garrison
2/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	717	Lt Col George Henry Duckworth	Hill’s Brigade
2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	699	Lt Col George Ridout Bingham	A. Campbell’s Brigade
2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	740	Major James Patrick Murray*	Hill’s Brigade
2/83rd Regiment of Foot	5 April 1809	Lisbon	Cork	850	Lt Col Alexander Gordon	Cameron’s Brigade
2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	24 April 1809	Lisbon	Jersey	780	Lt Col George Duncan Drummond	Mackenzie’ s Brigade (15 June)

* Possibly was Captain Richard Kelly as Murray arrived in May.

The following unit left for Gibraltar in June to release some first battalions for service:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	18 June 1809	Lisbon	Gibraltar	@645	Major David Campbell	Gibraltar

And duly arrived from Gibraltar in return:

Unit

Disembarked

Port

From

Strength

C.O.

Assigned To

1/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot

22 June 1809

Lisbon

Gibraltar

@820

Lt Col Charles Donellan

Stewart/2D

(14 July)

1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot

22 June 1809

Lisbon

Gibraltar

@800

Col John Stratford Saunders

Cameron/1D

(14 July)

More second battalions arrived from home:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	4 July 1809	Lisbon	Cork	@550	Lt Col Hon. Henry King	Lightburne/4D
2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot	4 July 1809	Lisbon	Jersey	@1000	Lt Col John Maister	C. Craufurd/2D
2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	2 July 1809	Lisbon	Guernsey	@700	Lt Col George Wilson	C. Craufurd/2D
2/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	? July 1809	Lisbon	Cork	@700?	Lt Col Robert, Lord Blantyre	Cameron/1D
2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot	4 July 1809	Lisbon	Cork?	@600?	Major Brook Henry Young	Lightburne/4D

About to start its famous long march to Talavera, the Light Bobs:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	5 July 1809	Villada	Harwich	1072	Lt Col George St John Gifford	Light Brigade
1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	5 July 1809	Villada	Dover	@800	Lt Col Robert Barclay	Light Brigade
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	5 July 1809	Villada	Harwich	@750	Lt Col Thomas Sidney Beckwith	Light Brigade

Followed by more battalions from nearby garrisons:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot	17 July 1809	Lisbon	Gibraltar	859	Lt Col William Inglis	Stewart/2D
1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	3 August 1809	Lisbon	Madeira	@1000	Major Frederick Newman	Campbell/4D

The following second battalion arrived in September 1809:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	September 1809	Lisbon	Cork	@700?	Lt Col Hon. Alexander Abercrombie	C Craufurd/2D

Total number of battalions embarked at Corunna and Vigo in January = 36, (22,639 men) leaving 13 battalions behind in Portugal (plus sick/stragglers).

One battalion embarked for the remainder of the year.

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1809 = 25, of which:

· 10 were 1st battalions
· 15 were 2nd battalions.

Approximate total infantry disembarked = 19,412 men.

Average battalion strength = 776 men.

After Corunna – the Dunkirk of its era – there simply weren’t enough 1st battalions at home to reinforce the Peninsula field army. So out came the 2nd battalions, plus other troops as could be spared from nearby garrisons. Even so, the numbers did not equalise the 22,000-odd embarked from Corunna and Vigo in January.

Tellingly, the only troops from the Corunna campaign fit to return that year were the Lights – the 43rd, 52nd and 95th.

1810

The following units arrived in February 1810:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
74th Regiment of Foot	10 February 1810	Lisbon	Cork	863	Lt Col Robert Le Poer Trench	Mackinnon/3D
1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	12 February 1810	Cadiz	Cork/Lisbon	872	Lt Col Philips Cameron	Cadiz Garrison
2/87th (Prince of Wales Own Irish) Regiment of Foot	11 February 1810	Cadiz	Lisbon	462	Major Hugh Gough	Cadiz Garrison
2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)	23 February 1810	Cadiz	Gibraltar	522	Lt Col John Taylor	Cadiz Garrison
94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot	11 February 1810	Cadiz	Jersey	596	Lt Col James Campbell	Cadiz Garrison

Followed by:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.)	31 March 1810	Cadiz	Portsmouth	588	Captain & Lt Col Edward Amherst Saunders Sebright	Cadiz Garrison
2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (2 co.)	31 March 1810	Cadiz	Portsmouth	249	Captain & Lt Col Richard Downes Jackson	Cadiz Garrison
2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.)	31 March 1810	Cadiz	Portsmouth	322	Captain & Lt Col Thomas Cranley Onslow	Cadiz Garrison
3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot	2 April 1810	Lisbon	Jersey	723	Lt Col James Stevenson Barnes	Leith’s Brigade
1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	27 March 1810	Lisbon	Dover?	@650	Lt Col John Cameron	Leith’s Brigade
2/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	2 April 1810	Lisbon	Guernsey	@600	Lt Col John Nugent	Leith’s Brigade
2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot	4 April 1810	Cadiz	Alderney	526	Lt Col Charles Bulkeley Egerton	Cadiz Garrison
2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.)	April 1810	Cadiz	England	167	Major Amos Godsill Norcott	Cadiz Garrison
3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.)	April 1810	Cadiz	England	291	Lt Col Andrew Francis Barnard	Cadiz Garrison

And a month later:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot	May 1810	Tarifa	England	@700	Lt Col Humphrey Dalrymple Bland	Tarifa Garrison
2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot	2 June 1810	Cadiz	Gibraltar	606	Lt Col William Minet	Cadiz Garrison

Arriving in July 1810:

Unit

Disembarked

Port

From

Strength

C.O.

Assigned To

1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)

July 1810

Lisbon

Halifax, N.S.

920

Col Hon. Edward Michael Pakenham

Pakenham/1D

(12 September)

Followed by:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot (8 co.)	September 1810	Tarifa	Gibraltar	@600	Lt Col* John Frederick Browne	Tarifa Garrison
1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot	26 September 1810	Lisbon	England	@700	Col George Townsend Walker	Erskine/1D
1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot (6 co.)	26 September 1810	Lisbon	Deal	687	Lt Col* Nathaniel Levett Peacocke	Erskine/1D
1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	29 August 1810	Lisbon	Cadiz	1020	Lt Col Philips Cameron	Cameron/1D (12 September)
2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)	4 September 1810	Lisbon	Cadiz	@600	Lt Col John Taylor	Lisbon Garrison
94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot	20 September 1810	Lisbon	Cadiz	@700	Lt Col James Campbell	Colville/3D
Brunswick-Oels Jagers (12 co.)	17 September 1810	Lisbon	Isle of Wight	@900	Lt Col Georg Ludewig de Korfus	Pakenham/4D (12 November)

Arriving in October:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot	4 October 1810	Lisbon	Cadiz	@590	Lt Col William Minet	Dunlop/5D
2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot	2 October 1810	Cadiz	Tarifa	@690	Lt Col Humphrey Dalrymple Bland	Cadiz Garrison
1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)	6 October 1810	Lisbon	England	@1000	Lt Col John Cameron	Erskine/1D

Then:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	4 November 1810	Lisbon	Harwich	650	Lt Col James Wynch	Dunlop/5D
Chasseurs Brittaniques	November 1810	Cadiz	Jersey	457	Lt Col* Mark Joseph Dufaure	Cadiz Garrison

And finally:

Unit

Disembarked

Port

From

Strength

C.O.

Assigned To

2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot (6 co.)

9 December 1810

Cadiz

Gibraltar

457

Lt Col William Augustus Prevost

Cadiz Garrison

1/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)

10 December 1810

Lisbon

Halifax, N.S.

@1000

Lt Col Hon. Henry Walton Ellis

Pakenham/4D

(12 November)

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1810 = 31, of which:

· 15 were 1st battalions
· 16 were 2nd (or higher numbered) battalions.

Approximate total infantry disembarked = 19,708 men.

Average battalion strength = 635 men.

A year of consolidation: numbers arriving matched those of 1809, about half were first battalions, and no infantry left the country.

But the battalions arriving were getting weaker, and sicker. Quite a few of the new arrivals were Walcheren survivors.

1811

Arriving in January:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
Chasseurs Britanniques	28 January 1811	Lisbon	Cadiz	@850	Lt Col* Mark Joseph Dufaure	Long/7D

And in February:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot (2 co.)	23 February 1811	Algesiras	Gibraltar	@175	Captain Henry Godwin	Graham’s Force
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.)	23 February 1811	Algesiras	Gibraltar	@180	Captain Henry Adolphus Proctor	Graham’s Force

Units arriving in March allowed the formation of the 7th Division and the increase in size of the Light Division:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot	2 March 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@1100	Lt Col Robert Lord Manners	Burne/6D
1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	2 March 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@600	Lt Col Hon. Basil Cochrane	Burne/6D
1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Regiment of Foot	29 February 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	650	Lt Col John Montague Mainwaring	Long/7D
2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	5 March 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@600	Lt Col Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot	Wynch/LD
85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Foot (5 co.)	5 March 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	486	Col Henry Cuyler	Long/7D
1st KGL Light Battalion	21 March 1811	Lisbon	Isle of Wight	588	Lt Col Ernst Ludewig Franz Leonhart	Alten/7D
2nd KGL Light Battalion	21 March 1811	Lisbon	Isle of Wight	510	Lt Col Colin Halkett	Alten/7D

Departing in March:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	13 March 1811	Cadiz	Gibraltar	@420	Lt Col Charles Philip Belson	Gibraltar

Arriving in April:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.)	27 April 1811	Cadiz	Portsmouth	821	Col George Cooke	Cadiz Garrison

Departing in May:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.)	25 May 1811	Cadiz	England	387	Captain & Lt Col Edward Amherst Saunders Sebright	Home
2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (2 co.)	25 May 1811	Cadiz	England	243	Captain & Lt Col Richard Downes Jackson	Home
2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.)	25 May 1811	Cadiz	England	315	Captain & Lt Col Thomas Cranley Onslow	Home
2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot (2 co.)	May 1811	Cadiz	Tarifa	@100	Captain Henry Godwin	Gibraltar

Arriving in June and July and August:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (4 co.)	23 June 1811	Cadiz	Spithead	482	Col John Lambert	Cadiz Garrison
1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	5 July 1811	Lisbon	Jersey	706	Lt Col William Maxwell	Blantyre/1D
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	21 July 1811	Lisbon	Gibraltar	@500	Lt Col Charles Philip Belson	Lumley/2D
1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot	5 July 1811	Lisbon	Guernsey	@950	Col Samuel Venables Hinde	Burne/6D
68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot	July 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	808	Lt Col William Johnston	Long/7D
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot	5 July 1811	Lisbon	Jersey?	635	Lt Col John Bromhead	Colville/3D
3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (5 co.)	21 August 1811	Lisbon	Cadiz	330	Lt Col Andrew Francis Barnard	Beckwith/LD

Departing at the same time:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)	26 June 1811	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Major Robert Haly Burton	Home
2/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	August 1811	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Lt Col* Charles Paterson	(Disbanded)
2/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1811	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Major William Brooke	(Disbanded)
2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)	10 July 1811	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Captain Henry George Buller	(Disbanded)
7th KGL Line Battalion	July 1811	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Major Karl August Thalman	Mediterranean

Arriving in October:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	20 October 1811	Lisbon	Sicily	@750	Lt Col Hon. Robert William O’Callaghan	Lumley/2D
de Wattevilles Regiment	10 October 1811	Cadiz	Naples	1261	Lt Col Victor Fischer	Cadiz Garrison

Departing in October and November:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot	2 November 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@200	Major John Tucker	Home
85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Foot (5 co.)	2 November 1811	Lisbon	Portsmouth	266	Col Henry Cuyler	Home
97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot	3 October 1811	Lisbon	England	@300?	Col James Lyon	Home

Arriving in December:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.)	December 1811	Tarifa	Gibraltar	@160	Major Henry King	Tarifa Garrison

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1811 = 21, of which:

· 16 were 1st battalions
· 5 were 2nd (or higher numbered) battalions.

Approximate total infantry disembarked = 13,142 men.

Average battalion strength = 625 men.

It was becoming a war of attrition. 13 battalions left during the year – of which 5 were 2nd battalions at cadre strength – giving a nett gain of only 8 battalions.

1812

The following unit arrived in January:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot (8 co.)	January 1812	Cartagena	Cadiz	@500	Lt Col William Augustus Prevost	Cartagena Garrison

But these guys left:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	22January 1812	Lisbon	Weymouth	Cadre	Lt Col* Patrick Lindsay	Home (Disbanded)
2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	25 February 1812	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Captain John Sheddon	Netherlands

Arriving:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	April 1812	Lisbon	England	@800	Col James Stirling	Blantyre/1D

Leaving:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	19 May 1812	Lisbon	Scotland	Cadre	Lt Col Robert, Lord Blantyre	Home (Disbanded)

Arriving in June, July, and August:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	July 1812	Lisbon	Cueta	674	Major David Williamson	Walker/5D
1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	24 June 1812	Lisbon	Cork	902	Lt Col Charles Pratt	Campbell/3D
1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot	25 June 1812	Castalla	Sicily	935	Lt Col Robert Travers	Castalla Garrison
1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1812	Lisbon	Cork	@1100	Lt Col Hon. Charles James Greville	Hay/5D
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	June 1812	Villa Franca	Gibraltar	@600	Col William Grant	Pakenham/4D
1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot	August 1812	Castalla	Sicily	871	Lt Col David Walker	Castalla Garrison

Leaving:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot	2 June1812	Lisbon	Gibraltar	860	Major Edward Shearman	Gibraltar

Arriving in September and October:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	1 October 1812	Corunna	Portsmouth	@1400	Col Matthew Chitty Darby Griffith	Howard/1D
2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	6 September 1812	Cadiz	England	696	Lt Col* John Laing Weir	Cadiz Garrison
1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders)	13 October 1812	Corunna	Chatham	@900	Major Donald McNeill	Stirling/6D

Leaving in October:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	October 1812	Lisbon	Totnes	Cadre	Lt Col Hon. Henry King	Home (Disbanded)

Arriving in November and December:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	15 November 1812	Lisbon	Cork	1169	Lt Col Archibald Campbell	Halkett/7D
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	15 November 1812	Lisbon	Cork	@600	Col Robert Ross	Skerrett/4D
1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	November 1812	Alicante	Sicily	@600	Lt Col Lemuel Warren	Alicante Garrison
1/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	December 1812	Alicante	Sicily	@1000	Lt Col George Gauntlett	Alicante Garrison

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1812 = 15, of which:

· 12 were 1st battalions
· 3 were 2nd battalions

Approximate total infantry embarked = 12,747 men.

Average battalion strength = 850 men.

5 battalions departed, 4 of which were at 2nd battalions at cadre strength.

A nett gain of 10 battalions, better than 1811.

1813

Arriving:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	3 January 1813	Alicante	Sicily	@750	Lt Col* George James Reeves	Alicante Garrison

Leaving:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	January 1813	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Lt Col David Williamson	Home
2/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	January 1813	Lisbon	England	Cadre	Lt Col John Nugent	Home
2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (6 co.)	13 February 1813	Lisbon	Portsmouth	84	Lt Col* George Hardinge	Netherlands

Arriving in April:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot	April 1813	Cadiz	Portsmouth	713	Lt Col Gregory Holman Bromley Way	Cadiz Garrison
2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	April 1813	Lisbon	Cadiz	813	Lt Col Charles Fane	Pringle/5D

Departing in April:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
de Wattevilles Regiment	April 1813	Cadiz	Corrada	1430	Lt Col Victor Fischer	Canada

Arriving in June:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1813	Alicante	Cartagena	524	Lt Col* Charles Maxwell	Murray’s Force
Dillon’s Regiment	June 1813	Cartagena	Naples?	510	Major Boutard	Cartagena Garrison

Departing in June:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (4 co.)	15 June 1813	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@250	Lt Col Alexander Hamilton	Jersey
2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (4 co.)	15 June 1813	Lisbon	Portsmouth	@300	Captain John Jessop	Netherlands

Arriving in July August & September:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot	3 August 1813	Bay of Saloo	Sicily	616	Lt Col Arthur Brooke	Tarragona Garrison
76th Regiment of Foot	15 September 1813	Passages	Cork	@600	Lt Col John Wardlaw	Aylmer/1D
2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot	16 August 1813	Passages	Cork	@500	Lt Col Richard Lloyd	Aylmer/1D
85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Foot	23 July 1813	San Sebastian	Deal	636	Lt Col William Thornton	Aylmer/1D

Arriving in October:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	6 October 1813	Passages	Cork?	@1000	Lt Col Nathaniel Sheppard Blackwell	Aylmer/1D

Total number of battalions disembarked for 1813 = 10, of which:

· 5 were 1st battalions
· 5 were 2nd battalions.

Approximate total infantry disembarked = 6,662 men.

Average battalion strength = 666 men.

6 battalions departed, of which 5 were 2nd battalions, giving a nett gain of only 4 battalions!

It was a good thing that the French were retreating, because the well was running dry.

1814

Only one unit arrived this year:

Unit	Disembarked	Port	From	Strength	C.O.	Assigned To
1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	March 1814	Lisbon	Gibraltar	@900	Lt Col Reginald James	Aylmer/1D

17th April 1814: An armistice is signed!

Lucky lads going home in April – the first of many:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	24 April 1814	Tarragona	Gibraltar	?	Lt Col* Hon. Edward Acheson	Gibraltar

Departing in May:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	May 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Col Hon. Charles James Greville	Ireland

Amidst (undoubtedly) much groaning of Why Us Again? - the Expeditionary Force to North America under Kempt, Ross and Power:

1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot	31 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@750	Lt Col* Henry Roberts	Canada
1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot	2 June 1814	Passages	Azores / Bermuda	@700	Lt Col* Alured Dodshaw Faunce	Chesapeake
1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	31 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@800	Lt Col Charles Pratt	Canada
1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	5 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@700	Lt Col Archibald Campbell	Canada
1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	4 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@900	Lt Col John Cameron	Canada
1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	31 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@1000	Lt Col* Charles Thompson	Canada
1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot	4 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@800	Lt Col Reginald James	Canada
1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot	2 June 1814	Paulliac	Azores / Bermuda	@700	Col Arthur Brooke	Chesapeake
1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot	May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@700	Lt Col David Walker	Canada
1/81st Regiment of Foot	16 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@800	Col Patrick McKenzie	Canada
1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	5 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	590	Lt Col* Charles Edward Conyers	Canada
85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Foot	2 June 1814	Pauillac	Azores / Bermuda	570	Lt Col William Thornton	Chesapeake

Closely followed by some reinforcements:

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	31 May 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	@500	Lt Col John Maclean	Canada Maritime
1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot	8 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	?	Lt Col* Charles Bruce	Canada
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot	16 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	?	Captain Joseph Marke	Canada
76th Regiment of Foot	4 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	?	Lt Col* Alexander Fraser	Canada
1/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)	15 June 1814	Pauillac	Quebec	?	Col John Taylor	Canada
de Rolls Swiss Regiment	June 1814	Castalla?	Quebec	?	Col J B de Sonnenberg	Canada

These boys went home (or elsewhere) in June...

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards	June 1814	Passages	Plymouth	?	Col John Guise	Home
3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Passages	Cork	@300	Lt Col* Colin Campbell	Netherlands
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot	14 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@300	Lt Col George Augustus Henderson	West Indies
1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)	14 June 1814	Pauillac	Plymouth	@575	Major George King	Louisiana
1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* John Otto Beyer	Sicily
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	22 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@280	Major* William Russell	Ireland
1/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)	6 June 1814	Pauillac	Plymouth	@500	Col Henry Walton Ellis	Netherlands
2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@300	Col William Kelly	Home (Disbanded)
2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col George James Reeves	Ireland
1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	12 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@450	Col Charles Philip Belson	Netherlands
1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot	14 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col Henry Thornton	Louisiana
1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	24 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col Leonard Greenwell	Home
1/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot	14 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* James Wilson	Home
1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Regiment of Foot	17 June 1814	Pauillac	Plymouth	?	Col Hugh Henry Mitchell	Netherlands
1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Foot	17 June 1814	Pauillac	Plymouth	?	Col John Colborne	Netherlands
2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* John Mansel	St Helena
2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot	14 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* Francis B Campbell	Ireland (Disbanded)
2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Lt Col Henry Austen	Netherlands
5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@350	Lt Col* John Forster Fitzgerald	Ireland
8/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Lisbon	Gibraltar	?	Major Henry Fitzgerald	Gibraltar
2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Lt Col Nathaniel Shepperd Joseph James Blackwell	Nova Scotia
2/83rd Regiment of Foot	15 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* Henry William Carr	Home (Disbanded)
94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot	June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* James Allan	Ireland
Dillons Swiss Regiment	June 1814	Castalla?	?	?	Lt Col Henry Wyndham	(Disbanded)

The 6th Division, which had suffered heavy casualties at Toulouse, was shipped home in entirety in late June:

1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Gibraltar	@450	Col George Cuyler	Gibraltar
1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* John Hicks	Netherlands
1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Major Martin Leggatt	Netherlands
1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch)	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col* William Cowell	Netherlands
1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col William Carr Royall	Ireland
1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	@350	Lt Col Neil Douglas	Netherlands
1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders)	26 June 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Col William Douglas	Netherlands

These boys went home (or elsewhere) in July...

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	27 July 1814	Passages	Plymouth	?	Col Henry Askew	Home
3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards	27 July 1814	Passages	Plymouth	?	Col Peregrine Maitland	Netherlands
1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards	28 July 1814	Passages	Plymouth	?	Col Alexander Woodford	Home
2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot	2 July 1814	Paulliac	Cork	?	Lt Col Alexander Leith	Home (Disbanded)
2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot	17 July 1814	Paulliac	Cork	?	Lt Col * Henry Worsley	Ireland
1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Foot	23 July 1814	Paulliac	Plymouth	?	Lt Col Christopher Charles Patrickson	Louisiana
1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot	20 July 1814	Paulliac	Cork	?	Lt Col Charles Hill	Ireland
2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot	2 July 1814	Paulliac	Cork	?	Lt Col Charles Nicol	St Helena
68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot	July 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Col William Johnson	Ireland
1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot	15 July 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col George Thomas Napier	Netherlands
74th Regiment of Foot	4 July 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Col Robert Le Poer Trench	Ireland
1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)	17 July 1814	Pauillac	Cork	?	Lt Col John Cameron	Netherlands
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Col Andrew Francis Barnard	Netherlands
2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Col Hamlet Wade	Netherlands
3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth		Lt Col* John Ross	Louisiana
1st KGL Light Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Lt Col Ludwig Baron von dem Bussche	Netherlands
2nd KGL Light Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Major Georg Baring	Netherlands
1st KGL Line Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Lt Col Rudolf Bodecker	Netherlands
2nd KGL Line Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Lt Col Adolf Baron von Beck	Netherlands
4th KGL Line Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Lt Col Karl du Plat	Netherlands
5th KGL Line Battalion	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	?	Col Christian Baron Ompteda	Netherlands
Brunswick Oels Jagers	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	@400	Lt Col Ernst de Schrader	Netherlands
Chasseurs Britanniques	13 July 1814	Pauillac	Portsmouth	@180	Captain Nicolas Philibert de Brem	(Disbanded)

These boys went home (or elsewhere) in August...

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot	24 August 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Major Richard Chetham	Home (Disbanded)
2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot	27 August 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Lt Col** Jacob Tonson	Home (Disbanded)

Lucky last to go was...

Unit	Embarked	Port	To	Strength	C.O.	Next posting
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot	8 September 1814	Passages	Cork	?	Lt Col John Bromhead	Ireland

And last, but by no means least:

....The Long Timers

The following units served in the Peninsula ‘for the duration’. In the case of those who arrived in August 1808 – 68 months!

Unit	Disembarked	Embarked	Major Actions
1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot	August 1808	April 1814	Douro, Talavera, Albuera, Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, St. Pierre, Orthez
1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot	August 1808	April 1814	Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Albuera (1 company), Badajoz (assault), Salamanca, Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse
1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	August 1808	April 1814	Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Salamanca, Vittoria, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse
5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot	August 1808	April 1814	Rolica, Vimiero, Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Fuentes de Onoro, El Bodon, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Almaraz, Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, Maya, Rolica, Sorauren, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, St-Pierre, Orthez, Cadiz, Toulouse, Bayonne
1st KGL Line Battalion	August 1808	April 1814	Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne
2nd KGL Line Battalion	August 1808	April 1814	Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne
5th KGL Line Battalion	August 1808	April 1814	Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne

Sources:

Oman, Charles. A History of the Peninsular War. London: Greenhill Books, 1996.

Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of various regiments (numerous volumes). London: Longman, Orme & Co., various years.

Fletcher, Ian. Wellington’s Regiments. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1994.

Fortescue, John. A History of the British Army. London: MacMillan and Co., 1920.

London Gazette. September 2009 to February 2010.

McKenna, Michael G. The British Army – And Its Regiments and Battalions. West Chester, Ohio: The Nafziger Collection. 2004.

Philippart, John. The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book. London: A.J. Valpy, 1820.

The Napoleon Series – Peninsula Roll Call. February 2010. http://www.napoleon-series.org/.

War Office. Army Lists 1796 to 1815. London: various years.

Wikipedia. February 2010. Various pages.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2010

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