The following units served against the United States during the War
of 1812, but never served in British North America with the exception
of the 1/27th Foot which was sent from Canada to reinforce the army
operating in the Gulf of Mexico. The last location is their most recent
previous service.
14th Light Dragoons [2 squadrons, dismounted], New Orleans, Mobile,
Peninsula 1808-1814
4th Foot, Bladensburg, North Point, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula
1810-1814
1/7th Foot, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula 1810-1814
21st Foot, Bladensburg, North Point, New Orleans, Mobile, East Coast
of Spain 1812 - 1813
40th Foot, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula 1808-1814
1/43rd Foot, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula 1809-1814
44th Foot, Bladensburg, North Point, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula
1813-1814
85th Foot, Bladensburg, North Point, New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula
1813-1814
1/93rd Foot, New Orleans, Mobile, Cape Colony 1806-1814
3/95th Foot New Orleans, Mobile, Peninsula 1810-1814
102nd Foot, with the fleet, Chesapeake Bay 1813, Maine July 1814
2nd Battalion Royal Marines, Bladensburg, North Point, Chesapeake
Bay 1814 [re-formed by renumbering the 3rd Battalion and a new 3rd
Battalion formed]
3rd Battalion Royal Marines, Bladensburg, North Point, Chesapeake
Bay 1814
Company of Royal Marine Artillery, Bladensburg
1st West India Regiment, New Orleans
2nd West India Regiment, Georgia Coast 1814-1815
5th West India Regiment, New Orleans
Royal West India Rangers, Georgia Coast 1814-1815 [Note: 3]
1st Independent Company of Foreigners, Chesapeake Bay 1813, to Halifax
July 1813 [formed 6 August 1812 and disbanded in England 1814]. [Note:
4]
2nd Independent Company of Foreigners, Chesapeake Bay 1813, to Halifax
July 1813 [formed August/September 1812 and disbanded in England 1814].
R. Pym's Company, 8th Battalion, RA Chesapeake, New Orleans, Mobile,
Italy
L. Carmichael's Company, 8th Battalion, RA Chesapeake, New Orleans,
Mobile, Peninsula
J. Michell's Company, 9th Battalion, RA Chesapeake, New Orleans,
Mobile, Peninsula
A. Munro's Company, 9th Battalion, RA New Orleans, Mobile
3. Given in one source but not confirmed in any other sources.
4. See Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research,
volume 79 2001 pp.278-294 for more information on these companies.
