Great Britain: The Scottish Fencible Regiments: 1759

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Great Britain: Nationality of the Soldiers in the Highland Regiments: 1793 - 1822

Regiment	Date[1]	Strength	Scots	Highlanders	Lowlanders	English	Irish	Foreigners
42nd Foot	1807-1812	2265	1980	0	0	84	201	0
42nd Foot	1818	770	712	0	0	15[2]	43	0
42nd Foot 1st Battalion	1808	826	0	583	231	7	5	0
42nd Foot 1st Battalion	1815	878	759	0	0	29	90	1
71st Foot	1800	800	0	600	0	0	0	0
71st Foot	1809	0	560	0	0	0	0	0
71st Foot 1st Battalion	1804-1815	1410	889	0	0	93	418	10
71st Foot 2nd Battalion	1806-1818	2505	1671	0	0	155	669	10
72nd Foot	1808-1822	3035	2022	0	0	397	526	90[3]
74th Foot	1807-1814	1728	322	0	0	686	716	4
74th Foot	1810	956[4]	269	0	0	236[5]	443	8
75th Foot[6]	1809	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
78th Foot	1793	1000	0	1000	0	0	0	0
78th Foot 1st Battalion	1811[7]	1036	0	835	184	8	9	0
78th Foot 2nd Battalion	1804	850	0	714	96	40[8]	0	0
79th Foot 1st Battalion	1800-1815	2167	1733[9]	0	0	257[10]	172	5
79th Foot 2nd Battalion	1804-1818	1884[11]	1558	0	0	168	152	6[12]
91st Foot 1st Battalion	1800-1819	1381	970[13]	0	0	171	218	22
91st Foot 2nd Battalion	1807-1814	1107	699	0	0	168	142	197[14]
92nd Foot	1811-1825	878	716	0	0	51	111[15]	0
93rd Foot	1811	1049	1014	0	0	18	17	0
94th Foot	1808-1818	1314	507[16]	0	0	135	666	6

Source: An Account of the Scottish Regiments, with the Statistics of each from 1808 to March 1861. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo; 1862. Pages 10 - 17

Notes:

[1] This is not the actual strength of the unit, but is a total for all enlisted soldiers listed in the Regimental Record Books.

[2] Were mostly from Wales.

[3] Mostly Germans and some Blacks who played in the band.

[4] The actual enlisted strength of the regiment on 24 December 1810.

[5] Many were actually Welsh.

[6] When the regiment returned from India in 1809, there were less than 100 Highlanders left in the regiment and they loss their designation as a Highland Regiment.

[7] From the Regimental Record Book for March, 1810.

[8] Not broken out between English and Irish.

[9] Does not include 174 men with Scottish family names, but who had no birthplace listed in the Regimental Record Books.

[10] Included many men from the Island of Manx.

[11] Does not include 161 men, most with Scottish family names, but who had no birthplace listed in the Regimental Record Books.

[12] Includes 3 Black bandsmen.

[13] Most were Lowlanders.

[14] Most were Germans.

[15] At no point were there ever more than 70 Irish in the regiment.

[16] Most were Lowlanders, from the Lothians.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2008

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