Great Britain: The Scottish Fencible Regiments: 1759

Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

Army:

Great Britain: Nationality of Enlisted Soldiers in the Scottish Lowland Regiments: 1804 - 1817

Regiment	Date[1]	Strength	Scots	English	Irish	Foreigners
2nd Dragoons	1815[2]
1st Foot 3rd Battalion	1804-1817	1087	197	404	464	22
25th Foot 1st Battalion	1808-1816	1500	344	613	506	37[3]
25th Foot 2nd Battalion	1806-1816	1511	576[4]	639	288	8
90th Foot	1812	2144	538	1097[5]	486	23

Source: An Account of the Scottish Regiments, with the Statistics of each from 1808 to March 1861. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo; 1862. Pages 9, 18 - 22

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] No Regimental Record Books could be found for the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys). However, Major General David Stewart wrote in his history of the Highland Regiments that “there are few Regiments more purely Scots than the Greys.” P. 9

[3] Includes 14 black servants

[4] Mostly from Edinburgh, the Lothians, and the Border Counties.

[5] Includes many Welsh.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2008

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