Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

Army:

Great Britain: Authorized Strength of Garrisons 1816

 

Location
Strength
Mediterranean Gibraltar
4,000
Malta
4,000
Ionian Islands
3,000
West Indies Leeward Islands
9,000
Jamaica
4,000
Bahamas & Bermuda
1,000
North America Canada
5,000
Nova Scotia
4,000
East Indies East Indies
20,00
Ceylon
3,000 (Note 1)
Africa
1000
New South Wales
800
United Kingdom Great Britain
25,000
Ireland
25,000
Relief
3,000 (Note 2)
Mauritius
3,000
St. Helena
1,200
Cape of Good Hope
3,000
France
30,000
Total
149,000

Notes:
1. Plus 2,000 Colonial Troops
2. Allowance may be raised to 8,000 Troops

SOURCE:

Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G. edited by his son The [2nd] Duke of Wellington London : John Murray; 1860-1871 Vol. 14

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2001

 



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