Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

Army:

Great Britain: Authorized Strength of Garrisons 1814

 

Location
Strength
Mediterranean Gibraltar
5,000
Malta & Ionia
5,000
West Indies Leeward Islands
10,500
Jamaica
5,000
Bahamas & Bermuda
1,000
North America Canada & Nova Scotia
8,000
East Indies East Indies
25,00
Ceylon
3,000
Africa
800
New South Wales
0
United Kingdom Great Britain
25,000
Ireland
30,000
Relief
5,000
Mauritius
3,000
St. Helena
0
Cape of Good Hope
4,000
Total
130,300

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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