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Rank
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Cavalry
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Fencible Cavalry Guards
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Infantry
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Militia, Fencible Infantry
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Invalids
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| Colonel | 32 shillings 10 pence |
32 shillings 10 pence | 22 shillings 6 pence |
22 shillings 6 pence |
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| Lieutenant-Colonel | 23 shillings | 23 shillings | 13 shillings 11 pence |
15 shillings 11 pence |
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| Major | 23 shillings | 23 shillings | 14 shillings 1 pence |
14 shillings 1 pence |
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| Captain | 14 shillings 7 pence |
14 shillings 7 pence | 9 shillings 5 pence |
9 shillings 5 pence | 9 shillings 5 pence |
| Lieutenant | 9 shillings | 9 shillings | 4 shillings 8 pence |
4 shillings 8 pence | 4 shillings 8 pence |
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Cornet or Ensign |
8 shillings | 8 shillings | 3 shillings 8 pence |
3 shillings 8 pence | 3 shillings 8 pence |
| Adjutant | 5 shillings | 5 shillings | 4 shillings | 4 shillings |
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| Paymaster | 15 shillings | 15 shillings | 15 shillings | 15 shillings |
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| Paymaster Clerk |
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2 shillings 2 pence | ---- | 1 shilling 6¾ pence |
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| Paymaster Sergeant | 2 shillings 11 pence |
2 shillings 11 pence |
1 shilling 6¼ pence | 1 shilling 6¾ pence | 1 shilling 6¾ pence |
| Quartermaster |
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4 shillings 8 pence |
4 shillings 8 pence |
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| Surgeon | 11 shillings 4 pence |
11 shillings 4 pence | 9 shillings 5 pence |
9 shillings 5 pence |
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| Assistant Surgeon | 5 shillings | 5 shillings | 5 shillings | 5 shillings |
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| Surgeon's Mate | 3 shillings 6 pence |
3 shillings 6 pence | 3 shillings 6 pence |
3 shillings 6 pence |
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| Veterinary Surgeon | 8 shillings | 8 shillings |
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| Sergeant | 2 shillings 11 pence |
2 shillings 11 pence | 1 shilling 6¼ pence |
1 shilling 6¾ pence | 1 shilling 6¾ pence |
| Corporal | 2 shillings 4½ pence |
2 shillings 4½ pence | 1 shilling 2¼ pence |
1 shilling 2¼ pence | 1 shilling 1¼ pence |
| Trumpeter | 2 shillings 4 pence |
2 shillings 4 pence |
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| Drummer |
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1 shilling 1¾ pence |
1 shilling 1¾ pence | 1 shilling 1¼ pence |
| Fifer |
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1 shilling 1¾ pence |
1 shilling 1¾ pence | 1 shilling 1¼ pence |
| Private | 2 shillings | 2 shillings | 1 shilling | 1 shilling | 11¼ pence |
Notes:
1. 1 British Pound = 20 Shillings; 1 British Shilling = 12 Pence
2. Pay for NCOs and men of the cavalry includes 9 pence per diem for
subsistence of a horse.
3. Colonel's or commandant's pay was augmented by 1 shilling 2 pence
per diem per troop, plus 1 shilling 6 pence per diem in lieu of one
extra musician, in addition to that noted above.
4. Lieutenants, coronets, ensigns, quartermasters, surgeons, and surgeon's
mates, received an andditional 1 shilling per diem if they did not hold
another commission.
5. The adjutant also received pay as a subaltern.
6. Fencible paymasters had to hold an ordinary commission as well; if
a subaltern their pay was made up to 15 shillings per diem, but if a
captain it was 3 shillings 6 pence per diem in addition to their captain's
pay.
SOURCE:
Haythornthwaite, Philip J. The Armies of Wellington London : Arms and Armour; 1994. P. 269
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