Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

 

Army: British Officer's Pay, Per Diem (1815)

Rank Life Guards Royal Horse Foot Guards Cavalry Infantry Foot Artillery Horse Artillery
Colonel 36 shillings 41 shillings 39 shillings 32 shillings
10 pence		 22 shillings
6 pence		 26 shillings 32 shillings
Lieutenant-Colonel 31 shillings 29 shillings 6 pence 28 shillings 6 pence 23 shillings 17 shillings 18 shillings
1 pence		 27 shillings
1 pence
Major 26 shillings 27 shillings 24 shillings
6 pence		 19 shillings
3 pence		 16 shillings 16 shillings 11 pence 22 shillings
11 pence
Captain 16 shillings 21 shillings 6 pence 16 shillings 6 pence 14 shillings 7 pence 10 shillings 6 pence 11 shillings 1 pence 16 shillings
1 pence
Lieutenant 11 shillings 15 shillings 6 pence 7 shillings 10 pence 9 shillings 6 shillings
6 pence		 6 shillings
10 pence		 9 shillings
10 pence

Cornet, Ensign, 2nd Lieutenant

 8 shillings
6 pence		 14 shillings 6 pence 5 shillings 10 pence 8 shillings 5 shillings
3 pence		 5 shillings
7 pence
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Paymaster
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 15 shillings 15 shillings
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Adjutant 13 shillings 10 shillings 10 shillings 10 shillings 8 shillings
6 pence		 8 shillings
6 pence		 10 shillings 10 pence
Quartermaster
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 6 shillings 6 pence 8 shillings 6 shillings
6 pence		 7 shillings 10 pence 10 shillings
10 pence
Surgeon Major
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 20 shillings
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Battalion Surgeon
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 12 shillings
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Surgeon 12 shillings 12 shillings
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 11 shillings 4 pence 11 shillings 4 pence 11 shillings 4 pence
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Assistant Surgeon 8 shillings
6 pence		 8 shillings
6 pence		 7 shillings
6 pence		 8 shillings
6 pence		 7 shillings
6 pence		 7 shillings
6 pence
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Veterinary Surgeon 8 shillings 8 shillings
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 8 shillings
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Notes:

1. 1 British Pound = 20 Shillings; 1 British Shilling = 12 Pence
2. Captains in the infantry, artillery, and horse artillery,holding a higher brevet rank had a 2 shilling per diem increase in pay.
3. Lieutenants in the infantry and artillery, who held the rank for at least 7 years had a 1 shilling per diem increase in pay.
4. A cavalry quartermaster received 2 shillings per diem for maintenance of a horse.
5. Surgeons' pay increased to 14 shilling 1 pence per diem after seven years' service in the line, and to 18 shillings 10 pence per diem after twenty years; this also applied to artillery surgeons. Veterninary surgeon's pay in the cavalry increased to 10 shillings per diem after three years' service, to 12 shillings per diem after ten years, and to 13 shillings per diem after twenty years.

 

SOURCE:

Haythornthwaite, Philip J. The Armies of Wellington London : Arms and Armour; 1994. P. 270

 



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