The
|
October 25th 1809 |
November 25th 1809 |
December 25th 1809 |
January 25th 1810 |
Total Deaths |
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% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
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Cavalry Division |
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3rd Dragoon Guards |
16.19 |
28 |
25.04 |
38 |
25.56 |
19 |
20.77 |
16 |
101 |
1st Dragoons |
9.21 |
1 |
10.25 |
3 |
5.48 |
4 |
5.34 |
2 |
10 |
4th Dragoons |
18.03 |
12 |
18.01 |
31 |
16.42 |
23 |
16.81 |
16 |
82 |
14th Light Dragoons |
11.06 |
28 |
21.48 |
20 |
14.08 |
19 |
14.09 |
11 |
78 |
16th Light Dragoons |
13.72 |
8 |
11.6 |
12 |
9.9 |
18 |
11.42 |
3 |
41 |
1st KGL Hussars |
14.56 |
6 |
14.93 |
3 |
12.55 |
5 |
14.1 |
2 |
16 |
Totals |
15.46 |
83 |
16.93 |
107 |
13.89 |
88 |
13.61 |
50 |
328 |
First Division |
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1/2nd Footguards |
36.84 |
61 |
36.94 |
84 |
40.39 |
40 |
37.41 |
35 |
220 |
1/3rd Footguards |
35.01 |
60 |
33.8 |
67 |
35.63 |
26 |
27.81 |
37 |
190 |
2/24th Foot |
46.97 |
88 |
55.39 |
44 |
60.93 |
33 |
62.78 |
24 |
189 |
2/42nd Highlanders |
28.14 |
10 |
33.49 |
37 |
40.3 |
26 |
47.78 |
20 |
93 |
1/61st Foot |
40.8 |
51 |
47.57 |
27 |
46.86 |
24 |
32.57 |
12 |
114 |
1st KGL Line Bn. |
39.07 |
7 |
37.08 |
22 |
38.96 |
9 |
38.45 |
7 |
45 |
2nd KGL Line Bn. |
34.5 |
14 |
37.35 |
15 |
36.89 |
11 |
37.5 |
2 |
42 |
5th KGL Line Bn. |
36.83 |
14 |
18.77 |
44 |
36.48 |
8 |
36.18 |
4 |
70 |
7th KGL Line Bn. |
38.54 |
15 |
34.49 |
13 |
38.06 |
4 |
38.8 |
12 |
44 |
KGL
Light
|
34.59 |
2 |
41.73 |
3 |
38.71 |
2 |
41.46 |
0 |
7 |
Totals |
37.37 |
322 |
37.41 |
356 |
41.32 |
183 |
39.22 |
153 |
1014 |
Second Division |
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1/3rd Foot |
25.55 |
20 |
23.49 |
48 |
25.96 |
19 |
21.83 |
16 |
103 |
2/28th Foot |
21.98 |
10 |
22.79 |
23 |
30.52 |
25 |
27.57 |
24 |
82 |
29th Foot |
36.74 |
22 |
43.31 |
43 |
47.13 |
36 |
40.12 |
33 |
134 |
2/31st Foot |
57.51 |
38 |
59.94 |
93 |
55.95 |
28 |
41.37 |
17 |
176 |
2/34th Foot |
20.78 |
13 |
27.31 |
53 |
28.34 |
50 |
26.17 |
50 |
166 |
2/39th Foot |
28.28 |
12 |
29.97 |
34 |
42.6 |
28 |
31.43 |
11 |
85 |
1/48th Foot |
29.83 |
23 |
34.34 |
43 |
43.5 |
54 |
40.08 |
18 |
138 |
2/48th Foot |
26.37 |
35 |
28.37 |
37 |
31.27 |
17 |
24.71 |
23 |
112 |
1/57th Foot |
17.28 |
3 |
16.6 |
19 |
18.21 |
28 |
14.75 |
10 |
60 |
2/66th Foot |
25.16 |
27 |
30.41 |
27 |
34.14 |
30 |
29.36 |
18 |
102 |
Totals |
28.68 |
203 |
30.97 |
420 |
35 |
315 |
29.28 |
220 |
1158 |
Third Division |
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1/43rd Light Inf. |
16.9 |
39 |
19.77 |
36 |
17.68 |
27 |
17.47 |
19 |
121 |
1/45th Foot |
29.04 |
29 |
28.78 |
49 |
27.68 |
17 |
30.96 |
15 |
110 |
1/52nd Light Inf. |
12.81 |
17 |
10.84 |
14 |
11.98 |
10 |
12.21 |
4 |
45 |
5/60th Rifles |
14.29 |
6 |
13.28 |
7 |
13.92 |
6 |
10.71 |
1 |
20 |
1/88th Foot |
34.08 |
37 |
30.08 |
23 |
37.61 |
13 |
38.05 |
22 |
95 |
1/95th Rifles |
14.61 |
24 |
16.43 |
23 |
15.04 |
20 |
15.31 |
18 |
85 |
Totals |
19.73 |
152 |
19.91 |
152 |
20.7 |
93 |
20.97 |
79 |
476 |
October 25th 1809 |
November 25th 1809 |
December 25th 1809 |
January 25th 1810 |
Total Deaths |
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% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
% Sick |
Deaths |
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Fourth Division |
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2/7th Fusiliers |
33.43 |
24 |
33.29 |
51 |
35.63 |
35 |
35.87 |
24 |
134 |
1/11th Foot |
18.31 |
11 |
14.03 |
19 |
12.7 |
20 |
17.76 |
9 |
59 |
3/27th Foot |
26.05 |
9 |
21.01 |
28 |
17.3 |
18 |
13.54 |
17 |
72 |
1/40th Foot |
17.15 |
12 |
19.34 |
22 |
18.37 |
10 |
21.3 |
9 |
53 |
2/53rd Foot |
31.76 |
29 |
31.18 |
24 |
26.55 |
20 |
37.02 |
10 |
83 |
97th Foot |
36.25 |
11 |
32.85 |
12 |
33.61 |
9 |
36.82 |
8 |
40 |
Totals |
28.06 |
96 |
32.85 |
156 |
22.62 |
112 |
25.15 |
77 |
441 |
Troops in
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2/5th Foot |
17.12 |
9 |
16.81 |
5 |
16.3 |
8 |
21.06 |
7 |
29 |
2/58th Foot |
19.61 |
4 |
24.74 |
10 |
23.25 |
28 |
32.5 |
5 |
47 |
2/83rd Foot |
40.35 |
65 |
38.33 |
46 |
31.98 |
20 |
26.85 |
36 |
167 |
2/87th Foot |
42.31 |
45 |
38.73 |
17 |
32.66 |
53 |
28.61 |
23 |
138 |
Totals |
30.58 |
123 |
29.84 |
78 |
26.05 |
109 |
26.94 |
71 |
381 |
Grand Totals |
27.27 |
979 |
27.65 |
1269 |
28.71 |
900 |
27.28 |
650 |
3798 |
Comments on Table : Data is from Monthly Returns in WO17/2464,
2465. No attempt has been made to break down the figures by brigade, since
there were ongoing changes in the brigade-level order of battle during the
period. Lightburne’s Brigade, the 2/5th and 2/58th, was technically
part of the Fourth Division but was still in
Notes:
[1] Figures (rank and file only) from tables in Sir Charles Oman, A History of the Peninsular War (Seven Vols. Oxford, 1902-1930), Vol.II, pp.645-646, 649-651.
[2] See
General Order of September 24th 1809, in Colonel Gurwood (ed.),
The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of
[3] See
comparative figures from casualty abstracts by month and by theatre in
WO17/2814. See also letter by Lt. and Captain Charles Gordon, 3rd Footguards,
to
[4] Monthly returns October 1809 to January 1810, in WO17/2464, 2465.
[5] Dr.
Martin Howard,
[6] For breakdown of sickness and death figures by unit and by division, see Appendix.
[7] “The A.G. to Lieut. Col. Mackinnon”, dated 2nd August 1809, in Gurwood (ed.), Dispatches, Vol.III, p.388 for the initial appointment, and ibid., pp.392, 408, 456, 479, for further orders and correspondence, mostly concerned with expediting the return of convalescents to their units.
[8] Major General Henry
Mackinnon, “A Journal of the Campaign in
[9] Mackinnon, “Campaign
in
[10] John
Spencer Cooper, Rough Notes of Seven Campaigns in
[11] Major
George Simmons, A British
[12] Calculated
from Monthly Return in WO17/2464. On the shortage of medical personal,
see “The A.G. to Thos. Keate, Esq. Surg. Gen.,
Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2001