Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815:
British Army of Occupation: 30 November 1815
By Ron McGuigan
In a General Order, Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington broke up his
Anglo‑Allied Army and formed the BritishContingent of the Army
Of Occupation in France. This Army, made up of the different contingents
of the Allies, was also to be commanded by the Duke of Wellington.
The British and the Hanoverian Contingents were to come under the personal
command of the Duke.
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal 1st Duke of Wellington
Quartermaster-General: Lt General Sir George Murray (Chief-of-Staff
to the Army of Occupation)
Adjutant-General: Major General Sir Edward Barnes
Commander, Royal Artillery: Brevet Colonel Sir George Wood
Cavalry: Lt General Sir Stapleton
Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere
1st Cavalry Brigade: Major General Lord Edward Somerset
1st Dragoon Guards
2nd Dragoon Guards
3rd Dragoons
2nd Cavalry Brigade: Major General Sir Hussey Vivian
7th Hussars
18th Hussars
12th Light Dragoons
3rd Cavalry Brigade: Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant
11th Light Dragoons
13th Light Dragoons
15th Hussars
Infantry: Lt General Sir Rowland
Hill, 1st Baron Hill
1st Division: Lt General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole
1st Brigade: Major General Sir Peregrine Maitland
1st Foot Guards, 3rd Battalion
Coldstream Foot Guards, 2nd Battalion
7th Brigade: Major General Sir James Kempt
7th Foot, 1st Battalion
23rd Foot
43rd Foot, 1st Battalion
8th Brigade: Major General Sir John Lambert
27th Foot, 1st Battalion
40th Foot, 1st Battalion
95th Rifles, 1st Battalion
2nd Division: Lt General Sir Henry Clinton
3rd Brigade: Major General Sir Robert O'Callaghan
3rd Foot, 1st Battalion
39th Foot, 1st Battalion
91st Foot, 1st Battalion
4th Brigade: Major General Sir Denis Pack
4th Foot, 1st Battalion
52nd Foot, 1st Battalion
79th Highlanders, 1st Battalion
6th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Bradford
6th Foot, 1st Battalion
29th Foot
71st Foot, 1st Battalion
3rd Division: Lt General Sir Charles Colville
2nd Brigade: Major General Sir Manley Power
1st Foot, 3rd Battalion
57th Foot, 1st Battalion
95th Rifles, 2nd Battalion
5th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane
5th Foot, 1st Battalion
9th Foot, 1st Battalion
21st Foot, 1st Battalion
9th Brigade: Major General Sir John Keane
81st Foot, 1st Battalion
88th Foot, 1st Battalion
Artillery:
G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
H Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
I Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
Carmichael's Foot Battery
Hutchesson's Foot Battery
Gordon's Foot Battery
Rogers's Foot Battery
Holcroft's Foot Battery
Unett 's Foot Battery
Hunt's Foot Battery
Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and
Miners: Lt Colonel John Burgoyne
Attached to Divisions:
1st Division: 8th Company, 2nd Battalion
2nd Division: 1st Company, 3rd Battalion
3rd Division: 4th Company, 2nd Battalion
Pontoon Train: 5th Company, 2nd Battalion
2nd Company, 4th Battalion
Belgium: Major General Kenneth
Mackenzie
By 1 December 1815, the British Regiments
garrisoned in Belgium were reported to be marching to leave. They may
have remained at Antwerp until after 25 December.
Hanoverian Contingent
General Officer Commanding: Lt
General Sir Karl, Graf von Alten
Chief-of-Staff: Major Andreas
von Schlutter
Cavalry: Prince Regent's Hussars
Artillery: von Rettberg's Foot Battery
Infantry: Major General Sir James
Lyon
1st Brigade: Brevet Colonel Hugh Halkett
Field Battalion Luneburg
Field Battalion Grubenhagen
Field Battalion 1st Duke of York's (Osnabruck)
2nd Brigade: Colonel August Berger
Field Battalion Bremen
Field Battalion Verden
Field Battalion Calenberg
Acknowledgements:
Special Thank You to Michael Tanzer for
providing obscure information on the King's German Legion [see his excellent
website at www.kgl.de], to Ms. Elizabeth Talbot Rice, formerly of the
National Army Museum for her knowledge and understanding, to Hans Boersma
and Geert van Uythoven for providing hard to locate information on the
Netherlands Army, to the Regimental Headquarters and Regimental Museums
of the British Army and Royal Marines, all of whom took the time to
answer pesky questions and especially to the late Michael Glover.
Thank You to the Arquivo Historico Militar,
Lisboa the Bomann‑Museum Celle, Celle Germany the British High
Commission, Ottawa Canada Central Library, London Canada The D. B. Weldon
Library University of Western Ontario, London Canada German Embassy
Ottawa Canada Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Wiesbaden, Germany Koninklijk
Nederlands Leger En Wapenmuseum, Leiden and Delft, The Netherlands Koninklijke
Landmacht, s‑Gravenhage, The Netherlands The Ministry of Defence,
UK Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie, Amersfoort, The Netherlands The Napoleon‑Series.org
Discussion Forum the National Army Museum, London UK Nieders'chsisches
Hauptstaatsarchiv, Hannover Germany Niedersichsisches Staatsarchiv,
Wolfenbittel, Germany Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen Denmark Staatsarchiv Dresden,
Dresden Germany Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Canada University
of Guelph, Guelph Canada Windsor Public Library, Windsor ON Canada
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November 2001
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