Secondary Titles:

none

1795:

1 September - raised

1796:

Gibraltar

1797:

Gibraltar

1798:

Gibraltar; Jersey

1799:

Jersey

1800:

Jersey

1801:

Jersey

1802:

Jersey; 24 December – disbanded, officers retired on their full pay.

1 September 1795:

Colonel - Robert Mason Lewis

3 December 1800:

Colonel - James Lumsdaine

1 September 1795:

Lt Col John Fraser

3 January 1802:

Lt Col George Vigoreux

1 September 1795:

Major John Wilbar Cook

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 1st Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 1st Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised at Portsmouth

1803:

Portsmouth

1804:

Portsmouth

1805:

Portsmouth; May - Gibraltar

1806:

Gibraltar

1807:

Gibraltar

1808:

Gibraltar

1809:

Gibraltar

1810:

Gibraltar; April – to England; June - Landguard Fort

1811:

Landguard Fort and Harwich

1812:

Landguard Fort

1813:

Landguard Fort; December – to  Holland

1814:

Holland; June – to England; 12 July – disbanded at Harwich

1815:

8 August – re-formed at Plymouth

1816:

31 May – disbanded at Plymouth.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – William Edmeston

30 June 1804:

Colonel – James Stewart

25 December 1802:

Lt Col Alexander Mair

1 August 1811:

Lt Col Charles Augustus West

25 December 1802:

Major Charles Leigh

18 April 1805:

Major Thomas Fortye

9 April 1807:

Major Simon Fraser

7 July 1815:

Major Alexander Rose

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 2nd Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised at Plymouth

1803:

Plymouth

1804:

Plymouth

1805:

Plymouth

1806:

Plymouth; December – detachment of 66 men to New South Wales Corps

1807:

Plymouth

1808:

Plymouth

1809:

Plymouth; July – 9 companies on Madeira; invalid company at Plymouth

1810:

Madeira

1811:

Madeira

1812:

Madeira

1813:

Madeira

1814:

Madeira; 24 September – invalid company disbanded at Plymouth

1815:

20 January – remaining 9 companies disbanded at London; June – 4 companies of 8th Royal Veteran Battalion on Heligoland ordered to form nucleus of new 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion; August – 6 new companies raised at Harwich; November – Heligoland companies united with Harwich companies

1816:

24 May – disbanded at Harwich.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – David Home

22 February 1810:

Colonel – Anthony Lewis Layard

1815:

Colonel – John Watson Tadwell Watson

25 December 1802:

Lt Col George Vigoureux

25 December 1802:

Major Henry Bowen

22 May 1806:

Major William White

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 3rd Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised on Jersey

1803:

Jersey

1804:

Jersey

1805:

Jersey

1806:

Jersey

1807:

Jersey

1808:

Jersey

1809:

Jersey

1810:

Jersey

1811:

Jersey

1812:

Jersey

1813:

Jersey

1814:

Jersey; 15 July – disbanded at Chelsea

1815:

June – 2 companies of both the 6th and 9th Royal Veteran Battalions used to form new 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion at Edinburgh

1816:

May – disbanded at Edinburgh.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – James Lumsdaine

14 May 1807:

Colonel – William Maxwell

1815:

Colonel - Sir Paulus Æmilius Irving, Bt.

25 December 1802:

Lt Col John West

25 December 1802:

Major William West

13 June 1805:

Major John Grant

31 December 1807:

Major Richard Augustus Wyvill

17 March 1814:

Major Robert Browne

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 4th Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1814 – 4th Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised in Ireland

1803:

Ireland

1804:

Ireland

1805:

Ireland

1806:

Ireland; December – detachment of 36 men to New South Wales Corps

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland; Cork; 25 June – transferred 200 unfit men to new 12th Royal Veteran Battalion; to Portugal; August - Gibraltar

1809:

Gibraltar

1810:

Gibraltar

1811:

Gibraltar

1812:

Gibraltar

1813:

Gibraltar

1814:

Gibraltar; 24 September – disbanded at Deptford.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – Grice Blakeney

25 December 1802:

Lt Col Peter Daly

25 December 1802:

Major Robert Browne

17 March 1814:

Major E Cornwallis Moncrieffe

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 5th Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 5th Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised on Guernsey

1803:

Guernsey

1804:

Guernsey

1805:

7 companies on Guernsey; 3 companies on Alderney

1806:

6 companies on Guernsey; 4 companies on Alderney

1807:

6 companies on Guernsey; 4 companies on Alderney

1808:

9 companies on Guernsey; 1 company on Alderney

1809:

9 companies on Guernsey; 1 company on Alderney

1810:

Guernsey

1811:

Guernsey

1812:

Guernsey

1813:

Guernsey

1814:

Guernsey; 26 July – disbanded at Chelsea

1815:

June – 3 companies of 11th Royal Veteran Battalion used to form nucleus of new 5th Royal Veteran Battalion

1816:

Tower of London; June – disbanded at Deptford.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – Charles Horneck

16 April 1804:

Colonel – Hon. Francis Needham

25 June 1810:

Colonel – John Manners Kerr

1815:

Colonel – Andrew John Drummond

25 December 1802:

Lt Col John Wilbar Cooke

17 May 1803:

Lt Col William Swinburne

5 February 1807:

Lt Col Henry LeBlanc

25 May 1815:

Lt Col Henry Powlett

25 December 1802:

Major Robert McCrea

29 June 1815:

Major Augustine Fitzgerald

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 6th (Royal North British) Garrison Battalion
1804-1814 – 6th (Royal North British) Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised in Scotland from Scots veterans

1803:

Scotland; 11 February – styled Royal North British

1804:

Scotland

1805:

Scotland

1806:

Scotland

1807:

Fort George

1808:

Fort George

1809:

Fort George

1810:

Fort George

1811:

Fort George, Fort Charlotte, Fort Augustus

1812:

Scotland

1813:

Scotland

1814:

Scotland; 28 July – 8 companies disbanded at Fort George; 2 companies used to form new 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

1815:

Re-raised in Ireland using officers and men from 12th Royal Veteran Battalion

1816:

24 May – disbanded at Cork.

25 December 1802:

Colonel - Sir Paulus Æmilius Irving, Bt.

31 March 1803:

Lt Col Hon. William Grey

1 August 1811:

Lt Col Alexander

25 December 1802:

Major James Rose

25 September 1804:

Major Simon Fraser

9 April 1807:

Major Thomas Fortye

25 April 1815:

Major William Collis

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 7th Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1814 – 7th Royal Veteran Battalion

1802:

25 December – raised at Fulham from cavalry and Foot Guards veterans

1803:

Tower of London

1804:

Tower of London

1805:

Tower of London

1806:

Tower of London

1807:

Tower of London: April – 500 men transferred to form new 11th Royal Veteran Battalion

1808:

Tower of London

1809:

Tower of London; detachment to Walcheren

1810:

Tower of London: September - Gibraltar

1811:

Gibraltar

1812:

Gibraltar

1813:

Gibraltar

1814:

Gibraltar; 17 August – disbanded at Chelsea.

25 December 1802:

Colonel – Thomas Murray

25 December 1802:

Lt Col William Swinburne

17 May 1803:

Lt Col John Wilbar Cooke

1 August 1811:

Lt Col Hon. William Grey

25 December 1802:

Major Hugh Lord

16 May 1805:

Major Archibald Christie

25 April 1807:

Major Martin Alves

27 December 1810:

Major James Jonathan Fraser

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 8th Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 8th Royal Veteran Battalion

1804:

25 December – raised at Fulham

1805:

Fulham; April - Portsmouth

1806:

Portsmouth

1807:

Cumberland Fort; October - 4 companies to Heligoland

1808:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1809:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1810:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1811:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1812:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1813:

Cumberland Fort; 4 companies on Heligoland

1814:

10 July – 6 companies disbanded at Portsmouth

1815:

June – remaining 4 companies transferred to new 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion; new 8th Royal Veteran Battalion formed from fit out-pensioners at Chelsea Hospital; Deptford; Jersey

1816:

Jersey; 3 June – disbanded at Portsmouth.

1 January 1805:

Colonel – John Watson Tadwell Watson

15 June 1815:

Colonel – Alexander Mair

1 August 1805:

Lt Col Robert Walker

25 October 1805:

Lt Col William Osborne Hamilton

31 August 1815:

Lt Col Andrew Coghlan

12 January 1805:

Major Archibald Christie

15 August 1805:

Major William Morris

10 September 1812:

Major Clark Caldwell

25 May 1815:

Major John Williamson

Secondary Titles:

1802-1804 – 9th Royal Garrison Battalion
1804-1816 – 9th Royal Veteran Battalion

1805:

25 April raised at Edinburgh

1806:

Edinburgh Castle

1807:

Edinburgh Castle

1808:

Edinburgh Castle

1809:

Edinburgh Castle

1810:

Edinburgh Castle

1811:

Edinburgh Castle; 2 companies on Orkney and Shetland Isles

1812:

Edinburgh Castle; 2 companies on Orkney and Shetland Isles

1813:

Edinburgh Castle; 2 companies on Orkney and Shetland Isles

1814:

Edinburgh Castle; July/August – 8 companies disbanded at Edinburgh; remaining 2 companies on Isles used to form new 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion.

21 March 1805:

Colonel – Colin Mackenzie

1 August 1805:

Lt Col William Osborne Hamilton

25 October 1805:

Lt Col Robert Walker

9 September 1813:

Lt Col Archibald McDonnell

21 March 1805:

Major John Grant

13 June 1805:

Major William West

4 October 1810:

Major Alexander Rose

Secondary Titles:

June 1815 – 4th Royal Veteran Battalion

1806:

25 December – formed on Isle of Wight from volunteers of other Veteran Battalions for service in North America

1807:

Hilsea; March – to Canada; August - Quebec

1808:

Quebec

1809:

Quebec

1810:

Quebec

1811:

Quebec; Fort St Joseph

1812:

Fort Michilimackinac; western frontier

1813:

Quebec

1814:

Quebec; August – 4 companies to Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island

1815:

Quebec; June – re-numbered 4th Royal Veteran Battalion; September – 4 companies returned

1816:

Quebec; 24 September – disbanded at Quebec. Many veterans stayed in Canada as settlers; 10 November – ship containing families returning to England wrecked and 143 drowned.

25 December 1806:

Colonel – Lowther, Lord Muncaster

8 January 1807:

Lt Col Henry Zouch

18 November 1813:

Lt Col Donald Macpherson

25 December 1806:

Major Donald Macpherson

18 November 1813:

Major George Miles Milnes

Secondary Titles:

none

1807:

25 April – formed from 5 companies of 7th Royal Veteran Battalion; May - Guernsey

1808:

Guernsey; April – Portsmouth; August – Winchelsea

1809:

Bexhill and Winchelsea

1810:

Bexhill and Winchelsea

1811:

Winchelsea; 3 companies on Isle of Man

1812:

Winchelsea; 3 companies on Isle of Man; August – 3 companies on Anholt

1813:

April – Hythe; 3 companies on Isle of Man; 3 companies on Anholt

1814:

August – 4 companies disbanded at Hythe; 2 November – 3 companies from Anholt disbanded at Chelsea

1815:

June - remaining 3 companies on Isle of Man transferred to new 5th Royal Veteran Battalion.

25 April 1807:

Colonel – Andrew John Drummond

21 May 1807:

Lt Col Archibald Christie

5 September 1811:

Lt Col Henry Powlett

25 September 1807:

Major Thomas Berkeley Campbell

Secondary Titles:

none

1808:

25 June – formed at Cork from 200 men from 4th Royal Veteran Battalion unfit for foreign service

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland

1814:

Ireland; June – disbanded in Ireland.

25 June 1808:

Colonel – John Despard

31 August 1809:

Colonel – George Benson

28 December 1809:

Lt Col Henry Powlett

5 September 1811:

Lt Col Archibald Christie

14 July 1808:

Major William Collis

Secondary Titles:

June 1815 – 7th Royal Veteran Battalion

1813:

25 March - raised at Lisbon from Peninsula War invalids

1814:

Portugal; Lisbon 

1815:

February – England; April – Belgium; Ostend; June – re-numbered as 7th Royal Veteran Battalion

1816:

March – England; Sheerness; 24 May - disbanded at Chelsea

19 November 1812:

Colonel – William Raymond

25 January 1813:

Lt Col Archibald McDonnell

21 October 1813:

Lt Col Robert Haly Burton

25 January 1813:

Major George Langlands

26 October 1815:

Major P D Fellowes

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July - raised at Chatham using volunteers from City of London, Middlesex and Tower Hamlets

1804:

Jersey; 30 October - became 1st Garrison Battalion

1805:

Jersey; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 2nd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - John Leveson-Gower

22 October 1803:

Colonel - Hildebrand Oakes

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Samuel Gibbs

17 September 1803:

Lt Col William Henry Beckwith

14 November 1804:

Lt Col Henry Cuyler

9 July 1803:

Major Daniel Francis Blommart

13 October 1804:

Major John Tuffnell

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised in Ireland using Irish volunteers

1804:

March - Scotland; 30 October - became 2nd Garrison Battalion

1805:

Scotland; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 2nd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Robert, Earl of Roden

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Charles Strickland

9 July 1803:

Major Edward Michael Ryan, Kt.

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Nottingham using volunteers from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire & Staffordshire; December - Bristol

1804:

Bristol; 30 October - became 3rd Garrison Battalion; November - Milford

1805:

Milford; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 3rd Garrison Battalion, many officers going to 59th Foot.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Hon. William Lumley

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Duncan Macdonald

9 July 1803:

Major Nathaniel Webb

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Chelmsford using volunteers from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire

1804:

Normans Cross; 30 October - became 4th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Normans Cross; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion, many officers going to 14th Foot.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - John Coape Sherbrooke

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Christopher Jeaffreson

22 December 1803:

Major William Osborne Hamilton

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Stirling using volunteers from Northumberland and Scottish Lowlands; November - Ayr

1804:

February – Liverpool; July – Nottingham; August – Lichfield; 30 October - became 5th Garrison Battalion

1805:

24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Hon. Thomas Maitland

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Wilson

28 August 1804:

Lt Col Frederick Adam

9 July 1803:

Major Frederick Adam

9 September 1804:

Major Samuel Taylor Popham

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Monmouth using volunteers from Anglesea, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire & Radnorshire

1804:

January – Guernsey; October – Alderney; 30 October - became 6th Garrison Battalion

1805:

24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - James Durham

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Smith

9 July 1803:

Major William Morton Pleydell

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – Reserve raised at Colchester using volunteers from Essex, Norfolk and Sussex

1804:

Normans Cross; 30 October - became 7th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Normans Cross; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 2nd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - John Robinson

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Timms Hervey Elwes

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Thomas Hockley

12 October 1804:

Lt Col Hampson Prevost Thomas

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Manchester using volunteers from Cumberland, Lancashire & Westmoreland

1804:

Ireland; 30 October - became 8th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Ireland; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 3rd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Robert Dudley Blake

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Irving

9 July 1803:

Major George Molle

2 January 1804:

Major Thomas Bodkin           

25 June 1804:

Major Henry Craufurd

14 September 1804:

Major James Magrath

19 October 1804:

Major George Marlay

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Worcester using volunteers from Cheshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire

1804:

Ireland; 30 October - became 9th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Ireland; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 3rd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - William, Earl of Craven

9 July 1803:

Lt Col William Grant

15 October 1803:

Lt Col Matthew Jenour

9 July 1803:

Major William Doyle

7 September 1804:

Major Alexander Chaplin

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Plymouth using volunteers from Cornwall, Devonshire & Somerset

1804:

Devon and Somerset; 30 October - became 10th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Devon and Somerset; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 3rd Garrison Battalion.

27 August 1803:

Colonel - John Leveson-Gower

17 September 1803:

Lt Col John Byne Skerrett

16 January 1804:

Lt Col Robert Garden

1 December 1804:

Lt Col William Augustus Prevost

9 July 1803:

Major Donald Campbell

1 September 1804:

Major James Guthrie

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Ashford using volunteers from Kent, Surrey & Sussex; November - Sheerness

1804:

Sheerness; 30 October - became 11th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Sheerness; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 2nd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Hon. John Broderick

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Randolph Marriott

28 August 1804:

Lt Col Alexander Wallace

9 July 1803:

Major Montague Thorley

3 February 1804:

Major William Iremonger

19 September 1804:

Major John Ross

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Winchester using volunteers from Berkshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Wiltshire

1804:

Isle of Wight and Portsmouth; 30 October - became 12th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Isle of Wight and Portsmouth; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - George Henry Vansittart

9 July 1803:

Lt Col Samuel Gibbs

29 ? 1804:

Lt Col William Needham

9 July 1803:

Major Zachariah Hall

31 December 1803:

Major Robert Hamilton

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised in Ireland from Irish volunteers

1804:

Ireland; 30 October - became 13th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Ireland; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - James Leith

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Crougey

9 July 1803:

Major William Alexander

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised at Fort George using volunteers from Scottish Highlands; October – Dundee; December - Ayr

1804:

Ayr; October – Colchester; 30 October - became 14th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Colchester; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 2nd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Sir William Erskine, Bt.

9 July 1803:

Lt Col William Grant

9 July 1803:

Major Alexander Gordon

1 September 1804:

Major Daniel Coloquhoun

23 November 1804:

Major Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot

Secondary Titles:

4 November 1804 – 15th (or York) Battalion of Reserve

1803:

9 July – raised at Sunderland on 21 July 1803, using volunteers from Yorkshire; November – Durham

1804:

January – Berwick; September – Landguard Fort; 30 October - became 15th Garrison Battalion

1805:

January – Woodbridge; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 1st Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Hon. George Chetwynd Stapleton

9 July 1803:

Lt Col John Baldwin

9 July 1803:

Major Joseph Thompson

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

9 July – raised in Ireland from Irish volunteers

1804:

Ireland; 30 October - became 16th Garrison Battalion

1805:

Ireland; 24 February - disbanded, men sent to new 3rd Garrison Battalion.

9 July 1803:

Colonel - Edmund, Earl of Cork

10 July 1803:

Lt Col Andrew Hay

1 December 1804:

Lt Col Hon. John Meade

9 July 1803:

Major William Williams

26 October 1804:

Major Alexander Sharpe

Secondary Titles:

none

1805:

25 February – raised at Portsmouth using NCOs and men from 4th, 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th and 15th Garrison Battalions (formerly Reserve)

1806:

Portsmouth; December - received limited service personnel from 2/6th, 2/31st, 2/43rd, 2/50th, 2/83rd, 2/88th & 2/90th Foot

1807:

February - Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland

1814:

Ireland; 5 December – disbanded at Cork.

25 February 1805:

Colonel - George Henry Vansittart

25 February 1805:

Lt Col John Crougey

22 June 1809:

Lt Col Richard Augustus Seymour

30 August 1810:

Lt Col William Alexander

10 June 1813:

Lt Col John Ready

25 February 1805:

Maj William Alexander

25 February 1805:

Maj Robert Hamilton

30 August 1810:

Major John Ready

11 October 1810:

Major Charles Turner

7 May 1812:

Major Robert Johns

17 June 1813:

Major Eugene Nestor

27 October 1814:

Major Henry Oglander

Secondary Titles:

none

1805:

25 February – raised at Sheerness using NCOs and men from 1st, 2nd, 7th, 11th and 14th Garrison Battalions (formerly Reserve)

1806:

Sheerness; December - received limited service personnel from 2/8th, 2/10th, 2/15th, 2/24th, 2/25th, 2/36th, 2/45th, 2/52nd, 2/63rd, 2/72nd and 3/27th Foot

1807:

February - Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland

1814:

Ireland; 5 December – disbanded at Dublin.

25 February 1805:

Colonel – John Robinson

2 January 1813:

Colonel – George Porter

12 January 1814:

Colonel – Frederick Philipse Robinson

25 February 1805:

Lt Col John Smith

21 February 1811:

Lt Col James Macdonnell

8 August 1811:

Lt Col Montague J Wynyard

25 February 1805:

Major Hampson Prevost Thomas

25 February 1805:

Major Edward Michael Ryan, Kt.

29 January 1807:

Major William Hart

13 September 1810:

Major William Armstrong

14 April 1814:

Major William Lindsay Darling

Secondary Titles:

November 1814 – 1st Garrison Battalion

1805:

25 February – raised at Plymouth using NCOs and men from 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th and 16th Garrison Battalions (formerly Reserve)

1806:

Pendennis Castle; December - received limited service personnel from 2/7th, 2/9th, 2/23rd, 2/32nd, 2/38th, 2/59th, 2/62nd, 2/82nd, 2/87th and 2/96th Foot

1807:

February – Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland; February – to Mediterranean; April – Malta; many fever deaths

1814:

Malta – Fort Ricasoli; November – renamed 1st Garrison Battalion

1815:

Malta – Fort Ricasoli

1816:

Malta - Cottonera

1817:

Malta; May – disbanded at Valetta.

25 February 1805:

Colonel – Hon. Thomas Maitland

19 July 1807:

Colonel – James, Lord Forbes

7 January 1809:

Colonel – Rowland Hill

18 September 1809:

Colonel – Baldwin Leighton

16 May 1805:

Lt Col William Needham

9 May 1805:

Major George Stracey Smith

30 May 1805:

Major James Magrath

2 January 1812:

Major Charles Bayley

21 January 1813:

Major Archibald Macdonald

Secondary Titles:

November 1814 – 2nd Garrison Battalion

1806:

25 November – raised on Jersey from  limited service personnel of 2/3rd, 2/4th, 2/18th, 2/44th, 2/56th, 2/57th, 2/58th and 2/67th Foot

1807:

Jersey and Guernsey

1808:

Jersey and Guernsey

1809:

Jersey and Guernsey

1810:

Jersey and Guernsey

1811:

Jersey and Guernsey

1812:

Jersey and Guernsey

1813:

Jersey and Guernsey; May – 5 companies on Bermuda

1814:

Jersey and Guernsey; 5 companies on Bermuda

1815:

5 companies on Bermuda; June – 9 companies to Belgium; Ostend; October – Bermuda companies in Belgium

1816:

January – Ireland; 25 September – Irishmen discharged at Cork; 24 October – remainder discharged at Chelsea.

25 November 1806:

Colonel – Sir Charles Hastings, Bt.

1 July 1811:

Colonel – Sir William Houstoun, K.C.B.

5 April 1815:

Colonel – Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B.

27 November 1815:

Colonel – Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B.

4 December 1806:

Lt Col Edward Baynes

17 September 1807:

Lt Col Sir Charles Imhoff, Kt.

28 May 1812:

Lt Col Alexander Lawrence

4 July 1814:

Lt Col Hon. Henry E Butler

25 November 1806:

Major John, Earl of Portalington

26 November 1806:

Major Charles McLeod

25 February 1808:

Major Henry Raleigh Knight

14 December 1809:

Major Ralph Bates

23 January 1812:

Major Carlo Joseph Doyle

19 March 1812:

Major Hon. Henry E Butler

21 December 1815:

Major John G McCulloch

Secondary Titles:

none

1806:

25 November – raised at Dublin from limited service personnel of 2/26th and 2/42nd Foot

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland

1814:

Ireland; 5 December – disbanded at Nenagh.

25 November 1806:

Colonel – Eyre Power Trench

25 March 1808:

Colonel – Colin Campbell

10 October 1812:

Colonel – Sir Charles Colville, K.C.B.

25 November 1806:

Lt Col James Greaves

21 May 1807:

Lt Col Robert Smyth

2 November 1809:

Lt Col James P Murray

25 November 1806:

Major William Belford

26 November 1806:

Major Nicholas Ramsay

Secondary Titles:

none

1806:

25 November – raised at Dublin from limited service personnel of 2/28th, 2/39th and 2/92nd Foot

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland

1811:

Ireland

1812:

Ireland

1813:

Ireland

1814:

Ireland; 5 December – disbanded at Dublin.

25 November 1806:

Colonel – Sir George Beckwith, K.B.

31 August 1809:

Colonel - George, Earl of Dalhousie

21 May 1813:

Colonel - Gore Browne

25 November 1806:

Lt Col George Kinnaird Dana

26 November 1806:

Major Charles Crigan

27 November 1806:

Major William Henry Disney

28 January 1808:

Major John Harvey

25 August 1808:

Major John Pringle

26 December 1811:

Major Hon. Arthur Annesley

1 September 1814:

Major Parry Jones Parry

2 September 1814:

Major George W. White

Secondary Titles:

none

1806:

25 November – raised at Limerick from limited service personnel of 2/53rd, 2/61st and 2/69th Foot

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland; 14 March – disbanded in Ireland, officers placed on half-pay of Irish Establishment 25 June.

25 November 1806:

Colonel - Patrick Wauchope

14 June 1807:

Colonel - James Drummond

25 November 1806:

Lt Col Henry Powlett

28 December 1809:

Lt Col William Gabriel Davy

25 November 1806:

Major Christopher Vowell

25 November 1806:

Major Richard d’Arcey

Secondary Titles:

none

1806:

25 November – raised at Birr from limited service personnel of 2/21st, 2/48th, 2/66th and 2/81st Foot

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland

1809:

Ireland

1810:

Ireland; 24 March – disbanded in Ireland, officers placed on half-pay 25 June.

25 November 1806:

Colonel - Forbes Champagné

31 August 1809:

Colonel - John Despard

25 November 1806:

Lt Col Joseph Gubbins

22 December 1808:

Lt Col Robert Travers

15 February 1810:

Lt Col Patrick Ross

25 November 1806:

Major William Sullivan

25 November 1806:

Major John Welsford

23 April 1807:

Major Samuel Bayley

8 October 1807:

Major Thomas George Fitzgerald

20 October 1808:

Major John Goulston Price Tucker

Secondary Titles:

none

1806:

25 November – raised at Enniskillen from limited service personnel of 2/28th, 2/30th, 2/47th, 2/48th and 2/71st Foot

1807:

Ireland

1808:

Ireland; May – England; December – all limited service men discharged, but after a large number re-enlisted for general service, taken into the line as 103rd Regiment of Foot.

25 November 1806:

Colonel - Brent Spencer

25 June 1808:

Colonel – Sir Samuel Auchmuty

25 November 1806:

Lt Col Benjamin D’Urban

25 September 1807:

Lt Col Samuel Huskisson

12 May 1808:

Lt Col Hercules Scott

27 November 1806:

Major John Grey

18 December 1806:

Major John Gardiner

28 May 1807:

Major William Tol Edwards

Secondary Titles:

none

1815:

11 May – raised from invalids at Plymouth and Portsmouth, together with 200 invalids from Chelsea Hospital; Tower of London; October – 2 companies to Heligoland

1816:

January – Chatham; 2 companies on Heligoland; 24 September – 8 companies disbanded at Chatham

1817:

11 June – Heligoland companies disbanded at Chatham.

25 May 1815:

Colonel – John Hodgson

5 October 1815:

Lt Col Hugh Henry

25 May 1815:

Major Hon. Edward Cadogan

25 May 1815:

Major Charles Duke

6 July 1815:

Major Thomas Foster

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

25 December – formed on Jamaica from Europeans unfit for active service

1804:

Jamaica

1805:

Jamaica

1806:

Jamaica

1807:

Jamaica

1808:

Jamaica; March - Barbados

1809:

Barbados

1810:

Barbados

1811:

Barbados

1812:

Barbados

1813:

Barbados

1814:

Barbados; April - Jamaica

1815:

Jamaica

1816:

Jamaica

1817:

24 June – disbanded on Jamaica.

25 April 1804:

Captain Clotworthy Dobbyn

8 June 1805:

Captain Benedict Simon

Secondary Titles:

none

1803:

25 December – formed on Barbados from Europeans unfit for active service

1804:

Barbados

1805:

Barbados

1806:

Barbados

1807:

Barbados

1808:

Barbados; June - Bahamas

1809:

Bahamas

1810:

Bahamas

1811:

Bahamas

1812:

Bahamas

1813:

Bahamas

1814:

Bahamas; April – Jamaica; disbanded, men drafted into 1st Company, officers and NCOs into 2nd Black Garrison Company.

25 November 1804:

Captain John Smith

Secondary Titles:

none

1813:

1 August - raised on Jamaica from men of 2nd, 5th and 7th West India Regiments unfit for active service

1814:

Jamaica

1815:

Jamaica

1816:

Jamaica

1817:

24 July –disbanded on Jamaica.

31 March 1814:

Captain John Blair

Secondary Titles:

none

1815:

25 June - raised at Curacao from unfit men of 5th and 7th West India Regiments and officers and NCOs of 2nd European Garrison Company

1816:

Curacao; March - Jamaica

1817:

24 July –disbanded on Jamaica.

25 June 1815:

Captain John Smith

Secondary Titles:

none

1814:

25 November – 2 companies formed at Chelsea to provide wardmasters, hospital attendants and orderlies for depots and RMC

1815:

June - 3rd company formed at Chatham; July - sent to Ostend to provide orderlies for field army

1816:

February – 3rd Company home; 24 August – disbanded at Chelsea.

27 October 1814:

Captain Alexander Sutherland

27 October 1814:

Captain Augustus C Mercer

8 June 1815:

Captain Richard P Burnett

Secondary Titles:

none

1810:

March – raised in Sydney from men of 102nd Foot (returning home) who were 20 year veterans with families and willing to settle

1823:

Disbanded at Sydney.

5 February 1811:

Captain John Brabyn

Secondary Titles:

none

1813:

25 August – raised at Cape Town from unfit men serving in units at the Cape of Good Hope

1816:

24 December – disbanded at Cape Town.

25 March 1813:

Captain Francis Evatt