British Infantry Regimental Depots 1804

British Infantry Regimental Depots 1804 – 1812

By Steve Brown

The following table, extracted from Army Lists and the London Gazette, shows the known locations of British army regimental depots in the period 1804 to 1812. ‘Depot’ in this instance refers to a regimental post for the marshalling of officers on leave or reporting for duty, stores, correspondence and suchlike, rather than a ‘headquarters’ or barracks per se. Many of the depots below existed whilst one or all battalions of the regiment in question were on overseas duty (Foreign Service). It is interesting to note that, whilst the home stations of the vast majority of British army regiments of the era pay lip service to their county allegiances, the depot locations do - in many instances - more or less follow county lines.

Geographical placenames in this table follow 19th Century county titles and locations, rather than 21st Century.

Regimental Title in the 1812 Army List	Depot 1804	Depot 1810	Depot 1811	Depot 1812
1st Regiment of Foot Guards
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards
1st (or the Royal Scots) Regiment of Foot	Hamilton, Lanarkshire
2nd (or the Queen’s Royal) Regiment of Foot		Chichester, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Chichester, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Silverhill, Sussex
3rd (or East Kent) Regt. of Foot, or the Buffs
4th (or the King’s Own) Regiment of Foot	Ospringe, Kent; Horsham, Sussex	Colchester, Essex	Colchester, Essex	Colchester, Essex
5th (or the Northumberland) Regiment of Foot	Horsham, Sussex			Totnes, Devonshire
6th (or the 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	Preston, Lancashire; Liverpool, Lancashire
7th Regiment of Foot (or Royal Fuzileers)	Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding	Maidstone, Kent	Maidstone, Kent
8th (or the King’s) Regiment of Foot	Richmond, Yorkshire North Riding	Ludlow, Shropshire	Ludlow, Shropshire; Bridgnorth, Shropshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
9th (or the East Norfolk ) Regiment of Foot	Sherborne, Dorsetshire	Canterbury, Kent	Canterbury, Kent	Canterbury, Kent
10th (or the North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot	Maldon, Essex	Lincoln, Lincolnshire	Lincoln, Lincolnshire; Hull, Yorkshire East Riding	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
11th (or the North Devonshire Regiment of Foot			Exeter, Devonshire; Berry Head, Devonshire	Berry Head, Devonshire
12th (or the East Suffolk ) Regiment of Foot			Stowmarket, Suffolk;Maldon, Essex	Maldon, Essex
13th (or 1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot			Taunton, Somerset; Kingsbridge, Devonshire	Kingsbridge, Devonshire
14th (or the Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	Dunstable, Bedfordshire	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire	Weedon, Northamptonshire
15th (or the Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot	Scarborough,Yorkshire North Riding	Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding
16th (or the Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot		Bedford, Bedfordshire; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding	Bedford, Bedfordshire; Maldon, Essex	Maldon, Essex
17th (or the Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot			Hinckley, Leicestershire; Maldon, Essex
18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot		Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Ottery St Mary, Devonshire
19th (or the 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot			Richmond, Yorkshire North Riding; Sunderland, Durham	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
20th (or the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
21st Regiment of Foot (or Royal North British Fuzileers)	Renfrew, Ayrshire
22nd (or the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot			Stockport, Cheshire; Chester, Cheshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
23rd Regiment of Foot (or Royal Welsh Fuzileers)	Wrexham, Flintshire
24th (or the Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot	Warwick, Warwickshire	Coventry, Warwickshire; Alcester, Warwickshire	Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; Maldon, Essex	Maldon, Essex
25th (or King’s Own Borderers) Regt. of Foot	Penrith, Cumberland
26th (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
27th (or Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot	Inniskilling, County Fermanagh; Glasgow, Lanarkshire	Ballyshannon, County Donegal	Ballyshannon, County Donegal	Newry, County Down
28th (or the North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot		Colchester, Essex	Frome, Somerset; Berry Head, Devonshire
29th (or the Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot			Worcester, Worcestershire; Horsham, Sussex
30th (or the Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot		Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding	Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding; Hull, Yorkshire East Riding	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
31st (or the Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot	Chester, Cheshire	Chester, Cheshire	Chester, Cheshire; Macclesfield, Cheshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
32nd (or the Cornwall) Regiment of Foot	Launceston, Cornwall
33rd (or the 1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot			Pontefract, Yorkshire West Riding; Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding; Hull, Yorkshire East Riding	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
34th (or the Cumberland) Regiment of Foot		Beverley, Yorkshire East Riding	Beverley, Yorkshire East Riding; Hull, Yorkshire East Riding	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
35th (or the Sussex ) Regiment of Foot
36th (or the Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot	Sunderland, Durham
37th (or the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
38th (or the 1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot	Lichfield, Staffordshire
39th (or the Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot		Winchester, Hampshire	Winchester, Hampshire	Winchester, Hampshire
40th (or the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot	Taunton, Somerset
41st Regiment of Foot			Devizes, Wiltshire; Winchester, Hampshire	Winchester, Hampshire
42nd (or the Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot		Glasgow, Lanarkshire
43rd (or the Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)	Broomsgrove, Worcestershire
44th (or the East Essex) Regiment of Foot		Hereford, Herefordshire	Hereford, Herefordshire; Horsham, Sussex	Horsham, Sussex
45th (or the Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
46th (or the South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot		Exeter, Devonshire	Exeter, Devonshire; Tiverton, Devonshire; Kingsbridge, Devonshire	Kingsbridge, Devonshire
47th (or the Lancashire) Regiment of Foot		Bury, Lancashire	Bury, Lancashire; Lancaster, Lancashire	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
48th (or the Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot		Northampton, Northamptonshire	Northampton, Northamptonshire
49th (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot			Hertford, Hertfordshire; Danbury, Essex	Danbury, Essex
50th (or the West Kent) Regiment of Foot	Ciremcester, Gloucestershire
51st (or the 2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)	Boroughbridge, Yorkshire North Riding		Steyning, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Brabourne, Kent
52nd (or the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)	Banbury, Oxfordshire		Lewes, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Brabourne, Kent
53rd (or the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot		Shrewsbury, Shropshire	Shrewsbury Shropshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
54th (or the West Norfolk ) Regiment of Foot		Dereham, Norfolk	Yarmouth, Norfolk	Ipswich, Norfolk
55th (or the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot		Kendal, Westmoreland	Carlisle, Cumberland	Carlisle, Cumberland
56th (or the West Essex) Regiment of Foot	Farnham, Surrey	Farnham, Surrey	Farnham, Surrey; Horsham, Sussex	Horsham, Sussex
57th (or the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
58th (or the Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot			Chichester, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Silverhill, Sussex
59th (or the 2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot	Chester, Cheshire
60th (or Royal American) Regiment of Foot		Lymington, Hampshire	Lymington, Hampshire	Lymington, Hampshire
61st (or the South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
62nd (or the Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	Devizes, Wiltshire
63rd (or the West Suffolk ) Regiment of Foot	Bury, Lancashire; Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk
64th (or the 2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot)			Market Drayton, Shropshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
65th (or the 2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot			Northallerton, Yorkshire North Riding; Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
66th (or the Berkshire) Regiment of Foot		Salisbury, Wiltshire	Salisbury, Wiltshire; Winchester, Hampshire	Winchester, Hampshire
67th (or the South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot			Basingstoke, Hampshire; Winchester, Hampshire	Winchester, Hampshire
68th (or the Durham) Regiment of Foot			Lewes, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex	Brabourne, Kent
69th (or the South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot
70th (or the Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot		Ayr, Ayrshire	Ayr, Ayrshire	Stirling, Stirlingshire
71st ((Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)	Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire		Deal, Kent
72nd ( Highland) Regiment of Foot	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
73rd ( Highland) Regiment of Foot	Montrose, Forfarshire
74th ( Highland) Regiment of Foot			Warrington, Lancashire; Blackburn, Lancashire; Preston, Lancashire	Winchester, Hampshire
75th ( Highland ) Regiment of Foot				Stirling, Stirlingshire
76th Regiment of Foot
77th (or the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot			Sleaford, Lincolnshire	Danbury, Essex
78th ( Highland) Regiment of Foot (or the Rossshire Buffs)
79th Regiment of Foot (or Cameron Highlanders)
80th Regiment of Foot (or Staffordshire Volunteers)			Stafford, Staffordshire; Danbury, Essex	Danbury, Essex
81st Regiment of Foot
82nd Regiment of Foot (or Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)	Chatham, Kent; Horsham, Sussex
83rd Regiment of Foot	Chatham, Kent; Horsham, Sussex	Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire	Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire; Danbury, Essex	Danbury, Essex
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot
85th Regiment of Foot) (or Bucks Volunteers) (Light Infantry)			Hailsham, Sussex; Silverhill, Sussex
86th (or the Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot			Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; Stockport, Cheshire; Ashford, Kent	Ashford, Kent
87th (or Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Regiment of Foot	Clare, County Clare; Frome, Somerset	Chelmsford, Essex	Tamworth, Staffordshire; Horsham, Sussex	Horsham, Sussex
88th Regiment of Foot (or Connaught Rangers)	Sligo, County Sligo; Dumfries, Dumfriesshire	Wells, Somersetshire	Bridgewater, Somersetshire; Honiton, Devonshire
89th Regiment of Foot	Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Chippenham, Wiltshire		Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Horsham, Sussex	Horsham, Sussex
90th Regiment of Foot (or Perthshire Volunteers)	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
91st Regiment of Foot	Crieff, Perthshire
92nd Regiment of Foot
93rd Regiment of Foot			Inverness, Invernesshire	Inverness, Invernesshire
94th Regiment of Foot			Edinburgh, Edinburgh	Edinburgh, Edinburgh
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifle Corps)			Hythe, Kent; Ashford, Kent	Hythe, Kent
96th Regiment of Foot	Llanymdovey (Llandovery, Carmarthenshire?)
97th (or Queen’s Own) Regiment of Foot			Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire; Winchester, Hampshire
98th Regiment of Foot			Montgomery, Montgomeryshire	Montgomery, Montgomeryshire
99th (or Prince of Wales’s Tipperary) Regiment of Foot			Tetbury, Gloucestershire; Horsham, Sussex	Horsham, Sussex
100th (or His Royal Highness the Prince Regent’s County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot			Wrexham, Flintshire	Wrexham, Flintshire
101st (or the Duke of York’s Irish) Regiment of Foot			Rochdale, Lancashire; Sunderland, Durham	Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
102nd Regiment of Foot		Devizes, Wiltshire
103rd Regiment of Foot
104th Regiment of Foot

Sources:

War Office. Army Lists 1796 to 1815. London: various years.

London Gazette Website. May 2009. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/search.

Moule, Thomas. The County Maps of Old England. London: Studio Editions Ltd. 1995.

Wikipedia. Various pages. June 2009.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2009

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