APPENDIX I.
(A.) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH INFANTRY OF THE LINE. July, 1809.
N.B.—The star * affixed to a battalion’s station means that it had just returned from Sir John Moore’s Corunna Campaign.
| No. of Regiment. | Territorial or other Designation. | Establishment. Officers and men. | Station of 1st Battalion. | Station of 2nd and other Battalions [if any]. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Royal Scots | 4926 | West Indies | 2nd East Indies; 3rd Home* [went to Walcheren]; 4th Home |
| 2nd | Queen’s Royal | 906 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 3rd | The Buffs | 1610 | Peninsular Field Army | Home |
| 4th | King’s Own | 2031 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 5th | Northumberland Regiment | 2031 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 6th | 1st Warwickshire | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 7th | Royal Fusiliers | 2031 | Nova Scotia | Lisbon [later Gibraltar] |
| 8th | The King’s Regiment | 1610 | West Indies | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 9th | East Norfolk | 2289 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Peninsular Field Army |
| 10th | North Lincoln | 1610 | Sicily | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 11th | North Devon | 2031 | Madeira [later Peninsula] | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 12th | East Suffolk | 941 | East Indies | [Raised a 2nd battalion in 1813] |
| 13th | 1st Somerset | 1126 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 14th | Bucks Regiment[A] | 2290 | East Indies | 2nd Home* [Walcheren]; 3rd Sicily |
| 15th | East Riding Regiment | 1400 | West Indies | Home |
| 16th | Bedfordshire[333] | 406 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 17th | Leicestershire | 1151 | East Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 18th | Royal Irish | 1669 | West Indies | West Indies |
| 19th | 1st York, North Riding | 930 | East Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 20th | East Devon | 930 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 21st | Royal North British Fusiliers | 1820 | Sicily | Home |
| 22nd | Cheshire | 941 | East Indies | [Raised a 2nd battalion in 1814] |
| 23rd | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 2079 | Nova Scotia | Home* [went to Walcheren] |
| 24th | 2nd Warwickshire | 2031 | Cape of Good Hope | Peninsular Field Army |
| 25th | King’s Own Borderers | 1400 | West Indies | Home |
| 26th | Cameronians | 1610 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 27th | Inniskillings | 3448 | Sicily | 2nd Battalion Sicily; 3rd battalion Garrison of Lisbon |
| 28th | North Gloucestershire | 2031 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Peninsular Field Army |
| 29th | Worcestershire | 1126 | Peninsular Field Army | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 30th | Cambridgeshire | 2242 | East Indies | Gibraltar [late Lisbon] |
| 31st | Huntingdonshire | 2079 | Malta | Peninsular Field Army |
| 32nd | Cornwall | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 33rd | 1st West Riding | 941 | East Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 34th | Cumberland | 1845 | East Indies | Home [later to Peninsula] |
| 35th | Sussex | 1820 | Sicily | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 36th | Herefordshire | 1610 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 37th | North Hants | 706 | West Indies | [Raised a 2nd battalion in 1811] |
| 38th | 1st Stafford | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 39th | Dorsetshire | 1820 | Malta | Peninsular Field Army |
| 40th | 2nd Somerset | 1820 | Peninsular Field Army | Home |
| 41st | None | 696 | Canada | [Raised a 2nd battalion 1814] |
| 42nd | Black Watch | 2031 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Peninsular Field Army |
| 43rd | Monmouth | 2031 | Peninsular Field Army* | Home* [went to Walcheren] |
| 44th | 1st Essex | 2030 | Sicily | Gibraltar |
| 45th | Nottinghamshire | 1610 | Peninsular Field Army | Home |
| 46th | South Devon | 496 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 47th | Lancashire | 2242 | East Indies | Home [later Cadiz] |
| 48th | Northamptonshire | 2251 | Peninsular Field Army | Peninsular Field Army |
| 49th | Hertfordshire | 906 | Canada | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 50th | West Kent | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 51st | 2nd West Riding | 906 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 52nd | Oxfordshire | 2079 | Peninsular Field Army* | Home* [went to Walcheren] |
| 53rd | Shropshire | 2242 | East Indies | Peninsular Field Army |
| 54th | West Norfolk | 706 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 55th | Westmoreland | 706 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 56th | West Essex | 2301 | East Indies | 2nd battalion East Indies [raised a 3rd battalion 1813] |
| 57th | West Middlesex | 1610 | Gibraltar [later Portugal] | Home |
| 58th | Rutland | 1820 | Sicily | Garrison of Lisbon |
| 59th | 2nd Nottinghamshire | 1290 | East Indies | Home* [went to Walcheren] |
| 60th | Royal Americans | 4847 | West Indies | 2nd battalion West Indies; 3rd battalion ditto; 4th battalion ditto; 5th battalion Peninsular Field Army; 6th and 7th West Indies |
| 61st | South Gloucestershire | 1820 | Peninsular Field Army | Home |
| 62nd | Wiltshire | 1610 | Sicily | Sicily |
| 63rd | West Suffolk | 1610 | West Indies | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 64th | 2nd Staffordshire | 916 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 65th | 2nd Yorks, North Riding | 731 | East Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 66th | Berkshire | 2031 | East Indies | Peninsular Field Army |
| 67th | South Hants | 2031 | East Indies | Home |
| 68th | Durham | 716 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 69th | South Lincolnshire | 1337 | East Indies | Home |
| 70th | Surrey Regiment | 706 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 71st | Glasgow Highlanders | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 72nd | Highlanders | 1600 | East Indies | Home |
| 73rd | 2nd Royal Highlanders | 1180 | Sailing to N.S. Wales | Home [only formed in 1809] |
| 74th | Highlanders | 696 | Home [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 75th | Highlanders | 696 | Home | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 76th | Hindostan Regiment | 1126 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 77th | East Middlesex | 696 | Home [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 78th | Rosshire Buffs | 1885 | East Indies | Sicily [later Home] |
| 79th | Cameron Highlanders | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 80th | Staffordshire Volunteers | 1151 | East Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 81st | 2nd Loyal Lincoln | 2079 | Sicily | Home* [went to Walcheren] |
| 82nd | Prince of Wales’ Volunteers | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 83rd | None | 2461 | Cape of Good Hope | Peninsular Field Army |
| 84th | York and Lancaster | 2276 | East Indies | Home [went to Walcheren] |
| 85th | Bucks Volunteers | 716 | Home [went to Walcheren] | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 86th | Leinster Regiment | 731 | East Indies | [Raised a 2nd battalion 1814] |
| 87th | Prince of Wales’ Irish Fusiliers | 2299 | Cape of Good Hope | Peninsular Field Army |
| 88th | Connaught Rangers | 2031 | Peninsular Field Army | Lisbon [later Gibraltar] |
| 89th | None | 2031 | Cape of Good Hope | Gibraltar |
| 90th | Perthshire Volunteers | 1610 | West Indies | Home |
| 91st | Highlanders | 1390 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 92nd | Gordon Highlanders | 1820 | Home* [went to Walcheren] | Home |
| 93rd | Sutherland Highlanders | 1126 | Cape of Good Hope | [Raised a second battalion 1814] |
| 94th | Scotch Brigade | 696 | Home | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 95th | Rifles | 2283 | Peninsular Field Army* | 2nd Home* [went to Walcheren] 3rd Home [only just raised] |
| 96th | None | 1400 | West Indies | Home |
| 97th | Queen’s Germans | 907 | Peninsular Field Army | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 98th | None | 906 | Bermuda | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 99th | Prince of Wales’ Tipperary | 696 | Bermuda | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 100th | County of Dublin | 696 | Canada | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 101st | Duke of York’s Irish | 906 | West Indies | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 102nd | New South Wales | 906 | New South Wales | No 2nd battalion raised |
| 103rd | None | 486 | Canada | No 2nd battalion raised |
| Total. | 1st Battalions. | 2nd Battalions. | 3rd and Junior Battalions. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home | 25[334] | 42[335] | 3[336] | 70 |
| Peninsula | 11[337] | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| Sicily and Malta | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| East Indies | 21 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| West Indies | 21 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| Cape of Good Hope | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Canada and Nova Scotia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| New South Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gibraltar and Madeira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
A consideration of the prefixed table of “establishments” shows the following results. Putting aside the regiments with many battalions (the 1st, 14th, 27th, 60th, 95th), the remainder fall into two-battalion and single-battalion corps.
Of the 61 double-battalion regiments—
9 were at a strength of 2250 or thereabouts.[338]
17 were at a strength of 2031 or thereabouts.[339]
16 were at a strength of 1820 or thereabouts.[340]
12 were at a strength of 1610 or thereabouts.[341]
7 were at a strength of under 1600.[342]
All the regiments on the two higher establishments (with one exception) had both battalions on active service in 1809, either one in the Indies and one in Europe, or both in Europe. Hence it was necessary to keep them at a very high figure.