A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks / Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863

by T. Gowing

1st West India Regiment.—Dominica, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Ashantee.

2nd West India Regiment.—Ashantee.

The following shows about the average number of troops kept in India, Gibraltar, Malta, and Ireland:—

		Regiments of		Batteries of		Companies of		Battalions of
		Cavalry.		Artillery.		Engineers.		Infantry.
India		9		77		3		50
Gibraltar		0		7		4		4
Malta		0		7		2		4
Ireland		6		17		4		27

Index of Linked Battalions, to enable the reader to find out regiments that are struck off the Army List:—

	Territorial. Regiments.
1st —	The Lothian Regiment.
2nd —	The Royal West Surrey Regiment.
3rd —	The East Kent Regiment.
4th —	The Royal Lancaster Regiment.
5th —	The Northumberland Fusiliers.
6th —	The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
7th —	The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
8th —	The Liverpool Regiment.
9th —	The Norfolk Regiment.
10th —	The Lincolnshire Regiment.
11th —	The Devonshire Regiment.
12th —	The Suffolk Regiment.
13th —	The Somersetshire Light Infantry.
14th —	The West Yorkshire Regiment.
15th —	The East Yorkshire Regiment.
16th —	The Bedfordshire Regiment.
17th —	The Leicestershire Regiment.
18th —	The Royal Irish Regiment.
19th —	The Yorkshire Regiment.
20th —	The Lancashire Fusiliers.
21st —	The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
22nd —	The Cheshire Regiment.
23rd —	The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
24th —	The South Wales Borderers.
25th —	The King’s Own Borderers.	1st Batt.	2nd Batt.
26th —	The Cameronian Scottish Rifles	26th	90th
27th —	The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	27th	108th
28th —	The Gloucestershire Regiment	28th	61st
29th —	The Worcestershire Regiment	29th	36th
30th —	The East Lancashire Regiment	30th	59th
31st —	The East Surrey Regiment	31st	70th
32nd —	The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	32nd	46th
33rd —	The West Riding Regiment	33rd	76th
34th —	The Border Regiment	34th	55th
35th —	The Royal Sussex Regiment	35th	107th
37th —	The Hampshire Regiment	37th	67th
38th —	The South Staffordshire Regiment	38th	80th
39th —	The Dorsetshire Regiment	39th	54th
40th —	The South Lancashire Regiment	40th	82nd
41st —	The Welsh Regiment	41st	69th
42nd —	The Royal Highlanders	42nd	73rd
43rd —	The Oxfordshire Light Infantry	43rd	52nd
44th —	The Essex Regiment	44th	56th
45th —	The Derbyshire Regiment	45th	95th
47th —	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	47th	81st
48th —	The Northamptonshire Regiment	48th	58th
49th —	The Berkshire Regiment	49th	66th
50th —	The Royal West Kent Regiment	50th	97th
51st —	The South Yorkshire Regiment	51st	105th
53rd —	The Shropshire Regiment	53rd	85th
57th —	The Middlesex Regiment	57th	77th
60th —	The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th batts.
62nd —	The Wiltshire Regiment	62nd	99th
63rd —	The Manchester Regiment	63rd	96th
64th —	The North Staffordshire Regiment	64th	98th
65th —	The York and Lancaster Regiment	65th	84th
68th —	The Durham Regiment	68th	106th
71st —	The Highland Light Infantry	71st	74th
72nd —	The Ross-shire Buffs	72nd	78th
75th —	The Gordon Highlanders	75th	92nd
79th —	The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders	1st batt.
83rd —	The Royal Irish Rifles	83rd	86th
87th —	The Royal Irish Fusiliers	87th	89th
88th —	The Connaught Rangers	88th	94th
91st —	The Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders	91st	93rd
100th —	The Royal Canadians	100th	109th
101st —	The Royal Munster Fusiliers	101st	104th
102nd —	The Royal Dublin Fusiliers	102nd	103rd
	The Rifle Brigade, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalions.

Household Cavalry, number of regiments	3
Heavy Dragoons, number of regiments	10
Lancers, Light number of regiments	5
Hussars, Light number of regiments	13
Royal Horse Artillery, number of batteries	26
Royal Artillery number of batteries	80
Garrison Artillery number of batteries	96
Royal Engineers, number of companies	52
Foot Guards, number of battalions	7
Regiments of the Line,number of battalions	129
Regiments of Rifles, number of battalions	12
Royal Marines, number of companies	40
Commissariat and Transport Corps, companies	20
Medical Staff Corps, divisions	16
Ordnance Department, companies	4
Yeomanry Cavalry in Great Britain, regiments	39
Militia Artillery, number of batteries	196
Militia Regiments, number of infantry	143
Militia Engineers, number of companies	3
Artillery Volunteers, number of battalions	62
Engineer Volunteers, number of companies	22
Light Horse Volunteers, number of regiments	15
Volunteer battalions of Infantry	206
Mounted Rifle Volunteer regiments	16
West India Regiments of Infantry	2
Royal Malta Fencibles, Artillery batteries	6
Channel Islands Militia, battalions of Infantry	6
Channel Islands Militia Artillery, number of batteries	15

In Memoriam—Charles George Gordon.