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All Bound For Lisbon: British Army Movements To and From the Peninsula, 1808 to 1814 By Steve Brown

The following information has been extracted from a wide variety of occasionally inconsistent sources. It attempts to track the comings and goings of all the units of the British Army who served in the Peninsula in the period 1808 to 1814; some who stayed the entire distance, others who served several tours of duty, some who went only to suffer high losses and be either sent home to recruit or to be absorbed by their first battalions.

Commanding officers and brigade assignations have been shown. In all instances the assignments were the first postings on arrival, and often changed afterwards. The reader is directed to Oman or Reid to gain a fuller understanding of later postings once ‘in country’.

Strength figures are based upon best guesses of strengths by reference to known strengths at the last muster before or after arrival or departure, for which acknowledgement must be given to Andrew Bamford’s exhaustive series on unit strengths available on this website. The term ’?’ has been used as necessary whenever unknown data remains to be completed. All figures are rank & file only (corporals or below). Another 7-10% should be allowed for officers, staff, serjeants and drummers.

LEGEND:

Unit arriving in the Peninsula theatre of war

Unit departing the Peninsula theatre of war

Unit transferring between different sectors of the Peninsula theatre (i.e. Cadiz to Lisbon)

* Denotes an officer holding brevet rank (** being a double brevet, i.e. a Captain in a regiment who is also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army).



1808

JULY 1808

First to arrive (and later at Rolica, first into action);

UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM

APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 20 July 1808 Cadiz Gibraltar 785

Lt Col Hon.

George Augustus Frederick Lake

Nightingall’s Brigade

AUGUST 1808

The following units (Wellesley’s Force) arrived at the beginning of August 1808, having sailed from Cork aboard 79 transports on 26 July;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

20th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tps) 6 August 1808 Figueira Portsmouth 333 Lt Col Charles D.

Taylor Independent

1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of

Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 1006

Lt Col John McKenzie

Hill’s Brigade

1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 923 Lt Col John

Stewart Hill’s Brigade

1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 740 Col Robert Burne Ferguson’s

Brigade

1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of


Lt Col Hon. Charles James

Greville

Hill’s Brigade

1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of


Lt Col James Kemmis

Ferguson’s Brigade



AUGUST 1808

1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment

of Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 594 Col William Guard

C. Craufurd’s Brigade

5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of


Maj William Gabriel Davy

Fane’s Brigade

1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of

Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 875 Lt Col Denis Pack

Ferguson’s Brigade

1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire

Highlanders) 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 937

Maj William Douglas

C. Craufurd’s Brigade

2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 399 Maj Robert

Travers Fane’s Brigade

Geary’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery 6 August 1808 Figueira Portsmouth 106 Capt Henry Geary Fane/Ferguson

Raynsford’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery 6 August 1808 Figueira Plymouth 102

Capt Richard T

Raynsford Hill/Nightingall

Royal Artillery Drivers 6 August 1808 Figueira Plymouth 165 Lt Commissary

Bateman

Abercrombie

RA

Irish Commissariat 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 187 ? HQ

Followed in short order by Brent Spencer’s force from Gibraltar, which had sailed from Gibraltar on 6-9 June via Cadiz aboard 15 transports;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of

Foot 8 August 1808 Lisbon Cadiz 960

Major Thomas Carnie

Bowes’ Brigade

1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 874 Lt Col. Samuel

Hinde Bowes’ Brigade

1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 961 Maj Charles

Napier C. Craufurd’s

Brigade



AUGUST 1808

1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of

Wales's Volunteers) 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 932

Maj Henry Samuel Eyre

Nightingall’s Brigade

Lawson’s Company/8th Battalion Royal

Artillery (half company) 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 53

Capt William Morrison

Craufurd/Bowes

Royal Artillery Drivers 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 16 ? Craufurd/Bowes

Royal Staff Corps (1 co.) 8 August 1808 Figuera Gibraltar 48 Lt Col William

Nicolay HQ

A reinforcement sailed from Harwich and The Downs on 22 July aboard 33 transports;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 793 Lt Col William

Iremonger Acland’s Brigade

2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 670 Maj David Campbell

Anstruther’s Brigade

20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 585 Lt Col Alexander

Campbell Acland’s Brigade

2/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of

Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 751 Maj Edward Hull


2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of

Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 548 Lt Col John Ross


1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.) 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 200 Lt Col Sidney

Beckwith Acland’s Brigade

97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 686 Lt Col James Lyon Anstruther’s

Brigade

Sir John Moore’s Force, previously in the Baltic, sailed from Portsmouth on 31 July aboard 192 transports, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Burrard;



AUGUST 1808


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 25 August 1808 Peniche Cork 967 Lt Col James

Wynch Fraser’s Division

1/28th (North Gloucestershire)

Regiment of Foot 25 August 1808 Peniche Portsmouth 1041

Maj John Frederick Brown

Fraser’s Division


Foot 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 961

Lt Col. Robert Barclay

Paget’s Brigade

1/79th (Cameron Highlanders)

Regiment of Foot 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 996

Lt Col Philips Cameron

Fraser’s Dvision

1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot

(Gordon Highlanders) 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 980

Lt Col Alexander Napier

Fraser’s Division

1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.) 25 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 300 ? Paget’s Brigade

3rd KGL Regiment of Light Dragoons (8

tps) 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 562

Maj Ernst von Burwedel

Hussar Brigade

1st KGL Light Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 908 Col Baron Alten Paget’s Brigade

2nd KGL Light Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 888 Lt Col Colin

Halkett Paget’s Brigade

1st KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 734 Lt Col Christian Baron Ompteda

Murray’s Division

2nd KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 759 Lt Col von Bulow Murray’s Division

5th KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 751 Col George von

Drieberg Murray’s Division

7th KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 697 Col Baron Drechiel

Murray’s Division

KGL Garrison Company 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 48 ? Lisbon Garrison



AUGUST 1808

Willmott’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 25 August 1808 Peniche Ashford ~100

Capt Edward Wilmott

HQ

Royal Waggon Train (1 tp.) 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 79 Lt George Lennon HQ

Royal Staff Corps (1 co.) mid August 1808 Figuera Spithead 48 ? HQ

SEPTEMBER 1808

These units were followed by more reinforcements from home and Gibraltar;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Light

Dragoons (Regiment of Light Dragoons

(Hussars)) (8 tp.)

1 September 1808 Lisbon Northfleet 672 Lt Col Hon.

Charles Stewart Hussar Brigade

1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot 1 September 1808 Lisbon Madeira 929 Lt Col Richard

Blunt Ciudad Rodrigo

Garrison

1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of

Foot (The Black Watch) 1 September 1808 Lisbon Gibraltar 943

Lt Col James Stirling

Bentinck’s Brigade

Drummond’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 6 September 1808 Peniche Woolwich ~100

Capt Percy Drummond

HQ

Skyring’s Company/4th Battalion Royal

Artillery 1 September 1808 Fort Cascaes Gibraltar 110

Capt George

Skyring Advanced depot

Crawford’s Company/6th Battalion

Royal Artillery 6 September 1808

Mondego Bay and Lisbon

Portsmouth ~100 Capt George

Crawford HQ

Thornhill’s Company/7th Battalion

Royal Artillery 1 September 1808 Fort St Julian Madeira ~100

Capt Robert Thornhill

Artillery Park

Bredin’s Company/8th Battalion Royal

Artillery 2 September 1808 Fort Cascaes Gibraltar ~100

Capt Andrew

Bredin HQ



SEPTEMBER 1808

KGL artillery arrived with Moore;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

1st Company/King’s German Artillery 8 September 1808 Peniche Portsmouth ~140 Capt Georg Gesenius

Lisbon garrison

2nd Company/King’s German Artillery 8 September 1808 Peniche Portsmouth ~140 2nd Capt Karl

Rettberg HQ

4th Company/King’s German Artillery 8 September 1808 Peniche Portsmouth ~140 Capt Lewis Heise HQ

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1808

Baird’s Force (comprising mostly regiments serving in Ireland who had sailed from Cork to Falmouth) sailed on 9 October, arrived in late October and took several weeks to finally get ashore at Corunna;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

7th (Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light)

Regiment of Dragoons (Regiment of

Light Dragoons (Hussars))

4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 676 Lt Col Richard Hussey Vivian

Hussar Brigade

10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment

of (Light) Regiment of Dragoons

(Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars))

4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 677 Lt Col George

Augustus Quentin Hussar Brigade

15th (King's) Regiment of (Light)

Regiment of Dragoons (Regiment of

Light Dragoons (Hussars))

4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 675 Lt Col Colquhoun

Grant Hussar Brigade

1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 1360 Captain & Lt Col Hon. Philip Cocks

Warde’s Brigade




2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 1110 Captain & Lt Col William Wheatley

Warde’s Brigade

3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 871 Col Andrew Hay Manningham’s

Brigade

2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of

Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 621

Lt Col Jasper Nicholls

R. Craufurd’s Brigade

2/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh

Fusiliers) 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 578

Lt Col William Edgell Wyatt


1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 867 Lt Col William

Maxwell

Manningham’s

Brigade



Lt Col George St John Gifford


51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI)

Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 635

Lt Col Ralph Darling

Mackenzie’s Brigade

2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment

of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 636

Lt Col Charles Fane

Mackenzie’s Brigade



Lt Col Edward Codd

Corunna Garrison

76th Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 780 Lt Col Michael

Symes Mackenzie’s

Brigade

2/81st Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 719 Maj Henry Milling Mackenzie’s

Brigade

1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 367 Maj Norman

McLeod Mackenzie’s

Brigade

2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 405 Lt Col Hamlet

Wade Mackenzie’s

Brigade

B Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Woolwich 90 Capt Thomas

Downman HQ

C Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Northfleet 90 Capt Henry

Eveleigh HQ




Beane’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal

Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Ramsgate ~140

Capt George Beane

HQ

Truscott’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Ramsgate ~140

Capt Robert Truscott

HQ

Holcombe’s Company/6th Battalion

Royal Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Cork ~140

Capt Harcourt Ford Holcombe

Corunna garrison

Wall’s Company/7th Battalion Royal

Artillery 5 November 1808 Corunna Cork ~140 Capt Adam Wall HQ

Royal Waggon Train (6 tp.) 28 October 1808 Corunna Ramsgate &

Northfleet 379 Lt Basil Jackson HQ

Royal Staff Corps (1 co.) 28 October 1808 Corunna Ramsgate 48 ? HQ

The following units were sent from Corunna to Lisbon on 25 October to boost the garrison there;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 2 November 1808 Lisbon Falmouth 813 Lt Col John MacLean

Lisbon Garrison

2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of

Foot 2 November 1808 Lisbon Falmouth 877

Lt Col William Howe Campbell

Lisbon Garrison



1809

JANUARY 1809

The evacuation from Corunna - the following units departed in January 1809. All were bound to the south coast of England (and due to the confusion, some units were landed piecemeal at various ports) – destinations shown are those where the units regrouped after arrival.

UNIT EMBARKED PORT FINAL

DESTINATION

CAMPAIGN

LOSSES

C.O.

(w) = wounded

at Corunna

NEXT

POSTING


Dragoons (Hussars)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Guildford 74 (includes 56

drowned on voyage home)

Lt Col Richard Hussey Vivian

Ireland


of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Brighton 24

Lt Col George

Augustus Quentin

Peninsula – February 1813


Dragoons (Hussars)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Romford 24 Lt Col

Colquhoun Grant Peninsula –

February 1813


Dragoons (Hussars) (8 tp.)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Canterbury 77 Lt Col Hon.

Charles Stewart Peninsula –

February 1813

3rd KGL Regiment of Light Dragoons (6

tp.)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Bexhill 56 Maj Ernst von

Burwedel Germany - 1813

1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Chatham 74

Captain & Lt Col Hon. Philip

Cocks Walcheren

3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Chatham 66

Captain & Lt Col William

Wheatley Home Duty

3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Chelmsford 190 Col Andrew Hay Walcheren

2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Ipswich 287

Lt Col William Iremonger

Walcheren

1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Colchester 211

Lt Col James

Wynch (w), Maj Francis Brooke

Walcheren



JANUARY 1809


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Steyning 271 Maj Thomas

Emes Walcheren


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Ospringe 443 Maj Thomas

Carnie Walcheren

1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Canterbury 344

Lt Col John Stewart

Walcheren

2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of

Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Buckingham 108 Lt Col Jasper

Nicholls Walcheren

20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Ipswich 113

Lt Col Alexander Campbell

Walcheren


Fusiliers)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Horsham 152 Lt Col William Edgell Wyatt

Walcheren

1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Horsham 187

Lt Col William Maxwell (w), Maj Fountain

Hogg

Walcheren

1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment

of Foot

17-18 January


Maj John

Frederick Brown Walcheren

1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Horsham 228

Lt Col. Samuel Hinde

Walcheren

1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Pleydon 180 Col Robert Burne Walcheren


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Canterbury 191 Lt Col Hon.

Charles James Greville

Walcheren


Foot (The Black Watch)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Shorncliffe 160 Lt Col James

Stirling Walcheren


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Colchester 322 Lt Col Edward

Hull Peninsula – May

1809

1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Eastbourne 305

Maj Charles

Napier Walcheren



JANUARY 1809

51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI)

Regiment of Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Isle of Wight 139 Lt Col Ralph

Darling Walcheren


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Deal 139 Lt Col. Robert

Barclay Peninsula – May

1809


of Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Weeley 107

Lt Col Charles Fane (w), Maj

George

MacGregor

Walcheren


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Guernsey 22 Lt Col Edward

Codd Walcheren

1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of

Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Ashford 229 Lt Col Denis

Pack Walcheren

76th Regiment of Foot 17-18 January


Lt Col Michael Symes (died in

transit), Maj John Covell

Walcheren

1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment

of Foot

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Weeley 189 Lt Col Philips

Cameron Walcheren

2/81st Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Lewes 164

Maj William Williams (w),

Captain Nicholas Brown

Walcheren


Wales's Volunteers)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Lewes 258 Col Sir George

Smith Walcheren


Highlanders)

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Ashford 344 Maj William

Douglas Walcheren


(Gordon Highlanders)

17-18 January

1809 Corunna Weeley 192

Lt Col Alexander

Napier Walcheren

1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Hythe 99

Lt Col Sidney Beckwith

Peninsula – May 1809


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Vigo Colchester 66 Lt Col George St

John Gifford Walcheren



JANUARY 1809


Foot

17-18 January 1809

Vigo Deal 172 Lt Col John Ross Walcheren

2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January

1809 Vigo Hythe 78

Lt Col Hamlet Wade

Walcheren

1st KGL Light Battalion 17-18 January

1809 Vigo Bexhill

163 (includes 22 drowned on

voyage home) Col Baron Alten Walcheren

2nd KGL Light Battalion 17-18 January

1809 Vigo Bexhill

262 (includes 187

drowned on voyage home)

Lt Col Colin Halkett

Walcheren

B Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Woolwich ?

Capt Thomas Downman

Home Duty

C Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 17-18 January

1809 Corunna Woolwich ?

Capt Henry

Eveleigh Home Duty

Beane’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Canterbury ? Capt George

Beane Peninsula – March 1813

Drummond’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Woolwich ? Capt Percy Drummond

Walcheren

Truscott’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Canterbury ? Capt Robert

Truscott Germany - 1813

Wilmott’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Woolwich ? Capt Edward

Wilmott Home Duty

Skyring’s Company/4th Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809


Skyring Peninsula –

October 1812

Carthew’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Chatham ? Capt Robert

Carthew (died at sea)

Sicily - 1811

Crawford’s Company/6th Battalion

Royal Artillery

17-18 January 1809


Crawford Nova Scotia -

1811


Royal Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Chatham ? Capt Harcourt

Ford Holcombe Peninsula – April

1811



JANUARY 1809

Thornhill’s Company/7th Battalion

Royal Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Chatham ? Capt Robert

Thornhill Ireland

Wall’s Company/7th Battalion Royal

Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Chatham 32 Capt Adam Wall Ireland


Royal Artillery

17-18 January 1809

Corunna Chatham ? Capt Richard

Raynsford Peninsula – April

1811

Royal Waggon Train (6 tp.) 15 January 1809 Corunna ? 27 Capt George

Lennon Various

Royal Staff Corps (3 co.) 17 January 1809 Corunna ? 38 Lt Col William

Nicolay Various

The embarkation from Corunna and Vigo left 13 battalions behind as a garrison in Portugal (1/3rd, 2/9th, 3/27th, 29th, 1/40th, 1/45th, 2/31st, 5/60th, 97th, 1st Line Battalion KGL, 2nd Line Battalion KGL, 5th Line Battalion KGL, 7th Line Battalion KGL).

FEBRUARY 1809

A small force under Major-General John Randoll Mackenzie was sent to garrison Cadiz. It was denied permission to land (all except the 40th, who had marched

overland) and ultimately returned to Lisbon, where they disembarked on 12 March 1809.

UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO

APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot (1

co.) 1 February 1809 Lisbon

Intended for Cadiz

59 ? Cadiz Garrison

2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon Intended for

Cadiz 631

Maj David Campbell

Cadiz Garrison

3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon Intended for

Cadiz 792

Lt Col John MacLean

Cadiz Garrison

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon Intended for

Cadiz 624

Lt Col Daniel

White Cadiz Garrison



FEBRUARY 1809

A small force under Major-General John Randoll Mackenzie was sent to garrison Cadiz. It was denied permission to land (all except the 40th, who had marched

overland) and ultimately returned to Lisbon, where they disembarked on 12 March 1809.


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO


Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon

Intended for Cadiz

730 Lt Col William Howe Campbell

Cadiz Garrison


Foot 1 February 1809 Elvas

Intended for Cadiz

800 Lt Col James

Kemmis Cadiz Garrison


Artillery 1 February 1809 Lisbon

Intended for Cadiz 108

Capt Andrew Bredin

Cadiz Garrison

4th Company/King’s German Artillery 1 February 1809 Lisbon Intended for

Cadiz ~100 Capt Lewis

Heise Cadiz Garrison

MARCH 1809

The following reinforcements originally intended for Cadiz (under the command of Major-General Sherbrooke) sailed aboard 40 transports from Portsmouth on 15 January and finally reached Portugal after some delay;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 978 Capt & Lt Col Richard Hulse

H. Campbell’s Brigade

1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 1200 Capt & Lt Col

Thomas William Fermor

H. Campbell’s

Brigade

2/87th (Prince of Wales Own Irish)

Regiment of Foot 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 701 Maj Hugh Gough Sontag’s Brigade



MARCH 1809

1/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught

Rangers) 13 March 1809 Lisbon Cork 722 Maj Vandeleur Sontag’s Brigade

May’s Company/1st Battalion Royal

Artillery 14 March 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 127 Capt John May

Reserve (ammunition

duties)

Glubb’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery 4 March 1809 Lisbon Plymouth ~130

Capt Frederick Glubb

Garrison of Fort Sao Juliao

Sillery’s Company/7th Battalion Royal


Capt Charles Doyne Sillery

HQ

APRIL 1809

With the main field army at home preparing for further tribulations in Walcheren, a clutch of second battalions under the command of Major-General Hill sailed from Cork on 27 March;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 573 Lt Col William

James Myers, Bt. A. Campbell’s

Brigade

2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of

Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 630

Lt Col William Minet

Lisbon Garrison

2/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of

Foot 8 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 715

Lt Col George Henry

Duckworth Hill’s Brigade

2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 694 Lt Col George

Ridout Bingham A. Campbell’s

Brigade

2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 662 Maj James

Patrick Murray Hill’s Brigade

2/83rd Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 856 Lt Col Alexander

Gordon Cameron’s

Brigade



APRIL 1809

Royal Artillery Drivers 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 150

Capt

Commissary Henry Lane

HQ

Two units which sailed at the beginning of April, not required for Walcheren;

16th (The Queen’s) Regiment of Light

Dragoons (8 tp.) 13 April 1809 Lisbon Falmouth 671

Col George Anson

Cotton’s Brigade

2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of

Foot 24 April 1809 Lisbon Jersey 729

Lt Col George Duncan

Drummond

Mackenzie’ s Brigade (15

June)

Sailed from Portsmouth on 17 April, the first British heavy cavalry units to arrive in the Peninsula;

3rd (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of

Dragoon Guards (8 tp.) 27 April 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 655

Lt Col Granby Thomas Calcraft

Fane/Cav

4th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of

Dragoons (8 tp.) 27 April 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 672

Lt Col Robert Edward Henry

Somerset

Fane/Cav

MAY 1809

Some support corps arrived in May, together with a regiment destined to become famous for its outpost duties;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. ASSIGNED TO

Royal Waggon Train (1 tp.) 31 May 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 80 Maj Thomas

Aird HQ

Royal Staff Corps (2 co.) 8 May 1809 Figuera Portsmouth 76 Maj Henry Sturgeon

HQ

1st Regiment of Light Dragoons King’s

German Legion May 1809 Lisbon Ipswich 570

Lt Col Friedrich von Arentschildt

Anson/Cav



JUNE 1809

The 20th Light Dragoons, the first British cavalry in the Peninsula, went back to Sicily after the arrival of the heavy dragoons, as did two troops of the 3rd KGL Light Dragoons who had remained behind at Lisbon when Moore marched into Spain;


APPROX

EFFECT

STRENGTH

C.O. NEXT

POSTING

20th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) June 1809 Lisbon Sicily 282 Capt Edward Mortimer?

Sicily

3rd Light Dragoons King’s German

Legion (2 tp.) June 1809 Lisbon Woodbridge 123 ? Germany 1813

The following unit left for Gibraltar in June to release some first battalions for service;


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2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 18 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 564 Maj David

Campbell Gibraltar

And two first battalions duly arrived from Gibraltar in return;


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Foot 22 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 885

Lt Col Charles

Donellan Stewart/2D

(14 July)

1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment

of Foot 22 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 883

Col John Stratford Saunders

Cameron/1D (14 July)



JULY 1809

More second battalions, the only useful reserve left in Britain, sailed from Cork on 2 June;


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Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 600

Lt Col Hon. Henry King

Lightburne/4D


Regiment of Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 643

Lt Col Hon. Alexander

Abercrombie

C Craufurd/2D


Foot (The Black Watch) 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 650

Lt Col Robert, Lord Blantyre

Cameron/1D

2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Jersey 535 Maj Brook

Henry Young Lightburne/4D

Followed by more battalions found in various garrisons;


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2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Jersey 996 Lt Col John

Maister C. Craufurd/2D

2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 2 July 1809 Lisbon Guernsey 664 Lt Col George

Wilson C. Craufurd/2D

1/57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of

Foot 17 July 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 721

Lt Col William Inglis

Stewart/2D

Sailing from The Downs at the end of May, as a prelude to its famous long march to Talavera, the Light Bobs;


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Foot 5 July 1809 Villada Harwich 991

Lt Col George St

John Gifford Light Brigade



JULY 1809


Foot 5 July 1809 Villada Dover 1001

Lt Col Robert Barclay

Light Brigade

1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1809 Villada Harwich 1023 Lt Col Thomas

Sidney Beckwith Light Brigade

A Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery late July 1809 Villada Ramsgate 149 Capt Hew

Dalrymple Ross Light Brigade

AUGUST 1809

Another reinforcement was found, withdrawn from the Madeira garrison, and sailed from Funchal in July;


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1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of

Foot 3 August 1809 Lisbon Madeira 930

Maj Frederick Newman

Campbell/4D

Followed by more artillery, a company destined to put in years of hard service;


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I Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 21 August 1809 Lisbon Cork 120 Capt Robert Bull



OCTOBER 1809

Sailed from Cork on 2 September, the first British heavy cavalry regiment for service in the Peninsula;


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1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons (8 tp.) 13 October 1809 Lisbon Cork 630 Col Hon. George

de Grey Cotton/Cav

DECEMBER 1809

Under strength and with insufficient horses after losses at Talavera, the 23rd Light Dragoons were headed home;


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23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) December 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 379 Lt Col Lord Portarlington

Home



1810

FEBRUARY 1810

Sailed from Cork on 24 January aboard four transports, one of Wellington’s old India regiments;

UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM STRENGTH C.O. ASSIGNED TO

74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 10 February 1810 Lisbon Cork 632 Lt Col Robert Le

Poer Trench Mackinnon/3D

This month the first troops sailed to Cadiz to aid the Spanish garrison there. First to go, sailed from Lisbon on 5 February;

2/87th (Prince of Wales Own Irish)

Regiment of Foot 12 February 1810 Cadiz Lisbon 667

Maj Hugh Gough

Cadiz Garrison


Regiment of Foot 12 February 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth/Lisbon 925

Lt Col Philips Cameron

Cadiz Garrison

Additional reinforcements for Cadiz came from various garrisons;


Rangers) 23 February 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 634

Lt Col John Taylor

Cadiz Garrison

94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot 11 February 1810 Cadiz Jersey 662 Lt Col James

Campbell Cadiz Garrison

P. Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion

Royal Artillery (half co.) 13 February 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 61

2nd Capt Arthur Hunt

Cadiz Garrison (rest of company

arrived in October)

Owen’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery 13 February 1810 Cadiz

Portsmouth (via Lisbon)

~100 Capt Humphrey

Owen Cadiz Garrison



MARCH 1810

More reinforcements for Cadiz, sailed from Portsmouth between 5 and 15 March;


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2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 588

Capt & Lt Col Edward Amherst

Saunders Sebright

Cadiz Garrison

2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

(2 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 249

Capt & Lt Col Richard Downes

Jackson Cadiz Garrison

2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 322

Capt & Lt Col

Thomas Cranley Onslow

Cadiz Garrison

2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Dover 167 Maj Amos

Godsill Norcott Cadiz Garrison

3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Dover 291 Lt Col Andrew Francis Barnard

Cadiz Garrison

Royal Staff Corps (2 co.) 30 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 50 Maj Robert Lawrence Dundas

Cadiz Garrison

Sailed from Woolwich in early January and acclimatised at Lisbon for a month before sailing on to Cadiz;

Hughes’s Company/9th Battalion Royal

Artillery 6 March 1810 Cadiz Battle ~100

Capt Philip J Hughes

Cadiz Garrison

Leaving Brixham, Devon on 13 March, a regiment that had originally formed part of Moore’s force;

1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 27 March 1810 Lisbon Brixham 817 Lt Col John

Cameron Leith’s Brigade



APRIL 1810

Sailed from Yarmouth Roads on 14 March to reinforce the field army in Portugal in time for Busaco;


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13th Regiment of Light Dragoons (8 tp.) 2 April 1810 Lisbon Portsmouth 618 Lt Col Michael

Head

3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 2 April 1810 Lisbon Gravesend 761 Lt Col James

Stevenson

Barnes

Leith’s Brigade


Foot 2 April 1810 Lisbon Guernsey 539

Lt Col John Nugent

Leith’s Brigade

Another second battalion was found on garrison duty to bolster the Cadiz garrison, as well as some artillery companies;

2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 4 April 1810 Cadiz Alderney 559 Lt Col Charles

Bulkeley Egerton Cadiz Garrison

Dickson’s Company/10th Battalion

Royal Artillery 1 April 1810 Cadiz Chatham ~100

2nd Capt Robert

H Birch Cadiz Garrison

Shenley’s Company/10th Battalion


Capt William Shenley

Cadiz Garrison

Roberts’s Company/10th Battalion


Capt William Roberts

Cadiz Garrison

A small force was sent to Tarifa (between Cadiz and Gibraltar) to pose a threat to the rear of the French forces besieging Cadiz;


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Flank companies of 2/9th, 1/28th, 2/30th

and 2/47th Regiments of Foot April 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar ~250

Lt Col John Frederick Browne

Tarifa Garrison



MAY 1810

Poor unfortunate D Troop RHA had left Portsmouth on 16 February, but suffered severe storms and a fire at sea, losing all but 4 of 36 horses.

D Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 20 May 1810 Lisbon Canterbury 107 (part of

company lost at sea off Ireland)

Capt George

Lefebvre

Used to reinforce

A and I Troops

Upon perceiving a French threat to Tarifa, an additional four companies of infantry and some artillery were sent from Gibraltar;


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2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (4

co.) May 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar ~320 ? Tarifa Garrison

Detachment Royal Artillery May 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar 67 Lt Edward

Michell Tarifa Garrison

JUNE 1810

Whilst the Gibraltar garrison reduced due to the threat at Tarifa, a spare battalion was nonetheless sent from there to Cadiz;


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Foot (8 co.) 2 June 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 648


Cadiz Garrison

2nd Light Dragoons King German

Legion (4 tp.) 1 June 1810 Cadiz Bexhill 230

Maj Augustus

Friedrich, Baron von dem Bussche

Cadiz Garrison



JULY 1810

Changing their base of operations after some years in North America, a famous regiment and commander;


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1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) end July 1810 Lisbon Halifax, N.S. 907 Col Hon. Edward

Michael Pakenham

Pakenham/1D (12 September)

AUGUST 1810

… followed a month later by an equally famous Highland regiment, transferring from Cadiz;


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Regiment of Foot 29 August 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 1003

Lt Col Philips

Cameron

Cameron/1D

(12 September)

SEPTEMBER 1810

More veteran regiments arrived in September;


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Regiment of Foot (8 co.) September 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar 590

Lt Col* John Frederick Browne

Tarifa Garrison



SEPTEMBER 1810

1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 24 September

1810 Lisbon Lewes 738

Col George

Townsend Walker

Erskine/1D

1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot (6

co.)

24 September 1810

Lisbon Deal 606 Lt Col*

Nathaniel Levett Peacocke

Erskine/1D

Brunswick-Oels Jagers (12 co.) 17 September

1810 Lisbon Isle of Wight 833

Lt Col Georg Ludewig de

Korfus

Pakenham/4D (12 November)

The security of the field army in Portugal being considered a greater priority than Cadiz, two more regiments were withdrawn and set to Lisbon;


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Rangers) 4 September 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 667

Lt Col John Taylor

Lisbon Garrison

94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot 20 September

1810 Lisbon Cadiz 677

Lt Col James Campbell

Colville/3D

OCTOBER 1810

More units arrived just in time to man the Lines of Torre Vedras;


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(Gordon Highlanders) 6 October 1810 Lisbon Ramsgate 821

Lt Col John Cameron

Erskine/1D

Hawker’s Company/4th Battalion Royal

Artillery 23 October 1810 Lisbon Exeter ~150

Capt James Hawker

2D



OCTOBER 1810

Meadows’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery 23 October 1810 Lisbon Plymouth ~150

Capt Phillip Meadows

Reserve

Whilst the Cadiz garrison received more men from other nearby garrisons;


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2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 2 October 1810 Cadiz Tarifa 810 Lt Col

Humphrey

Dalrymple Bland

Cadiz Garrison

Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion

Royal Artillery (half company) 22 October 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 37 ? Cadiz Garrison

The disastrous raid on Fuengirola commanded by Andrew, Lord Blaney (which did not establish a foothold) was undertaken by troops from Gibraltar;


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1/82nd Regiment of Foot 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 932 Lt Col William

Grant -

2/89th Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 353 Maj John Grant -

Detachment Royal Artillery 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 33 2nd Capt James

Lloyd -

Relieved by the 47th, the 30th sailed away to join the main field army;


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Foot 4 October 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 723


Dunlop/5D



NOVEMBER 1810

More ‘good’ regiments arrived, including a unit of French émigrés with a good combat record to date;


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1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1810 Lisbon Harwich 808 Lt Col James

Wynch Dunlop/5D


Fusiliers) November 1810 Lisbon Halifax, N.S. 789

Lt Col Hon. Henry Walton

Ellis Pakenham/4D

Chasseurs Britanniques (3 co.) November 1810 Cadiz Jersey 457 ? Cadiz Garrison

DECEMBER 1810

The Cadiz garrison was bolstered before Christmas by more companies of the Britanniques, plus a unit of German and Polish deserters who had volunteered to fight for King George;


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2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of

Foot (6 co.) 9 December 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 457

Lt Col William

Augustus Prevost Cadiz Garrison

Chasseurs Britanniques (3 co.) December 1810 Cadiz Jersey 515 Lt Col* Mark

Joseph Dufaure Cadiz Garrison

Foreign Recruits December 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 297 ? Cadiz Garrison



1811

JANUARY 1811

An acclimatised unit looked forward to by Wellington came to Lisbon: he might have revised that opinion after their subsequent record for desertion;


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Chasseurs Britanniques 26 January 1811 Lisbon Cadiz 1592 Lt Col* Mark

Joseph Dufaure Long/7D

FEBRUARY 1811

Several detachments from Gibraltar sailed to Algesiras to ultimately join Graham’s force at Barrosa;


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2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot

(2 co.) 23 February 1811 Algesiras Gibraltar ~175

Captain Henry Godwin Graham’s Force


Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.) 23 February 1811 Algesiras Gibraltar ~180

Captain Henry Adolphus

Proctor

Graham’s Force

Units arrived which allowed the formation of the 7th Division (effective as of 5 March 1811);


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1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI)

Regiment of Foot 29 February 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 613

Lt Col John Montague

Mainwaring

Long/7D



MARCH 1811

More units arriving in March allowed the increase in size of the 6th and 7th Divisions;


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2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 2 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 686 Lt Col Robert Lord Manners

Burne/6D

1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 2 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 601 Lt Col Hon.

Basil Cochrane Burne/6D


Foot 5 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 562

Lt Col Hon.

Hugh Arbuthnot Wynch/LD

85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of

Foot (5 co.) 5 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 486

Col Henry Cuyler

Long/7D

1st Light Battalion King’s German

Legion 21 March 1811 Lisbon Isle of Wight 588

Lt Col Ernst Ludewig Franz

Leonhart

Alten/7D

2nd Light Battalion King’s German

Legion 21 March 1811 Lisbon Isle of Wight 510

Lt Col Colin Halkett

Alten/7D

Having served Graham well at Barrosa, the 28th returned to their previous cantonments at Gibraltar;


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of Foot (8 co.) 13 March 1811 Cadiz Gibraltar 571

Lt Col Charles Philip Belson

Gibraltar



APRIL 1811

Various units sailed to bolster all arms of the Peninsula Army;


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3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 27 April 1811 Cadiz Portsmouth 821 Col George

Cooke Cadiz Garrison

2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons King’s

German Legion (3 tp.) April 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 192

Capt Friedrich Wiering

Long/2 Cav


Royal Artillery 22 April 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth ~110

Capt Harcourt

Ford Holcombe Reserve


Royal Artillery 22 April 1811 Lisbon Plymouth ~110

Capt Richard T Raynsford

Lisbon Garrison

MAY 1811

The Guards detachments sailed home from Cadiz following the victory at Barrosa;


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2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 387

Captain & Lt Col Edward Amherst

Saunders Sebright

Home

2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

(2 co.) 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 243

Captain & Lt Col Richard Downes

Jackson Home

2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.) 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 315

Captain & Lt Col

Thomas Cranley Onslow

Home



MAY 1811

Whereas another detachment went to the Tarifa garrison;


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2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot

(2 co.) May 1811 Cadiz Tarifa ~100

Captain Henry Godwin

Gibraltar

JUNE 1811

Two more light cavalry units arrived in Late June;


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11th Regiment of Light Dragoons (6 tp.) early June 1811 Lisbon Weymouth 560 Lt Col Henry

John Cumming Long/2 Cav

12th Regiment of Light Dragoons (6 tp.) 25 June 1811 Lisbon Gravesend 478 Maj Overington

Blunden Anson/1 Div

A fresh detachment of Guards arrived at Cadiz to replace who had sailed home in May;

3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (4 co.) 23 June 1811 Cadiz Spithead 482 Col John Lambert

Cadiz Garrison

Colonel Skerret and a small force made an abortive attempt to relieve the beleaguered Spanish garrison at Tarragona;


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co.) 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz ~600

Maj Richard Broad

-



JUNE 1811

3/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)

(detachment) 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz 34 Lt Kirkman -

Light companies from Gibraltar

garrison 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz ~400 Maj James King -

Detachment Royal Artillery 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz 56 2nd Capt Arthur

Hunt -

Detachment Royal Artillery 26 June 1811 Tarragona Gibraltar 56 Lt Beverly Robinson

-

JULY 1811

Another light cavalry unit – one commanded by an émigré Frenchman - arrived in July;


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9th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) mid July 1811 Lisbon Plymouth 382

Lt Col Louis

William, Vicomte de

Chabot

Long/2 Cav

Regiments which had been in Channel Island garrisons were released (by Royal Veteran and Garrison battalions) to serve in the Peninsula;


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1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Jersey 613 Lt Col William

Maxwell Blantyre/1D

1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Guernsey 895 Col Samuel

Venables Hinde Burne/6D

77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Jersey 776 Lt Col John

Bromhead

Colville/3D



JULY 1811

The first battalion of the 28th arrived in July from Gibraltar, which would allow the second battalion to go home after its losses at Albuera;


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of Foot 21 July 1811 Lisbon Gibraltar 546

Lt Col Charles Philip Belson

Lumley/2D

The 68th Light Infantry arrived to bolster the relatively new 7th Division;


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68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot July 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 708 Lt Col William

Johnston Long/7D

The second battalion of the 88th returned home after turning over all the fit men to the first battalion;


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POSTING


Rangers) 10 July 1811 Lisbon Honiton 90

Captain Henry George Buller

Home (Disbanded)

Battalions ruined at Albuera went home as cadres, having given all serviceable men to their first battalions;


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2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) July 1811 Lisbon Maidstone ~80 Maj Robert Haly

Burton Home


Foot July 1811 Lisbon Northampton 32

Maj William Brooke

Home (Disbanded)



JULY 1811

As the most junior KGL unit in the Peninsula, the 7th Line was ordered to give its fit men to the other KGL units before returning home to recruit in July;


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7th KGL Line Battalion late July 1811 Lisbon Bexhill ~70 Maj Karl August

Thalman Mediterranean

AUGUST 1811

A powerful cavalry reinforcement which led to the creation of Le Marchant’s brigade arrived in August;


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4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon

Guards 4 August 1811 Lisbon Plymouth 480

Lt Col Francis Sherlock

Le Marchant/ 1 Cav

3rd (King’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons August 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 512 Lt Col Godfrey

Mundy Le Marchant/

1 Cav

E Troop Royal Horse Artillery August 1811 Lisbon Christchurch ~150 Capt Robert Macdonald

7D

A detachment of the 95th Rifles serving at Cadiz joined the main field army in August;


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3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (5 co.) 21 August 1811 Lisbon Cadiz 414 Lt Col Andrew Francis Barnard

Beckwith/LD



AUGUST 1811

Having given all its fit men to the first battalion, the second battalion of the 28th returned home;


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of Foot end August 1811 Lisbon England 20

Lt Col* Charles Paterson

Home (Disbanded)

SEPTEMBER 1811

Another heavy cavalry regiment arrived which completed the formation of Le Marchant’s (soon to be famous) heavy cavalry brigade;


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5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’)

Regiment of Dragoon Guards (6 tp.) 4 September 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 479

Lt Col Hon. William

Ponsonby

Le Marchant/

1 Cav

OCTOBER 1811

Some units were able to be spared from the Sicily garrison;


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1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 20 October 1811 Lisbon Messina 875 Lt Col Hon.

Robert William O’Callaghan

Lumley/2D

de Wattevilles Regiment (11 co.) 10 October 1811 Cadiz Messina 1261 Lt Col Victor

Fischer Cadiz Garrison



OCTOBER 1811

Fearing another French attack on the tiny garrison at Tarifa, Colonel Skerret commanded another expeditionary force to that place;


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co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 534

Maj Richard Broad

Tarifa Garrison

2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Own Irish)

Regiment of Foot (8 co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 480

Maj* Hugh Gough

Tarifa Garrison

2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (1 co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 70 Capt John

Jenkins Tarifa Garrison

2nd Hussars Kings German Legion (1

tp.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 52 ? Tarifa Garrison


Artillery (half co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 40


Tarifa Garrison

Royal Artillery Drivers (1 co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 40 ? Tarifa Garrison

The 97th had been in the Peninsula since the start, was running low on numbers and had no second battalion, so went home to recruit;


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POSTING

97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot end October

1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 436 Col James Lyon Home



NOVEMBER 1811

The 29th had likewise been in the Peninsula since the beginning, had suffered heavy losses and needed to go home to recruit. The 85th, on the other hand, had only

been in-country since March; but was troubled by deep divisions within its officer corps that would lead to the unprecedented act of replacing every officer (but one) in January 1813.


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POSTING

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 2 November

1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 495 Maj John Tucker Home


Foot (5 co.)

2 November 1811

Lisbon Portsmouth 321 Col Henry

Cuyler Home

DECEMBER 1811

A further detachment was sent from Gibraltar to bolster the garrison at Tarifa;


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Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.) December 1811 Tarifa Gibraltar ~160 Maj Henry King Tarifa Garrison



1812

JANUARY 1812

Two regiments of heavy cavalry boosted Wellington’s mounted arm for the Salamanca campaign;


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1st Regiment of Dragoons King’s

German Legion January 1812 Lisbon Cork 481

Lt Col Johan von Bulow

von Bock/2 Cav

2nd Regiment of Dragoons King’s

German Legion January 1812 Lisbon Cork 480

Lt Col Karl Friedrich von

Jonquieres von Bock/2 Cav

A garrison was established at Cartagena in early February, commanded by Major-General Andrew Ross and Colonel John Lambert;


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Foot (8 co.) 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 526

Lt Col William Augustus Prevost

Cartagena Garrison

de Wattevilles Regiment (5 co.) 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 500 Lt Col Victor

Fischer

Cartagena

Garrison


Royal Artillery 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 79

Capt Patrick Campbell

Cartagena Garrison

With a strong first battalion in the Peninsula, the much weaker second battalion of the 39th was able to go home to recruit;


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POSTING

2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 22 January 1812 Lisbon Weymouth 212 Lt Col* Patrick

Lindsay Home

(Disbanded)



FEBRUARY 1812

The same logic applied to the 52nd - the second battalion was also able to go home to recruit;


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Foot 25 February 1812 Lisbon England 68

Captain John Sheddon

Netherlands

Colonel Skerret’s Tarifa garrison returned to Cadiz, the threat to Tarifa having passed;


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co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 534

Maj Richard Broad

Cadiz Garrison


Regiment of Foot (8 co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 480

Maj* Hugh Gough

Cadiz Garrison

2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (1 co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 70 Capt John

Jenkins Cadiz Garrison


tp.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 52 ? Cadiz Garrison


Artillery (half co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 40


Cadiz Garrison

Royal Artillery Drivers (1 co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 40 ? Cadiz Garrison



MARCH 1812

Two fresh Royal Artillery companies arrived in March;


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Stone’s Company/9th Battalion Royal

Artillery 14 March 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth ~100

2nd Capt John M Parker

Reserve

Douglas’s Company/9th Battalion Royal


Capt Robert Douglas

3D

APRIL 1812

Back for its second tour of duty, the fabled Black Watch;


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Foot (The Black Watch) late April 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth 832

Col James Stirling

Blantyre/1D

MAY 1812

The arrivals of the first battalion meant that the second battalion could hand over all fit men, then return home to recruit;


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Foot (The Black Watch) end May 1812 Lisbon Scotland 86

Lt Col Robert, Lord Blantyre

Home (Disbanded)



MAY 1812

Another garrison at Tarifa was deemed necessary, a smaller one than previously, under the command of Major Hugh Gough;


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Regiment of Foot (8 co.) May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 326

Maj* Hugh Gough

Tarifa Garrison

Battalion of Foreign Recruits May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 208 ? Tarifa Garrison


Royal Artillery (half co.) May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 40

2nd Capt Arthur

Hunt Tarifa Garrison

JUNE 1812

Some strong battalions arrived, just in time for the Salamanca campaign;


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Foot 24 June 1812 Lisbon Cork 931

Lt Col Charles Pratt

Campbell/3D


Foot June 1812 Lisbon Cork 768

Lt Col Hon. Charles James

Greville Hay/5D


Wales's Volunteers) June 1812 Lisbon

Gibraltar & Tarifa

1105 Col William

Grant Pakenham/4D

A strong battalion arrived to boost the Alicante garrison on the east coast of Spain;


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JUNE 1812

1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of

Foot 25 June 1812 Alicante Sicily 935

Lt Col Robert Travers

Alicante Garrison

Although strong in numbers, the 26th contained too many sickly men, a legacy of Walcheren, and so was sent to Gibraltar to recover;


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1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 2 June1812 Lisbon Gibraltar 808 Maj Edward Shearman

Gibraltar

JULY 1812

Having served on the north coast of Africa, the 2/4th were probably well acclimatised for the campaign to come;


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2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot July 1812 Lisbon Cueta 840 Maj David Williamson

Walker/5D

AUGUST 1812

More first British troops gathered on the east coast of Spain, released from the Sicily garrison for the duration;


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1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot August 1812 Alicante Messina 850 Lt Col David

Walker Alicante Garrison



AUGUST 1812

Williamson’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery (half co.) August 1812 Alicante Messina 53

Capt John S Williamson

Alicante Garrison

Soult evacuated Andalucia in the aftermath of Salamanca. Colonel Skerret was once again called upon to lead an ad hoc force to Seville to support the Spanish forces there (strengths shown are those at the end of August, after reinforcements were sent following the successful occupation of Seville);


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3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 1075 Col Peregrine

Maitland Seville Garrison

2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot late August 1812 Seville Cadiz 698 Maj Richard

Broad Seville Garrison

2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Irish)

Regiment of Foot 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 637

Maj* Hugh Gough

Seville Garrison

2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (3 co.) 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 171 Capt John

Jenkins Seville Garrison

de Watteville’s Regiment (6 co.) late August 1812 Seville Cadiz 610 Lt Col Victor

Fischer Seville Garrison


tp.) 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 129 ? Seville Garrison

Royal Artillery 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 453 ? Seville Garrison

Royal Artillery Drivers 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz ? ? Seville Garrison

SEPTEMBER 1812

The first reinforcement in a while for the Cadiz garrison arrived in September;



SEPTEMBER 1812


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of Foot 6 September 1812 Cadiz Portsmouth 696

Lt Col* John Laing Weir

Cadiz Garrison

OCTOBER 1812

Some strong battalions arrived in the north of Spain, with plenty of time to acclimatise before the 1813 campaign season;


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1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1 October 1812 Corunna Portsmouth 1394 Col Matthew Chitty Darby

Griffith

Howard/1D


Highlanders) 13 October 1812 Corunna Chatham 878

Maj Donald McNeill

Stirling/6D

Morrison’s Company/4th Battalion

Royal Artillery 24 October 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth ~100


Lisbon Garrison

With the improved strategic situation following the occupation of Madrid, a number of units were ordered to march from Cadiz to join Wellington’s main field army, under the command of Colonel Skerrett;


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3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 1170 Main Field Army

2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 729 Maj Richard

Broad Main Field Army



OCTOBER 1812

2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Irish)

Regiment of Foot 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 798

Maj* Hugh Gough

Main Field Army

2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (3 co.) 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 190 Capt John

Jenkins Main Field Army


tp.) 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 151 ? Main Field Army


Artillery 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville ~110

Capt Humphrey Owen

Main Field Army


Royal Artillery 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville ~110

2nd Capt Robert

H Birch Main Field Army

Royal Artillery Drivers 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville ~90 ? Main Field Army

The second battalion of the 5th sailed home, having given all fit men to the first battalion;


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Foot

end October 1812

Lisbon Totnes 85 Lt Col Hon. Henry King

Home (Disbanded)



NOVEMBER 1812

Six squadrons of household cavalry arrived, together with some veteran regiments in preparation for the 1813 campaigns;


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1st Regiment of Life Guards (4 tp.) end November

1812 Lisbon Portsmouth 253

Lt Col Samuel Ferrior

Household Cavalry/2 Cav

2nd Regiment of Life Guards (4 tp.) end November

1812 Lisbon Portsmouth 266

Lt Col Robert Barton

Household Cavalry/2 Cav

Royal Horse Guards (4 tp.) 23 November

1812 Lisbon Romford 292

Lt Col Sir Robert

Chambre Hill

Household

Cavalry/2 Cav


Foot

15 November 1812

Lisbon Cork 993 Lt Col Archibald

Campbell Halkett/7D

20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 15 November

1812 Lisbon Cork 681 Col Robert Ross Skerrett/4D

1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot November 1812 Alicante Sicily 950 Lt Col Lemuel

Warren

Alicante

Garrison

DECEMBER 1812

Troop numbers continued to build on the east coast of Spain in readiness for the diversionary campaign against Suchet in 1813;


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1/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot December 1812 Alicante Sicily ~1000 Lt Col George

Gauntlett Alicante Garrison

Lacy’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery 2 December 1812 Alicante Palermo ~100

Capt Richard J Lacy

Alicante Garrison



1813

JANUARY 1813

Another unit from Sicily to the east coast of Spain;


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2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 3 January 1813 Alicante Sicily 850 Lt Col* George James Reeves

Alicante Garrison

Two second battalions left, having given all their fit men to their first battalions;


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2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot January 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 112 Lt Col David Williamson

Home


Foot January 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 37

Lt Col John Nugent

Home

FEBRUARY 1813

The famous Hussar Brigade returned to the Peninsula, greatly boosting the cavalry stocks for the coming campaign;


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of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) 15 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 532

Lt Col Charles Palmer

Hussar Brigade /2 Cav


Dragoons (Hussars) 4 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 503

Maj Edwin Griffith




FEBRUARY 1813


Dragoons (Hussars) 2 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 486

Lt Col Hon. Henry Murray


Three regiments involved in the creation of the Provisional Battalions sent their unfit men and staff home;


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2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot (6

co.) 13 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 67

Capt John Gordon

Home

2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot

(6 co.) 13 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 84

Lt Col* George

Hardinge Netherlands

2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot (6 co.)

12 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 33 Maj Frederick

Ashworth Home

(Disbanded)

MARCH 1813

Another artillery company arrived, just in time for the Vitoria campaign;


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Hutchesson’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 19 March 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth ~110

Capt Thomas Hutchesson

Reserve Ammunition

The very first infantry unit in the Peninsula in 1808 returned for its second tour;

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot April 1813 Cadiz Portsmouth 713 Lt Col Gregory

Holman Bromley Way

Cadiz Garrison

The war with the USA in Canada required reinforcements, some of which were now available at Cadiz;



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de Wattevilles Regiment March 1813 Cadiz Canada 1430 Lt Col Victor

Fischer Canada

APRIL 1813

Another artillery company arrived at Cadiz, before being sent off to the east coast of Spain;


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Campbell’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 28 April 1813

Alicante (via Lisbon)

Portsmouth ~100 Capt Alexander

Campbell To east coast of Spain 25 June

With the threat at Cadiz much reduced, the 59th were released to join Wellington’s field army;


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of Foot April 1813 Lisbon Cadiz 813

Lt Col Charles Fane

Pringle/5D

Whilst the 2/67th, almost forgotten at Cartagena for a long period, was finally relieved and sent off to Murray’s force operating on the east coast of Spain;


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Foot April 1813 Tarragona Cartagena 524 Capt David Scott Murray

Two regiments of dragoons, reduced by sickness, handed over their horses to other regiments and left the Peninsula for good;



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4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards April 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 377 Lt Col Francis

Sherlock Ireland

9th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (6 tp.) April 1813 Lisbon Deptford 386 Maj George Gore Home

MAY 1813

Destined for garrison duty in Lisbon – given the war had moved much farther north – came a troop of RHA;


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F Troop Royal Horse Artillery end May 1813 Lisbon Lewes 117 Capt James

Webber-Smith Reserve

The 4th Provisional Battalion was broken up, and the four remaining companies of the 44th were sent home to recruit;


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2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot

(4 co.) May 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 285

Captain John

Jessop Netherlands



JUNE 1813

The 2/67th (embarked in April) were replaced at Cartagena by a composite battalion of Swiss, made up of companies from each of de Roll’s and Dillon’s regiments;


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de Roll-Dillon Regiment June 1813 Cartagena Naples 510 Maj Peter Boutard

Cartagena Garrison

The four remaining companies of the 30th on service with the 4th Provisional Battalion, and the 11th Light Dragoons, both with a high rate of sickness, were sent home to recruit;


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11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (6

tp.) June 1813 Lisbon Liverpool 352

Maj Archibald Money

Home


Foot (4 co.) 15 June 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 413

Lt Col Alexander Hamilton

Jersey

JULY 1813

Freshly revitalised by an injection of new officers, the 85th Light Infantry arrived for its second tour;


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Foot 23 July 1813 San Sebastian Deal 636

Lt Col William Thornton

Aylmer/1D



AUGUST 1813

A mixed bag of troops arrived in August, including the 7th Hussars, who had last seen service in Spain at Corunna;


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Dragoons (Hussars) 30 August 1813 Bilbao Portsmouth 430

Col Sir Richard Hussey Vivian

Hussar Brigade

1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 3 August 1813 Bay of Saloo Sicily 616 Lt Col Arthur

Brooke Tarragona Garrison

2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment

of Foot 16 August 1813 Pasage Cork 798

Lt Col Richard

Lloyd Aylmer/1D

SEPTEMBER 1813

A regiment with a distinguished record in India arrived in September;


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76th Regiment of Foot 15 September

1813 Pasage Cork 575

Lt Col John Wardlaw

Aylmer/1D



OCTOBER 1813

Completing Aylmer’s independent brigade, the 62nd arrived in northern Spain;


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2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 6 October 1813 Pasage Cork 733 Lt Col Nathaniel

Sheppard Blackwell

Aylmer/1D

DECEMBER 1813

Rockets made their first appearance in the Peninsula in December;


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Detachment, 1st Rocket Troop, Royal

Horse Artillery

24 December

1813 Pasage Woolwich 50

Capt Henry

Bowyer Lane Reserve



1814

FEBRUARY 1814

The 29th sailed to Gibraltar and then to North America;


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29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot February 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 688

Lt Col Gregory

Holman Bromley Way

Maine

MARCH 1814

The last arriving British regular infantry unit of the war landed in the Peninsula;


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1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of

Foot March 1814 Lisbon Gibraltar 826

Lt Col Reginald James

Aylmer/1D

The composite de Roll/Dillon regiment sailed to Gibraltar to replace the 37th;


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de Roll/Dillon Regiment March 1814 Cartagena Gibraltar 637 Lt Col* Hon.

Edward Acheson Gibraltar



APRIL 1814

A week after the armistice was signed, the 67th also went to Gibraltar;


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Foot 24 April 1814 Tarragona Gibraltar 591

Lt Col* Hon. Edward Acheson

Gibraltar

MAY 1814

Officially the war was to end on 30 May 1814. Thus various units started to go home in May;


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Williamson’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery May 1814

East coast of Spain

Genoa ~100 Capt John S Williamson

Sicily

Amidst (undoubtedly) much groaning of Why Us Again? - the Expeditionary Force to North America under Kempt, Ross and Power. The first batch sailed in late May;


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1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 987 Lt Col* Henry

Roberts Canada


Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 1014

Lt Col Charles Pratt

Canada


Foot 5 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 945

Lt Col Archibald Campbell

Canada

1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 792 Lt Col* Charles

Thompson Canada



MAY 1814

3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 835 Lt Col John

Maclean Canada Maritime

1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 708 Lt Col David

Walker Canada


Wales's Volunteers) 5 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 590

Lt Col* Charles Edward Conyers

Canada

Maxwell’s Company/4th Battalion Royal

Artillery 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec ~100

Capt Stewart Maxwell

Canada

Carmichael’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery 31 May 1814 Pauillac Chesapeake ~100

Capt Lewis

Carmichael Louisiana

Michell’s Company/9th Battalion Royal

Artillery 31 May 1814 Pauillac Chesapeake ~100

Capt John Michell

Louisiana

JUNE 1814

The last arriving British unit of the war landed in the Peninsula, and left again the following month;


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4th Royal Veteran Battalion

(detachment) June 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 152 ? Cadiz Garrison

More units bound for North America continued sailing in June;


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1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 2 June 1814 Pasage Azores / Bermuda

829 Lt Col* Alured

Dodshaw Faunce Chesapeake



JUNE 1814

1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 947 Lt Col John

Cameron Canada

1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of

Foot 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 825

Lt Col Reginald James

Canada

1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 8 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 883 Lt Col* Charles

Bruce Canada

1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 2 June 1814 Paulliac Azores / Bermuda

916 Col Arthur

Brooke Chesapeake

57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 16 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 753 Captain Joseph

Marke Canada

76th Regiment of Foot 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 626 Lt Col*

Alexander Fraser Canada

1/81st Regiment of Foot 16 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 1041 Col Patrick McKenzie

Canada


Foot 2 June 1814 Pauillac

Azores / Bermuda

622 Lt Col William

Thornton Chesapeake


Rangers) 15 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 905 Col John Taylor Canada

Trelawney’s Company/5th Battalion

Royal Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Montreal ~100

Capt Hamelin Trelawney

Canada

Turner’s Company/9th Battalion Royal

Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Quebec ~100

Capt George Turner

Canada

The veteran infantry regiments and artillery companies started to go home in June;


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1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards end June 1814 Pasage Plymouth 974 Col John Guise Home

3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot end June 1814 Pasage Cork 652 Lt Col* Colin

Campbell Netherlands



JUNE 1814

2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 337

Lt Col George

Augustus Henderson

West Indies

1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 14 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 822 Maj George King Louisiana

1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of

Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 824

Lt Col* John Otto Beyer

Sicily

20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 22 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 582 Maj* William

Russell Ireland


Fusiliers) 6 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 666

Col Henry Walton Ellis

Netherlands

2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of

Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 379

Col William Kelly

Home (Disbanded)

2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 490 Lt Col George James Reeves

Ireland


of Foot 12 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 846

Col Charles Philip Belson

Netherlands


Foot June 1814 Pasage Cork 621

Col Hon. Charles James Greville

Ireland


Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 829

Lt Col Henry Thornton

Louisiana

1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment


Lt Col Leonard

Greenwell Home


Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 687

Lt Col* James Wilson

Home

1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI)

Regiment of Foot 17 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 523

Col Hugh Henry Mitchell

Netherlands


Foot 17 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 865

Col John Colborne

Netherlands

2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 529 Lt Col* John

Mansel St Helena



JUNE 1814

2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 268 Lt Col* Francis

B Campbell Ireland

(Disbanded)


of Foot June 1814 Pasage Cork 582

Lt Col Henry Austen

Netherlands

2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pasage Cork 564 Lt Col Nathaniel

Blackwell Nova Scotia

2/83rd Regiment of Foot 15 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 483 Lt Col* Henry William Carr

Home (Disbanded)

94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 487 Lt Col* James

Allan Ireland

A Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Warley ~150 Capt Hew

Dalrymple Ross Netherlands

D Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Chatham ~150 Capt George

Bean Netherlands

E Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Woolwich ~150 Capt Robert

Gardiner Netherlands

F Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Woolwich ~150 Capt James

Webber-Smith Netherlands

I Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Warley ~150 Capt Robert Bull Netherlands


Artillery 18 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 70

Capt Humphrey Owen

Guernsey


Royal Artillery 30 June 1814 Retuerta Chatham ~100

Capt Robert M Cairnes

Home

The 6th Division, which had suffered heavy casualties at Toulouse, was shipped home in entirety in late June;


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1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of

Foot 26 June 1814 Pauillac Gibraltar 635

Col George Cuyler

Gibraltar



JUNE 1814

1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 732 Lt Col* John

Hicks Netherlands

1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 505 Maj Martin

Leggatt Netherlands


Foot (The Black Watch) 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 735

Lt Col* William Cowell

Netherlands

1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment


Lt Col William Carr Royall

Ireland

1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment


Lt Col Neil

Douglas Netherlands


Highlanders) 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 742

Col William Douglas

Netherlands

JULY 1814

The cavalry regiments, after a long march north, sailed home from Boulogne in mid-July. This was to done to avoid the need of crossing the often unpredictable Bay of Biscay. The cavalry of the King’s German Legion were sent directly to Netherlands.


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1st Life Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 408 Maj John Camac Netherlands

2nd Life Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 408 Maj Hon. George

Murray Netherlands

Royal Horse Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 452 Maj Robert Christopher

Packe Netherlands

3rd (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of

Dragoon Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 416

Lt Col George

Holmes Home



JULY 1814

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’)

Regiment of Dragoon Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 473

Lt Col Serjentson Prescott

Home

1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 441 Maj Charles

Purvis Netherlands

3rd (King’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 459 Maj Thomas

Hutchins Home

4th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of

Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 431

Maj James Hugonin

Ireland

7th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Light

Dragoons (Hussars) 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 644

Col Edward

Kerrison Netherlands

10th (Prince of Wales’ Own) Regiment of

Light Dragoons (Hussars) 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 635

Lt Col Charles Palmer

Netherlands

12th (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of

Light Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 500

Col Hon. Frederick Cavendish

Ponsonby

Netherlands

13th Regiment of Light Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 418 Capt* Joseph

Doherty Netherlands

14th Regiment of Light Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 469 Lt Col Felton

Bathurst Hervey Louisiana

15th (King’s) Regiment of Light


Maj Edwin Griffith

Netherlands

16th (Queen’s) Regiment of Light

Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 483

Lt Col James Hay

Netherlands

18th (King’s Irish) Regiment of Light


Lt Col Hon. Henry Murray

Netherlands

The fishing village of Pasage in northern Spain temporarily encamped the remainder of the 1st Division, as well as assorted artillery companies;



JULY 1814


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1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 27 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 953 Col Henry

Askew Home

3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 27 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 844 Col Peregrine

Maitland Netherlands

1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 28 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 861 Col Alexander

Woodford Home

Campbell’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 2 July 1814 Pasage Woolwich ~100

Capt Alexander Campbell

Home

Lacy’s Company/5th Battalion Royal

Artillery 22 July 1814 Pasage Chatham ~100

Capt Richard J Lacy

Home

Lawson’s Company/8th Battalion Royal

Artillery 22 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth ~100

Capt Robert Lawson

Home

Pauillac was once again a busy port in July, as the bulk of the remaining units left from there. An exception was the six battalions of King’s German Legion infantry and two companies of German artillery, who marched to the Netherlands.


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Foot 2 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 349

Lt Col Alexander Leith

Home (Disbanded)

2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 17 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 612 Lt Col * Henry

Worsley Ireland


Foot 23 July 1814 Paulliac Plymouth 1084

Lt Col Christopher

Charles Patrickson

Louisiana

1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 20 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 505 Lt Col Charles

Hill Ireland



JULY 1814


Foot 5 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 232

Maj Jean-Pierre Galiffe

Ireland

2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 2 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 357 Lt Col Charles

Nicol St Helena

68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot July 1814 Pauillac Cork 405 Col William

Johnson Ireland

1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot 15 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 853 Lt Col George Thomas Napier

Netherlands

74th Regiment of Foot 4 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 582 Col Robert Le

Poer Trench Ireland


(Gordon Highlanders) 17 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 750

Lt Col John Cameron

Netherlands

1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 544 Col Andrew

Francis Barnard Netherlands

2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 555 Col Hamlet

Wade Netherlands

3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 474 Lt Col* John

Ross Louisiana

Brunswick Oels Jagers 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 478 Lt Col Ernst de

Schrader Netherlands

Chasseurs Britanniques 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 448 Captain Nicolas

Philibert de Brem (Disbanded)

May’s Company/1st Battalion Royal

Artillery 1 July 1814 Pauillac Woolwich 87 Capt Peter Faddy Home

Hutchesson’s Company/3rd Battalion

Royal Artillery 3 July 1814 Pauillac Woolwich 55

Capt Thomas Hutchesson

Netherlands

Morrison’s Company/4th Battalion

Royal Artillery 1 July 1814 Pauillac Shorncliffe ~100


Netherlands (as siege artillery)

Brandreth’s Company/8th Battalion

Royal Artillery 22 July 1814 Pauillac Plymouth cadre

Capt Thomas A Brandreth

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JULY 1814

1st Company King’s German Artillery July 1814 Pauillac ? ~100 Capt Karl von

Rettberg Netherlands

Royal Waggon Train July 1814 Pauillac ? 947 Lt Col Charles

Tudor Netherlands

AUGUST 1814

Two second battalions, almost the last to leave, sailed home to find themselves selected for disbandment;


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2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 24 August 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 392 Maj Richard

Chetham Home

(Disbanded)

2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of

Foot 27 August 1814 Pasage Cork 603

Lt Col** Jacob Tonson

Home (Disbanded)

The last British infantry regiment in Cadiz – a garrison unit – sailed off to Gibraltar;


Foot 16 August 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 552

Maj Henry

Fitzgerald Gibraltar

The last of the Cadiz garrison – four artillery companies – also departed in mid August;

Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion

Royal Artillery 16 August 1814 Cadiz Portsmouth ~95

2nd Capt Thomas Atchison

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Artillery 16 August 1814 Cadiz Woolwich 101


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Chester’s Company/10th Battalion Royal

Artillery 17 August 1814 Cadiz Portsmouth ~95

Capt John Chester

Home

Roberts’s Company/10th Battalion Royal

Artillery 16 August 1814 Cadiz Woolwich ~95

Capt William Roberts

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SEPTEMBER 1814

The last British infantry regiment to leave – the Pot-Hooks - went home in early September;


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77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 8 September

1814 Pasage Cork 561

Lt Col John Bromhead

Ireland

JANUARY 1815

And so, eight months after the armistice was signed, the very last British units left Portugal – two Royal Artillery companies that had been left to garrison Lisbon.


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Royal Artillery 9 January 1815 Lisbon Woolwich ~100

Capt Harcourt Ford Holcombe

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Artillery 9 January 1815 Lisbon Woolwich ~100

Capt Andrew Bredin

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And last, but by no means least:

....The Long Timers

The following units served in the Peninsula ‘for the duration’. In the case of those who arrived in August 1808 – 68 months!

UNIT DISEMBARKED EMBARKED MAJOR ACTIONS

1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot

August 1808 June/July 1814 Douro, Talavera, Albuera, Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, St. Pierre, Orthez

1/40th (2nd Somersetshire)

Regiment of Foot August 1808 June/July 1814

Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Albuera (1 company), Badajoz (assault), Salamanca,

Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse

1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot

August 1808 June/July 1814 Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Salamanca, Vittoria, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse

5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot

August 1808 June/July 1814 Rolica, Vimiero, Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Fuentes de Onoro, El Bodon, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Almaraz, Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, Maya, Rolica, Sorauren, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, St-Pierre, Orthez, Cadiz, Toulouse, Bayonne

1st KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne

2nd KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne

5th KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne

Sources:

Bamford, Andrew. British Army Unit Strengths: 1808-1815. November 2015. http://www.napoleon-series.org/.

Bamford, Andrew. British Forces at Cadiz 1810-1814: Organisation, Strength, and Losses. http://www.napoleon-series.org/.

Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of various regiments (numerous volumes). London: Longman, Orme & Co., various years.

Fletcher, Ian. Wellington’s Regiments. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1994. Fortescue, John. A History of the British Army. London: MacMillan and Co., 1920. Laws, Lt Col M. E. S. Battery Records of the Royal Artillery 1716-1859. Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institute, 1952.

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London Gazette Website. September 2009 to February 2010. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/search.

McKenna, Michael G. The British Army – And Its Regiments and Battalions. West Chester, Ohio: The Nafziger Collection. 2004. Michell, John Edward. Records of the Royal Horse Artillery, from its Formation to the Present Time. London: W. Mitchell & Co., 1888. Oman, Charles. A History of the Peninsular War. London: Greenhill Books, 1996.

Philippart, John. The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book. London: A.J. Valpy, 1820. The Napoleon Series – Peninsula Roll Call. February 2010. http://www.napoleon-series.org/. War Office. Army Lists 1791 to 1815. London: various years. Wikipedia. February 2010. Various pages.

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