The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
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).
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JULY 1808
First to arrive (and later at Rolica, first into action); APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Hon. Nightingall’s 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 20 July 1808 Cadiz Gibraltar 785 George Augustus Brigade Frederick Lake
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Charles D. 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tps) 6 August 1808 Figueira Portsmouth 333 Independent Taylor 1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Lt Col John 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 1006 Hill’s Brigade Foot McKenzie Lt Col John 1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 923 Hill’s Brigade Stewart Ferguson’s 1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 740 Col Robert Burne Brigade Lt Col Hon. 1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 987 Charles James Hill’s Brigade Foot Greville 1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Lt Col James Ferguson’s 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 916 Foot Kemmis Brigade
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AUGUST 1808 1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment C. Craufurd’s 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 594 Col William Guard of Foot Brigade 5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Maj William 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 946 Fane’s Brigade Foot Gabriel Davy 1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Ferguson’s 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 875 Lt Col Denis Pack Foot Brigade 1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Maj William C. Craufurd’s 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 937 Highlanders) Douglas Brigade Maj Robert 2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 6 August 1808 Figueira Cork 399 Fane’s Brigade Travers Geary’s Company/5th Battalion Royal 6 August 1808 Figueira Portsmouth 106 Capt Henry Geary Fane/Ferguson Artillery Raynsford’s Company/8th Battalion Capt Richard T 6 August 1808 Figueira Plymouth 102 Hill/Nightingall Royal Artillery Raynsford Lt Commissary Royal Artillery Drivers 6 August 1808 Figueira Plymouth 165 Bateman RA Abercrombie 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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Major Thomas 8 August 1808 Lisbon Cadiz 960 Bowes’ Brigade Foot Carnie Lt Col. Samuel 1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 874 Bowes’ Brigade Hinde Maj Charles C. Craufurd’s 1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 961 Napier Brigade
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AUGUST 1808 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Maj Henry Samuel Nightingall’s 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 932 Wales's Volunteers) Eyre Brigade Lawson’s Company/8th Battalion Royal Capt William 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 53 Craufurd/Bowes Artillery (half company) Morrison
Royal Artillery Drivers 8 August 1808 Figueira Gibraltar 16 ? Craufurd/Bowes
Lt Col William Royal Staff Corps (1 co.) 8 August 1808 Figuera Gibraltar 48 HQ Nicolay
A reinforcement sailed from Harwich and The Downs on 22 July aboard 33 transports; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col William 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 793 Acland’s Brigade Iremonger Maj David Anstruther’s 2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 670 Campbell Brigade Lt Col Alexander 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 585 Acland’s Brigade Campbell 2/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Anstruther’s 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 751 Maj Edward Hull Foot Brigade 2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Anstruther’s 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 548 Lt Col John Ross Foot Brigade Lt Col Sidney 1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.) 20 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 200 Acland’s Brigade Beckwith Anstruther’s 97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot 20 August 1808 Peniche Ramsgate 686 Lt Col James Lyon Brigade
Sir John Moore’s Force, previously in the Baltic, sailed from Portsmouth on 31 July aboard 192 transports, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Burrard;
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AUGUST 1808 APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col James 1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 25 August 1808 Peniche Cork 967 Fraser’s Division Wynch 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Maj John 25 August 1808 Peniche Portsmouth 1041 Fraser’s Division Regiment of Foot Frederick Brown 1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Lt Col. Robert 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 961 Paget’s Brigade Foot Barclay 1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Lt Col Philips 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 996 Fraser’s Dvision Regiment of Foot Cameron 1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot Lt Col Alexander 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 980 Fraser’s Division (Gordon Highlanders) Napier
1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.) 25 August 1808 Peniche Harwich 300 ? Paget’s Brigade
3rd KGL Regiment of Light Dragoons (8 Maj Ernst von 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 562 Hussar Brigade tps) Burwedel
1st KGL Light Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 908 Col Baron Alten Paget’s Brigade
Lt Col Colin 2nd KGL Light Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 888 Paget’s Brigade Halkett Lt Col Christian Murray’s 1st KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 734 Baron Ompteda Division Murray’s 2nd KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 759 Lt Col von Bulow Division Col George von Murray’s 5th KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 751 Drieberg Division Col Baron Murray’s 7th KGL Line Battalion 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 697 Drechiel Division
KGL Garrison Company 25 August 1808 Peniche Spithead 48 ? Lisbon Garrison
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AUGUST 1808 Willmott’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Edward 25 August 1808 Peniche Ashford ~100 HQ Royal Artillery Wilmott
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Lt Col Hon. Dragoons (Regiment of Light Dragoons 1 September 1808 Lisbon Northfleet 672 Hussar Brigade Charles Stewart (Hussars)) (8 tp.) Lt Col Richard Ciudad Rodrigo 1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot 1 September 1808 Lisbon Madeira 929 Blunt Garrison 1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Lt Col James Bentinck’s 1 September 1808 Lisbon Gibraltar 943 Foot (The Black Watch) Stirling Brigade Drummond’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Percy 6 September 1808 Peniche Woolwich ~100 HQ Royal Artillery Drummond Skyring’s Company/4th Battalion Royal Capt George 1 September 1808 Fort Cascaes Gibraltar 110 Advanced depot Artillery Skyring Crawford’s Company/6th Battalion Mondego Bay Capt George 6 September 1808 Portsmouth ~100 HQ Royal Artillery and Lisbon Crawford Thornhill’s Company/7th Battalion Capt Robert 1 September 1808 Fort St Julian Madeira ~100 Artillery Park Royal Artillery Thornhill Bredin’s Company/8th Battalion Royal Capt Andrew 2 September 1808 Fort Cascaes Gibraltar ~100 HQ Artillery Bredin Page 6 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
SEPTEMBER 1808
KGL artillery arrived with Moore; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Capt Georg 1st Company/King’s German Artillery 8 September 1808 Peniche Portsmouth ~140 Lisbon garrison Gesenius 2nd Capt Karl 2nd Company/King’s German Artillery 8 September 1808 Peniche Portsmouth ~140 HQ Rettberg
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 7th (Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Lt Col Richard Regiment of Dragoons (Regiment of 4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 676 Hussar Brigade Hussey Vivian Light Dragoons (Hussars)) 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment Lt Col George of (Light) Regiment of Dragoons 4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 677 Hussar Brigade Augustus Quentin (Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars)) 15th (King's) Regiment of (Light) Lt Col Colquhoun Regiment of Dragoons (Regiment of 4 November 1808 Corunna Portsmouth 675 Hussar Brigade Grant Light Dragoons (Hussars)) Captain & Lt Col 1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 1360 Warde’s Brigade Hon. Philip Cocks
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1808 Captain & Lt Col 2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 1110 Warde’s Brigade William Wheatley Manningham’s 3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 871 Col Andrew Hay Brigade 2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Lt Col Jasper R. Craufurd’s 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 621 Foot Nicholls Brigade 2/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Lt Col William R. Craufurd’s 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 578 Fusiliers) Edgell Wyatt Brigade Lt Col William Manningham’s 1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 867 Maxwell Brigade 1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Lt Col George St R. Craufurd’s 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 701 Foot John Gifford Brigade 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Lt Col Ralph Mackenzie’s 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 635 Regiment of Foot Darling Brigade 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment Lt Col Charles Mackenzie’s 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 636 of Foot Fane Brigade 2/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Lt Col Edward Corunna 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 272 Foot Codd Garrison Lt Col Michael Mackenzie’s 76th Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 780 Symes Brigade Mackenzie’s 2/81st Regiment of Foot 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 719 Maj Henry Milling Brigade Maj Norman Mackenzie’s 1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 367 McLeod Brigade Lt Col Hamlet Mackenzie’s 2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 4 November 1808 Corunna Falmouth 405 Wade Brigade Capt Thomas B Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Woolwich 90 HQ Downman Capt Henry C Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 9 November 1808 Corunna Northfleet 90 HQ Eveleigh
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1808 Beane’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal Capt George 9 November 1808 Corunna Ramsgate ~140 HQ Artillery Beane Truscott’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Robert 9 November 1808 Corunna Ramsgate ~140 HQ Royal Artillery Truscott Holcombe’s Company/6th Battalion Capt Harcourt 9 November 1808 Corunna Cork ~140 Corunna garrison Royal Artillery Ford Holcombe Wall’s Company/7th Battalion Royal 5 November 1808 Corunna Cork ~140 Capt Adam Wall HQ Artillery Ramsgate & Royal Waggon Train (6 tp.) 28 October 1808 Corunna 379 Lt Basil Jackson HQ Northfleet
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col John 3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 2 November 1808 Lisbon Falmouth 813 Lisbon Garrison MacLean 2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Lt Col William 2 November 1808 Lisbon Falmouth 877 Lisbon Garrison Foot Howe Campbell
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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. C.O. FINAL CAMPAIGN NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT (w) = wounded DESTINATION LOSSES POSTING at Corunna 74 (includes 56 7th (Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) 17-18 January Lt Col Richard Corunna Guildford drowned on Ireland Dragoons (Hussars) 1809 Hussey Vivian voyage home) Lt Col George 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment 17-18 January Peninsula – Corunna Brighton 24 Augustus of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) 1809 February 1813 Quentin 15th (King's) Regiment of (Light) 17-18 January Lt Col Peninsula – Corunna Romford 24 Dragoons (Hussars) 1809 Colquhoun Grant February 1813 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Light 17-18 January Lt Col Hon. Peninsula – Corunna Canterbury 77 Dragoons (Hussars) (8 tp.) 1809 Charles Stewart February 1813 3rd KGL Regiment of Light Dragoons (6 17-18 January Maj Ernst von Corunna Bexhill 56 Germany - 1813 tp.) 1809 Burwedel Captain & Lt Col 17-18 January 1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards Corunna Chatham 74 Hon. Philip Walcheren 1809 Cocks Captain & Lt Col 17-18 January 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards Corunna Chatham 66 William Home Duty 1809 Wheatley 17-18 January 3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot Corunna Chelmsford 190 Col Andrew Hay Walcheren 1809 17-18 January Lt Col William 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot Corunna Ipswich 287 Walcheren 1809 Iremonger Lt Col James 17-18 January 1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot Corunna Colchester 211 Wynch (w), Maj Walcheren 1809 Francis Brooke
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JANUARY 1809 1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of 17-18 January Maj Thomas Corunna Steyning 271 Walcheren Foot 1809 Emes 1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of 17-18 January Maj Thomas Corunna Ospringe 443 Walcheren Foot 1809 Carnie 17-18 January Lt Col John 1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot Corunna Canterbury 344 Walcheren 1809 Stewart 2/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col Jasper Corunna Buckingham 108 Walcheren Foot 1809 Nicholls 17-18 January Lt Col Alexander 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot Corunna Ipswich 113 Walcheren 1809 Campbell 2/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh 17-18 January Lt Col William Corunna Horsham 152 Walcheren Fusiliers) 1809 Edgell Wyatt Lt Col William 17-18 January Maxwell (w), 1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot Corunna Horsham 187 Walcheren 1809 Maj Fountain Hogg 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment 17-18 January Maj John Corunna Colchester 396 Walcheren of Foot 1809 Frederick Brown 17-18 January Lt Col. Samuel 1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot Corunna Horsham 228 Walcheren 1809 Hinde 17-18 January 1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot Corunna Pleydon 180 Col Robert Burne Walcheren 1809 Lt Col Hon. 1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of 17-18 January Corunna Canterbury 191 Charles James Walcheren Foot 1809 Greville 1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col James Corunna Shorncliffe 160 Walcheren Foot (The Black Watch) 1809 Stirling 2/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col Edward Peninsula – May Corunna Colchester 322 Foot 1809 Hull 1809 17-18 January Maj Charles 1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot Corunna Eastbourne 305 Walcheren 1809 Napier
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JANUARY 1809 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) 17-18 January Lt Col Ralph Corunna Isle of Wight 139 Walcheren Regiment of Foot 1809 Darling 1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col. Robert Peninsula – May Corunna Deal 139 Foot 1809 Barclay 1809 Lt Col Charles 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment 17-18 January Fane (w), Maj Corunna Weeley 107 Walcheren of Foot 1809 George MacGregor 2/60th (Royal American) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col Edward Corunna Guernsey 22 Walcheren Foot 1809 Codd 1/71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col Denis Corunna Ashford 229 Walcheren Foot 1809 Pack Lt Col Michael 17-18 January Symes (died in 76th Regiment of Foot Corunna Colchester 112 Walcheren 1809 transit), Maj John Covell 1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment 17-18 January Lt Col Philips Corunna Weeley 189 Walcheren of Foot 1809 Cameron Maj William 17-18 January Williams (w), 2/81st Regiment of Foot Corunna Lewes 164 Walcheren 1809 Captain Nicholas Brown 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of 17-18 January Col Sir George Corunna Lewes 258 Walcheren Wales's Volunteers) 1809 Smith 1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire 17-18 January Maj William Corunna Ashford 344 Walcheren Highlanders) 1809 Douglas 1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 17-18 January Lt Col Alexander Corunna Weeley 192 Walcheren (Gordon Highlanders) 1809 Napier 17-18 January Lt Col Sidney Peninsula – May 1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot Corunna Hythe 99 1809 Beckwith 1809 1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of 17-18 January Lt Col George St Vigo Colchester 66 Walcheren Foot 1809 John Gifford
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JANUARY 1809 2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of 17-18 January Vigo Deal 172 Lt Col John Ross Walcheren Foot 1809 17-18 January Lt Col Hamlet 2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot Vigo Hythe 78 Walcheren 1809 Wade 163 (includes 22 17-18 January 1st KGL Light Battalion Vigo Bexhill drowned on Col Baron Alten Walcheren 1809 voyage home) 262 (includes 187 17-18 January Lt Col Colin 2nd KGL Light Battalion Vigo Bexhill drowned on Walcheren 1809 Halkett voyage home) 17-18 January Capt Thomas B Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery Corunna Woolwich ? Home Duty 1809 Downman 17-18 January Capt Henry C Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery Corunna Woolwich ? Home Duty 1809 Eveleigh Beane’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal 17-18 January Capt George Peninsula – Corunna Canterbury ? Artillery 1809 Beane March 1813 Drummond’s Company/3rd Battalion 17-18 January Capt Percy Corunna Woolwich ? Walcheren Royal Artillery 1809 Drummond Truscott’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal 17-18 January Capt Robert Corunna Canterbury ? Germany - 1813 Artillery 1809 Truscott Wilmott’s Company/3rd Battalion Royal 17-18 January Capt Edward Corunna Woolwich ? Home Duty Artillery 1809 Wilmott Skyring’s Company/4th Battalion Royal 17-18 January Capt George Peninsula – Corunna Canterbury ? Artillery 1809 Skyring October 1812 Capt Robert Carthew’s Company/5th Battalion Royal 17-18 January Corunna Chatham ? Carthew (died at Sicily - 1811 Artillery 1809 sea) Crawford’s Company/6th Battalion 17-18 January Capt George Nova Scotia - Corunna Canterbury ? Royal Artillery 1809 Crawford 1811 Holcombe’s Company/6th Battalion 17-18 January Capt Harcourt Peninsula – April Corunna Chatham ? Royal Artillery 1809 Ford Holcombe 1811
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JANUARY 1809 Thornhill’s Company/7th Battalion 17-18 January Capt Robert Corunna Chatham ? Ireland Royal Artillery 1809 Thornhill Wall’s Company/7th Battalion Royal 17-18 January Corunna Chatham 32 Capt Adam Wall Ireland Artillery 1809 Raynsford’s Company/8th Battalion 17-18 January Capt Richard Peninsula – April Corunna Chatham ? Royal Artillery 1809 Raynsford 1811 Capt George Royal Waggon Train (6 tp.) 15 January 1809 Corunna ? 27 Various Lennon Lt Col William Royal Staff Corps (3 co.) 17 January 1809 Corunna ? 38 Various Nicolay
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. APPROX UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot (1 Intended for 1 February 1809 Lisbon 59 ? Cadiz Garrison co.) Cadiz Intended for Maj David 2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon 631 Cadiz Garrison Cadiz Campbell Intended for Lt Col John 3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon 792 Cadiz Garrison Cadiz MacLean Intended for Lt Col Daniel 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1 February 1809 Lisbon 624 Cadiz Garrison Cadiz White
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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 UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Intended for Lt Col William 1 February 1809 Lisbon 730 Cadiz Garrison Foot Cadiz Howe Campbell 1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Intended for Lt Col James 1 February 1809 Elvas 800 Cadiz Garrison Foot Cadiz Kemmis Bredin’s Company/8th Battalion Royal Intended for Capt Andrew 1 February 1809 Lisbon 108 Cadiz Garrison Artillery Cadiz Bredin Intended for Capt Lewis 4th Company/King’s German Artillery 1 February 1809 Lisbon ~100 Cadiz Garrison Cadiz Heise
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Capt & Lt Col H. Campbell’s 1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 978 Richard Hulse Brigade Capt & Lt Col H. Campbell’s 1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 1200 Thomas William Brigade Fermor 2/87th (Prince of Wales Own Irish) 13 March 1809 Lisbon Ramsgate 701 Maj Hugh Gough Sontag’s Brigade Regiment of Foot
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MARCH 1809 1/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught 13 March 1809 Lisbon Cork 722 Maj Vandeleur Sontag’s Brigade Rangers) Reserve May’s Company/1st Battalion Royal 14 March 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 127 Capt John May (ammunition Artillery duties) Glubb’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Capt Frederick Garrison of Fort 4 March 1809 Lisbon Plymouth ~130 Artillery Glubb Sao Juliao Sillery’s Company/7th Battalion Royal Capt Charles 8 March 1809 Lisbon Plymouth ~130 HQ Artillery Doyne Sillery
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 UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col William A. Campbell’s 2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 573 James Myers, Bt. Brigade 2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Lt Col William 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 630 Lisbon Garrison Foot Minet Lt Col George 2/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of 8 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 715 Henry Hill’s Brigade Foot Duckworth Lt Col George A. Campbell’s 2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 694 Ridout Bingham Brigade Maj James 2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 662 Hill’s Brigade Patrick Murray Lt Col Alexander Cameron’s 2/83rd Regiment of Foot 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 856 Gordon Brigade Page 16 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
APRIL 1809 Capt Royal Artillery Drivers 6 April 1809 Lisbon Cork 150 Commissary HQ Henry Lane
Two units which sailed at the beginning of April, not required for Walcheren; 16th (The Queen’s) Regiment of Light Col George 13 April 1809 Lisbon Falmouth 671 Cotton’s Brigade Dragoons (8 tp.) Anson Lt Col George Mackenzie’ s 2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of 24 April 1809 Lisbon Jersey 729 Duncan Brigade (15 Foot Drummond June)
Sailed from Portsmouth on 17 April, the first British heavy cavalry units to arrive in the Peninsula; 3rd (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of Lt Col Granby 27 April 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 655 Fane/Cav Dragoon Guards (8 tp.) Thomas Calcraft Lt Col Robert 4th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of 27 April 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 672 Edward Henry Fane/Cav Dragoons (8 tp.) Somerset
MAY 1809
Some support corps arrived in May, together with a regiment destined to become famous for its outpost duties; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Maj Thomas Royal Waggon Train (1 tp.) 31 May 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 80 HQ Aird Maj Henry Royal Staff Corps (2 co.) 8 May 1809 Figuera Portsmouth 76 HQ Sturgeon 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons King’s Lt Col Friedrich May 1809 Lisbon Ipswich 570 Anson/Cav German Legion von Arentschildt Page 17 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
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 NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Capt Edward 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) June 1809 Lisbon Sicily 282 Sicily Mortimer? 3rd Light Dragoons King’s German June 1809 Lisbon Woodbridge 123 ? Germany 1813 Legion (2 tp.)
The following unit left for Gibraltar in June to release some first battalions for service; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED EFFECT PORT TO C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Maj David 2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 18 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 564 Gibraltar Campbell
And two first battalions duly arrived from Gibraltar in return; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Lt Col Charles 22 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 885 Stewart/2D Foot Donellan (14 July) Col John 1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment 22 June 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 883 Stratford Cameron/1D of Foot Saunders (14 July)
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JULY 1809
More second battalions, the only useful reserve left in Britain, sailed from Cork on 2 June; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Lt Col Hon. 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 600 Lightburne/4D Foot Henry King Lt Col Hon. 2/28th (North Gloucestershire) 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 643 Alexander C Craufurd/2D Regiment of Foot Abercrombie 2/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Lt Col Robert, 4 July 1809 Lisbon Cork 650 Cameron/1D Foot (The Black Watch) Lord Blantyre Maj Brook 2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Jersey 535 Lightburne/4D Henry Young
Followed by more battalions found in various garrisons; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col John 2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 4 July 1809 Lisbon Jersey 996 C. Craufurd/2D Maister Lt Col George 2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 2 July 1809 Lisbon Guernsey 664 C. Craufurd/2D Wilson 1/57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Lt Col William 17 July 1809 Lisbon Gibraltar 721 Stewart/2D Foot Inglis
Sailing from The Downs at the end of May, as a prelude to its famous long march to Talavera, the Light Bobs; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Lt Col George St 5 July 1809 Villada Harwich 991 Light Brigade Foot John Gifford Page 19 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
JULY 1809 1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Lt Col Robert 5 July 1809 Villada Dover 1001 Light Brigade Foot Barclay Lt Col Thomas 1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1809 Villada Harwich 1023 Light Brigade Sidney Beckwith Capt Hew A Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery late July 1809 Villada Ramsgate 149 Light Brigade Dalrymple Ross
AUGUST 1809
Another reinforcement was found, withdrawn from the Madeira garrison, and sailed from Funchal in July; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Maj Frederick 3 August 1809 Lisbon Madeira 930 Campbell/4D Foot Newman
Followed by more artillery, a company destined to put in years of hard service; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH I Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 21 August 1809 Lisbon Cork 120 Capt Robert Bull
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OCTOBER 1809
Sailed from Cork on 2 September, the first British heavy cavalry regiment for service in the Peninsula; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Col Hon. George 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons (8 tp.) 13 October 1809 Lisbon Cork 630 Cotton/Cav de Grey
DECEMBER 1809
Under strength and with insufficient horses after losses at Talavera, the 23rd Light Dragoons were headed home; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col Lord 23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) December 1809 Lisbon Portsmouth 379 Home Portarlington
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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
Lt Col Robert Le 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 10 February 1810 Lisbon Cork 632 Mackinnon/3D Poer Trench
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) Maj Hugh 12 February 1810 Cadiz Lisbon 667 Cadiz Garrison Regiment of Foot Gough 1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Lt Col Philips 12 February 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth/Lisbon 925 Cadiz Garrison Regiment of Foot Cameron
Additional reinforcements for Cadiz came from various garrisons; 2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Lt Col John 23 February 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 634 Cadiz Garrison Rangers) Taylor Lt Col James 94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot 11 February 1810 Cadiz Jersey 662 Cadiz Garrison Campbell Cadiz Garrison P. Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion 2nd Capt Arthur (rest of company 13 February 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 61 Royal Artillery (half co.) Hunt arrived in October) Owen’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Portsmouth (via Capt Humphrey 13 February 1810 Cadiz ~100 Cadiz Garrison Artillery Lisbon) Owen
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MARCH 1810
More reinforcements for Cadiz, sailed from Portsmouth between 5 and 15 March; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Capt & Lt Col Edward Amherst 2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 588 Cadiz Garrison Saunders Sebright Capt & Lt Col 2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 249 Richard Downes Cadiz Garrison (2 co.) Jackson Capt & Lt Col 2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 322 Thomas Cranley Cadiz Garrison Onslow Maj Amos 2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (2 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Dover 167 Cadiz Garrison Godsill Norcott Lt Col Andrew 3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (3 co.) 31 March 1810 Cadiz Dover 291 Cadiz Garrison Francis Barnard Maj Robert Royal Staff Corps (2 co.) 30 March 1810 Cadiz Portsmouth 50 Lawrence Cadiz Garrison Dundas
Sailed from Woolwich in early January and acclimatised at Lisbon for a month before sailing on to Cadiz; Hughes’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt Philip J 6 March 1810 Cadiz Battle ~100 Cadiz Garrison Artillery Hughes
Leaving Brixham, Devon on 13 March, a regiment that had originally formed part of Moore’s force; Lt Col John 1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 27 March 1810 Lisbon Brixham 817 Leith’s Brigade Cameron
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APRIL 1810
Sailed from Yarmouth Roads on 14 March to reinforce the field army in Portugal in time for Busaco; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Michael 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons (8 tp.) 2 April 1810 Lisbon Portsmouth 618 Head Lt Col James 3/1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 2 April 1810 Lisbon Gravesend 761 Stevenson Leith’s Brigade Barnes 2/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Lt Col John 2 April 1810 Lisbon Guernsey 539 Leith’s Brigade Foot Nugent
Another second battalion was found on garrison duty to bolster the Cadiz garrison, as well as some artillery companies; Lt Col Charles 2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 4 April 1810 Cadiz Alderney 559 Cadiz Garrison Bulkeley Egerton Dickson’s Company/10th Battalion 2nd Capt Robert 1 April 1810 Cadiz Chatham ~100 Cadiz Garrison Royal Artillery H Birch Shenley’s Company/10th Battalion Capt William 1 April 1810 Cadiz Chatham ~100 Cadiz Garrison Royal Artillery Shenley Roberts’s Company/10th Battalion Capt William 1 April 1810 Cadiz Chatham ~100 Cadiz Garrison Royal Artillery Roberts
A small force was sent to Tarifa (between Cadiz and Gibraltar) to pose a threat to the rear of the French forces besieging Cadiz; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col John Flank companies of 2/9th, 1/28th, 2/30th April 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar ~250 Frederick Tarifa Garrison and 2/47th Regiments of Foot Browne
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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. 107 (part of Capt George Used to reinforce D Troop/ Royal Horse Artillery 20 May 1810 Lisbon Canterbury company lost at Lefebvre A and I Troops sea off Ireland)
Upon perceiving a French threat to Tarifa, an additional four companies of infantry and some artillery were sent from Gibraltar; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (4 May 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar ~320 ? Tarifa Garrison co.) Lt Edward Detachment Royal Artillery May 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar 67 Tarifa Garrison Michell
JUNE 1810
Whilst the Gibraltar garrison reduced due to the threat at Tarifa, a spare battalion was nonetheless sent from there to Cadiz; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Lt Col William 2 June 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 648 Cadiz Garrison Foot (8 co.) Minet Maj Augustus 2nd Light Dragoons King German Friedrich, Baron 1 June 1810 Cadiz Bexhill 230 Cadiz Garrison Legion (4 tp.) von dem Bussche
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JULY 1810
Changing their base of operations after some years in North America, a famous regiment and commander; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Col Hon. Edward Pakenham/1D 1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) end July 1810 Lisbon Halifax, N.S. 907 Michael (12 September) Pakenham
AUGUST 1810
… followed a month later by an equally famous Highland regiment, transferring from Cadiz; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Lt Col Philips Cameron/1D 29 August 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 1003 Regiment of Foot Cameron (12 September)
SEPTEMBER 1810
More veteran regiments arrived in September; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col* John 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Frederick September 1810 Tarifa Gibraltar 590 Tarifa Garrison Regiment of Foot (8 co.) Browne
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SEPTEMBER 1810 Col George 24 September 1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot Lisbon Lewes 738 Townsend Erskine/1D 1810 Walker Lt Col* 1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot (6 24 September Lisbon Deal 606 Nathaniel Levett Erskine/1D co.) 1810 Peacocke Lt Col Georg 17 September Pakenham/4D Brunswick-Oels Jagers (12 co.) Lisbon Isle of Wight 833 Ludewig de 1810 (12 November) Korfus
The security of the field army in Portugal being considered a greater priority than Cadiz, two more regiments were withdrawn and set to Lisbon; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Lt Col John 4 September 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 667 Lisbon Garrison Rangers) Taylor 20 September Lt Col James 94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot Lisbon Cadiz 677 Colville/3D 1810 Campbell
OCTOBER 1810
More units arrived just in time to man the Lines of Torre Vedras; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot Lt Col John 6 October 1810 Lisbon Ramsgate 821 Erskine/1D (Gordon Highlanders) Cameron Hawker’s Company/4th Battalion Royal Capt James 23 October 1810 Lisbon Exeter ~150 2D Artillery Hawker
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OCTOBER 1810 Meadows’s Company/8th Battalion Capt Phillip 23 October 1810 Lisbon Plymouth ~150 Reserve Royal Artillery Meadows
Whilst the Cadiz garrison received more men from other nearby garrisons; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 2 October 1810 Cadiz Tarifa 810 Humphrey Cadiz Garrison Dalrymple Bland Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion 22 October 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 37 ? Cadiz Garrison Royal Artillery (half company)
The disastrous raid on Fuengirola commanded by Andrew, Lord Blaney (which did not establish a foothold) was undertaken by troops from Gibraltar; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col William 1/82nd Regiment of Foot 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 932 - Grant
2/89th Regiment of Foot (4 co.) 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 353 Maj John Grant -
2nd Capt James Detachment Royal Artillery 15 October 1810 Fuengirola Gibraltar 33 - Lloyd
Relieved by the 47th, the 30th sailed away to join the main field army; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Lt Col William 4 October 1810 Lisbon Cadiz 723 Dunlop/5D Foot Minet
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NOVEMBER 1810
More ‘good’ regiments arrived, including a unit of French émigrés with a good combat record to date; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col James 1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 4 November 1810 Lisbon Harwich 808 Dunlop/5D Wynch Lt Col Hon. 1/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh November 1810 Lisbon Halifax, N.S. 789 Henry Walton Pakenham/4D Fusiliers) Ellis 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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Lt Col William 9 December 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 457 Cadiz Garrison Foot (6 co.) Augustus Prevost Lt Col* Mark Chasseurs Britanniques (3 co.) December 1810 Cadiz Jersey 515 Cadiz Garrison Joseph Dufaure
Foreign Recruits December 1810 Cadiz Gibraltar 297 ? Cadiz Garrison
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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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col* Mark Chasseurs Britanniques 26 January 1811 Lisbon Cadiz 1592 Long/7D Joseph Dufaure
FEBRUARY 1811
Several detachments from Gibraltar sailed to Algesiras to ultimately join Graham’s force at Barrosa; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot Captain Henry 23 February 1811 ~175 (2 co.) Algesiras Gibraltar Godwin Graham’s Force Captain Henry 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of 23 February 1811 Algesiras Gibraltar ~180 Adolphus Graham’s Force Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.) Proctor
Units arrived which allowed the formation of the 7th Division (effective as of 5 March 1811); APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col John 1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) 29 February 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 613 Montague Long/7D Regiment of Foot Mainwaring
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MARCH 1811
More units arriving in March allowed the increase in size of the 6th and 7th Divisions; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Robert 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 2 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 686 Burne/6D Lord Manners Lt Col Hon. 1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 2 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 601 Burne/6D Basil Cochrane 2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Lt Col Hon. 5 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 562 Wynch/LD Foot Hugh Arbuthnot 85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Col Henry 5 March 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 486 Long/7D Foot (5 co.) Cuyler Lt Col Ernst 1st Light Battalion King’s German 21 March 1811 Lisbon Isle of Wight 588 Ludewig Franz Alten/7D Legion Leonhart 2nd Light Battalion King’s German Lt Col Colin 21 March 1811 Lisbon Isle of Wight 510 Alten/7D Legion Halkett
Having served Graham well at Barrosa, the 28th returned to their previous cantonments at Gibraltar; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment Lt Col Charles 13 March 1811 Cadiz Gibraltar 571 Gibraltar of Foot (8 co.) Philip Belson
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APRIL 1811
Various units sailed to bolster all arms of the Peninsula Army; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Col George 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 27 April 1811 Cadiz Portsmouth 821 Cadiz Garrison Cooke 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons King’s Capt Friedrich April 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 192 Long/2 Cav German Legion (3 tp.) Wiering Holcombe’s Company/6th Battalion Capt Harcourt 22 April 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth ~110 Reserve Royal Artillery Ford Holcombe Raynsford’s Company/8th Battalion Capt Richard T 22 April 1811 Lisbon Plymouth ~110 Lisbon Garrison Royal Artillery Raynsford
MAY 1811
The Guards detachments sailed home from Cadiz following the victory at Barrosa; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Captain & Lt Col Edward Amherst 2/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (6 co.) 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 387 Home Saunders Sebright Captain & Lt Col 2/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 243 Richard Downes Home (2 co.) Jackson Captain & Lt Col 2/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards (3 co.) 4 May 1811 Cadiz Gravesend 315 Thomas Cranley Home Onslow
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MAY 1811
Whereas another detachment went to the Tarifa garrison; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot Captain Henry May 1811 Cadiz Tarifa ~100 Gibraltar (2 co.) Godwin
JUNE 1811
Two more light cavalry units arrived in Late June; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Henry 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons (6 tp.) early June 1811 Lisbon Weymouth 560 Long/2 Cav John Cumming Maj Overington 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons (6 tp.) 25 June 1811 Lisbon Gravesend 478 Anson/1 Div Blunden
A fresh detachment of Guards arrived at Cadiz to replace who had sailed home in May; Col John 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards (4 co.) 23 June 1811 Cadiz Spithead 482 Cadiz Garrison Lambert
Colonel Skerret and a small force made an abortive attempt to relieve the beleaguered Spanish garrison at Tarragona; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (8 Maj Richard 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz ~600 - co.) Broad
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JUNE 1811 3/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz 34 Lt Kirkman - (detachment) Light companies from Gibraltar 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz ~400 Maj James King - garrison 2nd Capt Arthur Detachment Royal Artillery 26 June 1811 Tarragona Cadiz 56 - Hunt Lt Beverly Detachment Royal Artillery 26 June 1811 Tarragona Gibraltar 56 - Robinson
JULY 1811
Another light cavalry unit – one commanded by an émigré Frenchman - arrived in July; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Louis William, 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons (4 tp.) mid July 1811 Lisbon Plymouth 382 Long/2 Cav Vicomte de Chabot
Regiments which had been in Channel Island garrisons were released (by Royal Veteran and Garrison battalions) to serve in the Peninsula; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col William 1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Jersey 613 Blantyre/1D Maxwell Col Samuel 1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Guernsey 895 Burne/6D Venables Hinde Lt Col John 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 5 July 1811 Lisbon Jersey 776 Bromhead Colville/3D Page 34 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment Lt Col Charles 21 July 1811 Lisbon Gibraltar 546 Lumley/2D of Foot Philip Belson
The 68th Light Infantry arrived to bolster the relatively new 7th Division; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col William 68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot July 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 708 Long/7D Johnston
The second battalion of the 88th returned home after turning over all the fit men to the first battalion; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Captain Henry Home 10 July 1811 Lisbon Honiton 90 Rangers) George Buller (Disbanded)
Battalions ruined at Albuera went home as cadres, having given all serviceable men to their first battalions; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Maj Robert Haly 2/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) July 1811 Lisbon Maidstone ~80 Home Burton 2/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Maj William Home July 1811 Lisbon Northampton 32 Foot Brooke (Disbanded) Page 35 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
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; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Maj Karl August 7th KGL Line Battalion late July 1811 Lisbon Bexhill ~70 Mediterranean Thalman
AUGUST 1811
A powerful cavalry reinforcement which led to the creation of Le Marchant’s brigade arrived in August; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Lt Col Francis Le Marchant/ 4 August 1811 Lisbon Plymouth 480 Guards Sherlock 1 Cav Lt Col Godfrey Le Marchant/ 3rd (King’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons August 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 512 Mundy 1 Cav Capt Robert E Troop Royal Horse Artillery August 1811 Lisbon Christchurch ~150 7D Macdonald
A detachment of the 95th Rifles serving at Cadiz joined the main field army in August; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH
Lt Col Andrew 3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (5 co.) 21 August 1811 Lisbon Cadiz 414 Beckwith/LD Francis Barnard
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AUGUST 1811
Having given all its fit men to the first battalion, the second battalion of the 28th returned home; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment Lt Col* Charles Home end August 1811 Lisbon England 20 of Foot Paterson (Disbanded)
SEPTEMBER 1811
Another heavy cavalry regiment arrived which completed the formation of Le Marchant’s (soon to be famous) heavy cavalry brigade; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Hon. 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’) Le Marchant/ 4 September 1811 Lisbon Portsmouth 479 William Regiment of Dragoon Guards (6 tp.) 1 Cav Ponsonby
OCTOBER 1811
Some units were able to be spared from the Sicily garrison; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Hon. 1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 20 October 1811 Lisbon Messina 875 Robert William Lumley/2D O’Callaghan Lt Col Victor de Wattevilles Regiment (11 co.) 10 October 1811 Cadiz Messina 1261 Cadiz Garrison Fischer Page 37 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
OCTOBER 1811
Fearing another French attack on the tiny garrison at Tarifa, Colonel Skerret commanded another expeditionary force to that place; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (8 Maj Richard 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 534 Tarifa Garrison co.) Broad 2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Maj* Hugh 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 480 Tarifa Garrison Regiment of Foot (8 co.) Gough Capt John 2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (1 co.) 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 70 Tarifa Garrison Jenkins 2nd Hussars Kings German Legion (1 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 52 ? Tarifa Garrison tp.) Hughes’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt Philip J 10 October 1811 Tarifa Cadiz 40 Tarifa Garrison Artillery (half co.) Hughes
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; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH end October 97th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot Lisbon Portsmouth 436 Col James Lyon Home 1811
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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. APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2 November 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot Lisbon Portsmouth 495 Maj John Tucker Home 1811 85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of 2 November Col Henry Lisbon Portsmouth 321 Home Foot (5 co.) 1811 Cuyler
DECEMBER 1811
A further detachment was sent from Gibraltar to bolster the garrison at Tarifa; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of December 1811 Tarifa Gibraltar ~160 Maj Henry King Tarifa Garrison Wales's Volunteers) (2 co.)
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JANUARY 1812
Two regiments of heavy cavalry boosted Wellington’s mounted arm for the Salamanca campaign; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1st Regiment of Dragoons King’s Lt Col Johan von January 1812 Lisbon Cork 481 von Bock/2 Cav German Legion Bulow Lt Col Karl 2nd Regiment of Dragoons King’s January 1812 Lisbon Cork 480 Friedrich von von Bock/2 Cav German Legion Jonquieres
A garrison was established at Cartagena in early February, commanded by Major-General Andrew Ross and Colonel John Lambert; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Lt Col William Cartagena 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 526 Foot (8 co.) Augustus Prevost Garrison Lt Col Victor Cartagena de Wattevilles Regiment (5 co.) 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 500 Fischer Garrison P. Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion Capt Patrick Cartagena 26 January 1812 Cartagena Cadiz 79 Royal Artillery Campbell Garrison
With a strong first battalion in the Peninsula, the much weaker second battalion of the 39th was able to go home to recruit; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col* Patrick Home 2/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 22 January 1812 Lisbon Weymouth 212 Lindsay (Disbanded)
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FEBRUARY 1812
The same logic applied to the 52nd - the second battalion was also able to go home to recruit; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Captain John 25 February 1812 Lisbon England 68 Netherlands Foot Sheddon
Colonel Skerret’s Tarifa garrison returned to Cadiz, the threat to Tarifa having passed; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (8 Maj Richard February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 534 Cadiz Garrison co.) Broad 2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Maj* Hugh February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 480 Cadiz Garrison Regiment of Foot (8 co.) Gough Capt John 2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (1 co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 70 Cadiz Garrison Jenkins 2nd Hussars Kings German Legion (1 February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 52 ? Cadiz Garrison tp.) Hughes’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt Philip J February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 40 Cadiz Garrison Artillery (half co.) Hughes
Royal Artillery Drivers (1 co.) February 1812 Cadiz Tarifa 40 ? Cadiz Garrison
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MARCH 1812
Two fresh Royal Artillery companies arrived in March; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Stone’s Company/9th Battalion Royal 2nd Capt John M 14 March 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth ~100 Reserve Artillery Parker Douglas’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt Robert 15 March 1812 Lisbon Plymouth ~100 3D Artillery Douglas
APRIL 1812
Back for its second tour of duty, the fabled Black Watch; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Col James late April 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth 832 Blantyre/1D Foot (The Black Watch) Stirling
MAY 1812
The arrivals of the first battalion meant that the second battalion could hand over all fit men, then return home to recruit; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Lt Col Robert, Home end May 1812 Lisbon Scotland 86 Foot (The Black Watch) Lord Blantyre (Disbanded)
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MAY 1812
Another garrison at Tarifa was deemed necessary, a smaller one than previously, under the command of Major Hugh Gough; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Maj* Hugh May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 326 Tarifa Garrison Regiment of Foot (8 co.) Gough
Battalion of Foreign Recruits May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 208 ? Tarifa Garrison
P. Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion 2nd Capt Arthur May 1812 Tarifa Cadiz 40 Tarifa Garrison Royal Artillery (half co.) Hunt
JUNE 1812
Some strong battalions arrived, just in time for the Salamanca campaign; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Lt Col Charles 24 June 1812 Lisbon Cork 931 Campbell/3D Foot Pratt Lt Col Hon. 1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of June 1812 Lisbon Cork 768 Charles James Hay/5D Foot Greville 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Gibraltar & Col William June 1812 Lisbon 1105 Pakenham/4D Wales's Volunteers) Tarifa Grant
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JUNE 1812 1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Lt Col Robert Alicante 25 June 1812 Alicante Sicily 935 Foot Travers Garrison
Although strong in numbers, the 26th contained too many sickly men, a legacy of Walcheren, and so was sent to Gibraltar to recover; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Maj Edward 1/26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 2 June1812 Lisbon Gibraltar 808 Gibraltar Shearman
JULY 1812
Having served on the north coast of Africa, the 2/4th were probably well acclimatised for the campaign to come; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Maj David 2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot July 1812 Lisbon Cueta 840 Walker/5D Williamson
AUGUST 1812
More first British troops gathered on the east coast of Spain, released from the Sicily garrison for the duration; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col David 1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot August 1812 Alicante Messina 850 Alicante Garrison Walker
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AUGUST 1812
Williamson’s Company/8th Battalion Capt John S August 1812 Alicante Messina 53 Alicante Garrison Royal Artillery (half co.) Williamson
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); APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Col Peregrine 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 1075 Seville Garrison Maitland Maj Richard 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot late August 1812 Seville Cadiz 698 Seville Garrison Broad 2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Irish) Maj* Hugh 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 637 Seville Garrison Regiment of Foot Gough Capt John 2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (3 co.) 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 171 Seville Garrison Jenkins Lt Col Victor de Watteville’s Regiment (6 co.) late August 1812 Seville Cadiz 610 Seville Garrison Fischer 2nd Hussars Kings German Legion (2 9 August 1812 Seville Cadiz 129 ? Seville Garrison tp.)
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;
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SEPTEMBER 1812 APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment Lt Col* John 6 September 1812 Cadiz Portsmouth 696 Cadiz Garrison of Foot Laing Weir
OCTOBER 1812
Some strong battalions arrived in the north of Spain, with plenty of time to acclimatise before the 1813 campaign season; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Col Matthew 1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1 October 1812 Corunna Portsmouth 1394 Chitty Darby Howard/1D Griffith 1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Maj Donald 13 October 1812 Corunna Chatham 878 Stirling/6D Highlanders) McNeill Morrison’s Company/4th Battalion Capt William 24 October 1812 Lisbon Portsmouth ~100 Lisbon Garrison Royal Artillery Morrison
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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 1170 Main Field Army
Maj Richard 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 729 Main Field Army Broad
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OCTOBER 1812 2/87th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Irish) Maj* Hugh 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 798 Main Field Army Regiment of Foot Gough Capt John 2/95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (3 co.) 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 190 Main Field Army Jenkins 2nd Hussars Kings German Legion (2 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville 151 ? Main Field Army tp.) Owen’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Capt Humphrey 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville ~110 Main Field Army Artillery Owen Dickson’s Company/10th Battalion 2nd Capt Robert 25 October 1812 Portugal Seville ~110 Main Field Army Royal Artillery H Birch
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; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of end October Lt Col Hon. Home Lisbon Totnes 85 Foot 1812 Henry King (Disbanded)
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NOVEMBER 1812
Six squadrons of household cavalry arrived, together with some veteran regiments in preparation for the 1813 campaigns; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH end November Lt Col Samuel Household 1st Regiment of Life Guards (4 tp.) Lisbon Portsmouth 253 1812 Ferrior Cavalry/2 Cav end November Lt Col Robert Household 2nd Regiment of Life Guards (4 tp.) Lisbon Portsmouth 266 1812 Barton Cavalry/2 Cav 23 November Lt Col Sir Robert Household Royal Horse Guards (4 tp.) Lisbon Romford 292 1812 Chambre Hill Cavalry/2 Cav 1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of 15 November Lt Col Archibald Lisbon Cork 993 Halkett/7D Foot 1812 Campbell 15 November 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot Lisbon Cork 681 Col Robert Ross Skerrett/4D 1812 Lt Col Lemuel Alicante 1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot November 1812 Alicante Sicily 950 Warren Garrison
DECEMBER 1812
Troop numbers continued to build on the east coast of Spain in readiness for the diversionary campaign against Suchet in 1813; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col George Alicante 1/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot December 1812 Alicante Sicily ~1000 Gauntlett Garrison Lacy’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Capt Richard J Alicante 2 December 1812 Alicante Palermo ~100 Artillery Lacy Garrison
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JANUARY 1813
Another unit from Sicily to the east coast of Spain; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col* George Alicante 2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 3 January 1813 Alicante Sicily 850 James Reeves Garrison
Two second battalions left, having given all their fit men to their first battalions; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col David 2/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot January 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 112 Home Williamson 2/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Lt Col John January 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 37 Home Foot Nugent
FEBRUARY 1813
The famous Hussar Brigade returned to the Peninsula, greatly boosting the cavalry stocks for the coming campaign; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment Lt Col Charles Hussar Brigade 15 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 532 of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) Palmer /2 Cav 15th (King's) Regiment of (Light) Maj Edwin Hussar Brigade 4 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 503 Dragoons (Hussars) Griffith /2 Cav
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FEBRUARY 1813 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Lt Col Hon. Hussar Brigade 2 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 486 Dragoons (Hussars) Henry Murray /2 Cav
Three regiments involved in the creation of the Provisional Battalions sent their unfit men and staff home; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot (6 Capt John 13 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 67 Home co.) Gordon 2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot Lt Col* George 13 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 84 Netherlands (6 co.) Hardinge 2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot Maj Frederick Home 12 February 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 33 (6 co.) Ashworth (Disbanded)
MARCH 1813
Another artillery company arrived, just in time for the Vitoria campaign; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Hutchesson’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Thomas Reserve 19 March 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth ~110 Royal Artillery Hutchesson Ammunition
The very first infantry unit in the Peninsula in 1808 returned for its second tour; Lt Col Gregory 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot April 1813 Cadiz Portsmouth 713 Holman Bromley Cadiz Garrison Way
The war with the USA in Canada required reinforcements, some of which were now available at Cadiz;
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MARCH 1813 APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col Victor de Wattevilles Regiment March 1813 Cadiz Canada 1430 Canada Fischer
APRIL 1813
Another artillery company arrived at Cadiz, before being sent off to the east coast of Spain; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Campbell’s Company/3rd Battalion Alicante (via Capt Alexander To east coast of 28 April 1813 Portsmouth ~100 Royal Artillery Lisbon) Campbell Spain 25 June
With the threat at Cadiz much reduced, the 59th were released to join Wellington’s field army; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment Lt Col Charles April 1813 Lisbon Cadiz 813 Pringle/5D of Foot Fane
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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of April 1813 Tarragona Cartagena 524 Capt David Scott Murray Foot
Two regiments of dragoons, reduced by sickness, handed over their horses to other regiments and left the Peninsula for good;
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APRIL 1813 APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col Francis 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards April 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 377 Ireland Sherlock
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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Capt James F Troop Royal Horse Artillery end May 1813 Lisbon Lewes 117 Reserve Webber-Smith
The 4th Provisional Battalion was broken up, and the four remaining companies of the 44th were sent home to recruit; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot Captain John May 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 285 Netherlands (4 co.) Jessop
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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; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Maj Peter Cartagena de Roll-Dillon Regiment June 1813 Cartagena Naples 510 Boutard 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; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (6 Maj Archibald June 1813 Lisbon Liverpool 352 Home tp.) Money 2/30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Lt Col Alexander 15 June 1813 Lisbon Portsmouth 413 Jersey Foot (4 co.) Hamilton
JULY 1813
Freshly revitalised by an injection of new officers, the 85th Light Infantry arrived for its second tour; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Lt Col William 23 July 1813 San Sebastian Deal 636 Aylmer/1D Foot Thornton
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AUGUST 1813
A mixed bag of troops arrived in August, including the 7th Hussars, who had last seen service in Spain at Corunna; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 7th (Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Col Sir Richard 30 August 1813 Bilbao Portsmouth 430 Hussar Brigade Dragoons (Hussars) Hussey Vivian Lt Col Arthur Tarragona 1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 3 August 1813 Bay of Saloo Sicily 616 Brooke Garrison 2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment Lt Col Richard 16 August 1813 Pasage Cork 798 Aylmer/1D of Foot Lloyd
SEPTEMBER 1813
A regiment with a distinguished record in India arrived in September; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 15 September Lt Col John 76th Regiment of Foot Pasage Cork 575 Aylmer/1D 1813 Wardlaw
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OCTOBER 1813
Completing Aylmer’s independent brigade, the 62nd arrived in northern Spain; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Lt Col Nathaniel 2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 6 October 1813 Pasage Cork 733 Sheppard Aylmer/1D Blackwell
DECEMBER 1813
Rockets made their first appearance in the Peninsula in December; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH Detachment, 1st Rocket Troop, Royal 24 December Capt Henry Pasage Woolwich 50 Reserve Horse Artillery 1813 Bowyer Lane
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FEBRUARY 1814
The 29th sailed to Gibraltar and then to North America; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col Gregory 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot February 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 688 Holman Bromley Maine Way
MARCH 1814
The last arriving British regular infantry unit of the war landed in the Peninsula; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Lt Col Reginald March 1814 Lisbon Gibraltar 826 Aylmer/1D Foot James
The composite de Roll/Dillon regiment sailed to Gibraltar to replace the 37th; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col* Hon. de Roll/Dillon Regiment March 1814 Cartagena Gibraltar 637 Gibraltar Edward Acheson
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APRIL 1814
A week after the armistice was signed, the 67th also went to Gibraltar; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Lt Col* Hon. 24 April 1814 Tarragona Gibraltar 591 Gibraltar Foot Edward Acheson
MAY 1814
Officially the war was to end on 30 May 1814. Thus various units started to go home in May; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Williamson’s Company/8th Battalion East coast of Capt John S May 1814 Genoa ~100 Sicily Royal Artillery Spain Williamson
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; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Lt Col* Henry 1/3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 987 Canada Roberts 1/5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Lt Col Charles 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 1014 Canada Foot Pratt 1/6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Lt Col Archibald 5 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 945 Canada Foot Campbell Lt Col* Charles 1/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 792 Canada Thompson Page 57 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
MAY 1814 Lt Col John 3/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 835 Canada Maritime Maclean Lt Col David 1/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 708 Canada Walker 1/82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Lt Col* Charles 5 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec 590 Canada Wales's Volunteers) Edward Conyers Maxwell’s Company/4th Battalion Royal Capt Stewart 31 May 1814 Pauillac Quebec ~100 Canada Artillery Maxwell Carmichael’s Company/8th Battalion Capt Lewis 31 May 1814 Pauillac Chesapeake ~100 Louisiana Royal Artillery Carmichael Michell’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt John 31 May 1814 Pauillac Chesapeake ~100 Louisiana Artillery Michell
JUNE 1814
The last arriving British unit of the war landed in the Peninsula, and left again the following month; APPROX UNIT DISEMBARKED PORT FROM EFFECT C.O. ASSIGNED TO STRENGTH 4th Royal Veteran Battalion June 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 152 ? Cadiz Garrison (detachment)
More units bound for North America continued sailing in June; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Azores / Lt Col* Alured 1/4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 2 June 1814 Pasage 829 Chesapeake Bermuda Dodshaw Faunce
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JUNE 1814 Lt Col John 1/9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 947 Canada Cameron 1/37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Lt Col Reginald 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 825 Canada Foot James Lt Col* Charles 1/39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 8 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 883 Canada Bruce Azores / Col Arthur 1/44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 2 June 1814 Paulliac 916 Chesapeake Bermuda Brooke Captain Joseph 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 16 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 753 Canada Marke Lt Col* 76th Regiment of Foot 4 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 626 Canada Alexander Fraser Col Patrick 1/81st Regiment of Foot 16 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 1041 Canada McKenzie 85th (Bucks Volunteers LI) Regiment of Azores / Lt Col William 2 June 1814 Pauillac 622 Chesapeake Foot Bermuda Thornton 1/88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught 15 June 1814 Pauillac Quebec 905 Col John Taylor Canada Rangers) Trelawney’s Company/5th Battalion Capt Hamelin June 1814 Pauillac Montreal ~100 Canada Royal Artillery Trelawney Turner’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt George June 1814 Pauillac Quebec ~100 Canada Artillery Turner
The veteran infantry regiments and artillery companies started to go home in June; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 1/3rd Regiment of Foot Guards end June 1814 Pasage Plymouth 974 Col John Guise Home
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JUNE 1814 Lt Col George 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 337 Augustus West Indies Henderson 1/7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 14 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 822 Maj George King Louisiana
1/10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Lt Col* John June 1814 Pauillac Cork 824 Sicily Foot Otto Beyer Maj* William 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 22 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 582 Ireland Russell 1/23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Col Henry 6 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 666 Netherlands Fusiliers) Walton Ellis 2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Col William Home June 1814 Pauillac Cork 379 Foot Kelly (Disbanded) Lt Col George 2/27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 490 Ireland James Reeves 1/28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment Col Charles 12 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 846 Netherlands of Foot Philip Belson 1/38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Col Hon. Charles June 1814 Pasage Cork 621 Ireland Foot James Greville 1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Lt Col Henry 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 829 Louisiana Foot Thornton 1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment Lt Col Leonard 24 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 576 Home of Foot Greenwell 1/48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Lt Col* James 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 687 Home Foot Wilson 1/51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding LI) Col Hugh Henry 17 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 523 Netherlands Regiment of Foot Mitchell 1/52nd (Oxfordshire LI) Regiment of Col John 17 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 865 Netherlands Foot Colborne Lt Col* John 2/53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 529 St Helena Mansel Page 60 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
JUNE 1814 Lt Col* Francis Ireland 2/58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 14 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 268 B Campbell (Disbanded) 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment Lt Col Henry June 1814 Pasage Cork 582 Netherlands of Foot Austen Lt Col Nathaniel 2/62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pasage Cork 564 Nova Scotia Blackwell Lt Col* Henry Home 2/83rd Regiment of Foot 15 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 483 William Carr (Disbanded) Lt Col* James 94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot June 1814 Pauillac Cork 487 Ireland Allan Capt Hew A Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Warley ~150 Netherlands Dalrymple Ross Capt George D Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Chatham ~150 Netherlands Bean Capt Robert E Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Woolwich ~150 Netherlands Gardiner Capt James F Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Woolwich ~150 Netherlands Webber-Smith
I Troop Royal Horse Artillery June 1814 Pauillac Warley ~150 Capt Robert Bull Netherlands
Owen’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Capt Humphrey 18 June 1814 Pauillac Plymouth 70 Guernsey Artillery Owen Dickson’s Company/10th Battalion Capt Robert M 30 June 1814 Retuerta Chatham ~100 Home Royal Artillery Cairnes
The 6th Division, which had suffered heavy casualties at Toulouse, was shipped home in entirety in late June; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 1/11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Col George 26 June 1814 Pauillac Gibraltar 635 Gibraltar Foot Cuyler Page 61 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
JUNE 1814 Lt Col* John 1/32nd (Cornwall) Regiment Foot 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 732 Netherlands Hicks Maj Martin 1/36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 505 Netherlands Leggatt 1/42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Lt Col* William 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 735 Netherlands Foot (The Black Watch) Cowell 1/61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment Lt Col William 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 581 Ireland of Foot Carr Royall 1/79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment Lt Col Neil 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 739 Netherlands of Foot Douglas 1/91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Col William 26 June 1814 Pauillac Cork 742 Netherlands Highlanders) Douglas
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. APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED EFFECT PORT TO C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 1st Life Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 408 Maj John Camac Netherlands
Maj Hon. George 2nd Life Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 408 Netherlands Murray Maj Robert Royal Horse Guards 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 452 Christopher Netherlands Packe 3rd (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of Lt Col George 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 416 Home Dragoon Guards Holmes
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JULY 1814 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’) Lt Col Serjentson 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 473 Home Regiment of Dragoon Guards Prescott Maj Charles 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 441 Netherlands Purvis Maj Thomas 3rd (King’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 459 Home Hutchins 4th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Maj James 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 431 Ireland Dragoons Hugonin 7th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Light Col Edward 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 644 Netherlands Dragoons (Hussars) Kerrison 10th (Prince of Wales’ Own) Regiment of Lt Col Charles 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 635 Netherlands Light Dragoons (Hussars) Palmer Col Hon. 12th (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of Frederick 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 500 Netherlands Light Dragoons Cavendish Ponsonby Capt* Joseph 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 418 Netherlands Doherty Lt Col Felton 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 469 Louisiana Bathurst Hervey 15th (King’s) Regiment of Light Maj Edwin 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 627 Netherlands Dragoons (Hussars) Griffith 16th (Queen’s) Regiment of Light Lt Col James 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 483 Netherlands Dragoons Hay 18th (King’s Irish) Regiment of Light Lt Col Hon. 16 July 1814 Boulogne Dover 620 Netherlands Dragoons (Hussars) Henry Murray
The fishing village of Pasage in northern Spain temporarily encamped the remainder of the 1st Division, as well as assorted artillery companies;
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JULY 1814 APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Col Henry 1/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 27 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 953 Home Askew Col Peregrine 3/1st Regiment of Foot Guards 27 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 844 Netherlands Maitland Col Alexander 1/Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 28 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth 861 Home Woodford Campbell’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Alexander 2 July 1814 Pasage Woolwich ~100 Home Royal Artillery Campbell Lacy’s Company/5th Battalion Royal Capt Richard J 22 July 1814 Pasage Chatham ~100 Home Artillery Lacy Lawson’s Company/8th Battalion Royal Capt Robert 22 July 1814 Pasage Plymouth ~100 Home Artillery Lawson
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. APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 2/31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Lt Col Alexander Home 2 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 349 Foot Leith (Disbanded) Lt Col * Henry 2/34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 17 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 612 Ireland Worsley Lt Col 1/43rd (Monmouthshire LI) Regiment of Christopher 23 July 1814 Paulliac Plymouth 1084 Louisiana Foot Charles Patrickson Lt Col Charles 1/50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 20 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 505 Ireland Hill
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JULY 1814 5/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Maj Jean-Pierre 5 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 232 Ireland Foot Galiffe Lt Col Charles 2/66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 2 July 1814 Paulliac Cork 357 St Helena Nicol Col William 68th (Durham LI) Regiment of Foot July 1814 Pauillac Cork 405 Ireland Johnson Lt Col George 1/71st (Highland LI) Regiment of Foot 15 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 853 Netherlands Thomas Napier Col Robert Le 74th Regiment of Foot 4 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 582 Ireland Poer Trench 1/92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot Lt Col John 17 July 1814 Pauillac Cork 750 Netherlands (Gordon Highlanders) Cameron Col Andrew 1/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 544 Netherlands Francis Barnard Col Hamlet 2/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 555 Netherlands Wade Lt Col* John 3/95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 474 Louisiana Ross Lt Col Ernst de Brunswick Oels Jagers 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 478 Netherlands Schrader Captain Nicolas Chasseurs Britanniques 13 July 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 448 (Disbanded) Philibert de Brem May’s Company/1st Battalion Royal 1 July 1814 Pauillac Woolwich 87 Capt Peter Faddy Home Artillery Hutchesson’s Company/3rd Battalion Capt Thomas 3 July 1814 Pauillac Woolwich 55 Netherlands Royal Artillery Hutchesson Morrison’s Company/4th Battalion Capt William Netherlands (as 1 July 1814 Pauillac Shorncliffe ~100 Royal Artillery Morrison siege artillery) Brandreth’s Company/8th Battalion Capt Thomas A 22 July 1814 Pauillac Plymouth cadre Home Royal Artillery Brandreth
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JULY 1814 Capt Karl von 1st Company King’s German Artillery July 1814 Pauillac ? ~100 Netherlands Rettberg Lt Col Charles Royal Waggon Train July 1814 Pauillac ? 947 Netherlands Tudor
AUGUST 1814
Two second battalions, almost the last to leave, sailed home to find themselves selected for disbandment; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED EFFECT PORT TO C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Maj Richard Home 2/47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 24 August 1814 Pauillac Portsmouth 392 Chetham (Disbanded) 2/84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Lt Col** Jacob Home 27 August 1814 Pasage Cork 603 Foot Tonson (Disbanded)
The last British infantry regiment in Cadiz – a garrison unit – sailed off to Gibraltar; 8/60th (Royal American) Regiment of Maj Henry 16 August 1814 Cadiz Gibraltar 552 Gibraltar Foot Fitzgerald
The last of the Cadiz garrison – four artillery companies – also departed in mid August; Campbell’s Company/2nd Battalion 2nd Capt Thomas 16 August 1814 Cadiz Portsmouth ~95 Home Royal Artillery Atchison Hughes’s Company/9th Battalion Royal Capt Philip J 16 August 1814 Cadiz Woolwich 101 Home Artillery Hughes Chester’s Company/10th Battalion Royal Capt John 17 August 1814 Cadiz Portsmouth ~95 Home Artillery Chester Roberts’s Company/10th Battalion Royal Capt William 16 August 1814 Cadiz Woolwich ~95 Home Artillery Roberts Page 66 of 69 Placed on The Napoleon Series December 2015 The Napoleon Series All Bound For Lisbon
SEPTEMBER 1814
The last British infantry regiment to leave – the Pot-Hooks - went home in early September; APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH 8 September Lt Col John 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot Pasage Cork 561 Ireland 1814 Bromhead
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. APPROX NEXT UNIT EMBARKED PORT TO EFFECT C.O. POSTING STRENGTH Holcombe’s Company/6th Battalion Capt Harcourt 9 January 1815 Lisbon Woolwich ~100 Home Royal Artillery Ford Holcombe Bredin’s Company/8th Battalion Royal Capt Andrew 9 January 1815 Lisbon Woolwich ~100 Home Artillery 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 August 1808 June/July 1814 Douro, Talavera, Albuera, Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, St. Pierre, Orthez Foot 1/40th (2nd Somersetshire) Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Albuera (1 company), Badajoz (assault), Salamanca, August 1808 June/July 1814 Regiment of Foot Vittoria, Roncesvalles, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse 1/45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Rolica, Vimiero, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Salamanca, August 1808 June/July 1814 Regiment of Foot Vittoria, Sorauren, Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse Rolica, Vimiero, Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Sabugal, Fuentes de Onoro, El Bodon, Ciudad 5/60th (Royal American) August 1808 June/July 1814 Rodrigo, Badajoz (assault), Almaraz, Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, Maya, Rolica, Sorauren, Regiment of Foot Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, St-Pierre, Orthez, Cadiz, Toulouse, Bayonne Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, 1st KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Bayonne Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, 2nd KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Bayonne Douro, Talavera, Usagre, Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, Burgos, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, 5th KGL Line Battalion August 1808 June/July 1814 Bayonne
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