Distribution of the British Army March 1900 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Guards 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 2nd (Queen's Bays) Dragoon Guards 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 1st (Royal) Dragoons 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 13th Hussars 14th (King's) Hussars 15th (King's) Hussars 16th (Queen's) Hussars 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Hussars 18th Hussars 19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars 20th Hussars 21st (Empress of 's) Lancers 1/Grenadier Guards 2/Grenadier Guards 3/Grenadier Guards 1/Coldstream Guards 2/Coldstream Guards 3/Coldstream Guards 1/Scots Guards 2/Scots Guards 3/Scots Guards 1/Royal Scots 2/Royal Scots 1/Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment 2/Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment 1/The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2/The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2/King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Egypt on passage home 1
1/Northumberland Fusiliers 2/Northumberland Fusiliers 3/Northumberland Fusiliers 4/Northumberland Fusiliers 1/Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3/Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4/Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/Royal Fusiliers 2/Royal Fusiliers 3/Royal Fusiliers 4/Royal Fusiliers 1/King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2/King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/Norfolk Regiment 2/Norfolk Regiment 1/Lincolnshire Regiment 2/Lincolnshire Regiment 1/Devonshire Regiment 2/Devonshire Regiment 1/Suffolk Regiment 2/Suffolk Regiment 1/Somersetshire Light Infantry 2/Somersetshire Light Infantry 1/West Yorkshire Regiment 2/West Yorkshire Regiment 1/East Yorkshire Regiment 2/East Yorkshire Regiment 1/Bedfordshire Regiment 2/Bedfordshire Regiment 1/Leicestershire Regiment 2/Leicestershire Regiment 1/Royal Irish Regiment 2/Royal Irish Regiment 1/Yorkshire Regiment 2/Yorkshire Regiment 1/Lancashire Fusiliers 2/Lancashire Fusiliers 3/Lancashire Fusiliers 1/Royal Scots Fusiliers 2/Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/Cheshire Regiment 2/Cheshire Regiment 1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2/Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/South Wales Borderers 2/South Wales Borderers 1/King's Own Scottish Borderers 2/King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2/Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1/Gloucestershire Regiment 2/Gloucestershire Regiment Malta Gibraltar Quetta Crete Malta Hong Kong 2
1/Worcestershire Regiment 2/Worcestershire Regiment 3/Worcestershire Regiment 4/Worcestershire Regiment 1/East Lancashire Regiment 2/East Lancashire Regiment 1/East Surrey Regiment 2/East Surrey Regiment 1/Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2/Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1/Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1/Border Regiment 2/Border Regiment 1/Royal Sussex Regiment 2/Royal Sussex Regiment 1/Hampshire Regiment 2/Hampshire Regiment 1/South Staffordshire Regiment 2/South Staffordshire Regiment 1/Dorsetshire Regiment 2/Dorsetshire Regiment 1/South Lancashire Regiment 2/South Lancashire Regiment 1/Welsh Regiment 2/Welsh Regiment 1/The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/Oxfordshire Light Infantry 2/Oxfordshire Light Infantry 1/Essex Regiment 2/Essex Regiment 1/Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) 2/Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) 1/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/Northamptonshire Regiment 2/Northamptonshire Regiment 1/Berkshire Regiment 2/Berkshire Regiment 1/Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2/Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/King's Own Light Infantry 2/King's Own Light Infantry 1/King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2/King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 1/Middlesex Regiment 2/Middlesex Regiment 1/King's Royal Rifle Corps 2/King's Royal Rifle Corps 3/King's Royal Rifle Corps 4/King's Royal Rifle Corps 1/Wiltshire Regiment 2/Wiltshire Regiment 1/Manchester Regiment Burma Burma Malta Malta Gibraltar Aden Egypt 3
2/Manchester Regiment 1/North Staffordshire Regiment 2/North Staffordshire Regiment 1/York and Lancaster Regiment 2/York and Lancaster Regiment 1/Durham Light Infantry 2/Durham Light Infantry 1/Highland Light Infantry 2/Highland Light Infantry 1/Seaforth Highlanders 2/Seaforth Highlanders 1/Gordon Highlanders 2/Gordon Highlanders 1/Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2/Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1/Royal Irish Rifles 2/Royal Irish Rifles 1/Royal Irish Fusiliers 2/Royal Irish Fusiliers 1/Connaught Rangers 2/Connaught Rangers 1/Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2/Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1/Leinster Regiment 2/Leinster Regiment 1/Royal Munster Fusiliers 2/Royal Munster Fusiliers 1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1/Rifle Brigade 2/Rifle Brigade 3/Rifle Brigade 4/Rifle Brigade Burma on passage home Egypt Gibraltar Nova Scotia Barbados Royal Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery C Battery D Battery D Battery F Battery G Battery H Battery I Battery J Battery K Battery L Battery M Battery N Battery O Battery P Battery Q Battery R Battery S Battery 4
T Battery U Battery V Battery W Battery X Battery Y Battery Z Battery AA Battery Royal Field Artillery Brigades I 13, 67 & 69 Batteries II 21,53 & 42 Batteries Natal III 18, 62 &75 Batteries IV 66, 7 & 14 Batteries V 63, 64 & 73 Batteries VI 79, 74 & 77 Batteries VII 4, 38 & 78 Batteries VIII37, 61 & 65 Batteries IX 28,13 & 20 Batteries X 76, 81 & 82 Batteries XI 83, 84 & 85 Batteries XII 86, *7 & 43 Batteries XIII 44, 2 & 8 Batteries XIV 39, 68 & 88 Batteries XV 17, 5 & 9 Batteries XVI 89, 90 & 91 Batteries XVII 92, 10 & 26 Batteries XVIII 59, 93 & 94 Batteries XIX 95, 96 & 97 Batteries XX 98, 99 & 100 Batteries XXI 101, 102 & 103 Batteries XXII 104, 105 & 106 Batteries XXIII 107, 108 & 109 Batteries XXIV 110, 111 & 112 Batteries XXV 113, 114 & 115 Batteries XXVI 116, 117 & 118 Batteries XXVII 119, 120 & 121 Batteries - 56 Battery Egypt XXXIV 70, 22 & 50 Batteries XXXV 60, 27 & 36 Batteries XXXVI 48, 15 & 71 Batteries XXXVII 31, 35 & 55 Batteries XXXVII 72, 24 & 34 Batteries XXXIX 46, 51 & 54 Batteries XL 49, 6 & 23 Batteries XLI 33, 47 & 32 Batteries XLII 29, 40 & 45 Batteries XLIII 41, 1 & 16 Batteries XLIV 3, 30 & 57 Batteries XLV 80, 52 & 11 Batteries XLVI 25, 58 & 12 Batteries 5
Militia Battalions * = Embodied 3/Royal Scots (Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia) 3/Queen's Royal West Surrey (2nd Royal Surrey Militia) 3/Buffs (East Kent Militia) 3/Royal Lancaster (1st Royal Lancashire Militia) 4/Royal Lancaster 5/Northumberland Fusiliers (Northumberland Militia) 5/Royal Warwickshire (1st Warwickshire Militia) 6/Royal Warwickshire (2nd Warwickshire Miltia) 5/Royal Fusiliers (Royal Westminster Militia) 6/Royal Fusiliers (Royal London Militia) 7/Royal Fusiliers (Royal South Middlesex Militia) 5/King's Liverpool (2nd Royal Lancashire Militia) 6/King's Liverpool 3/Norfolk (1st Norfolk Militia) 4/Norfolk (2nd Norfolk Militia) 3/Lincolnshire (Royal North Lincolnshire Militia) 4/Lincolnshire (Royal South Lincolnshire Militia) 3/Devonshire (2nd Devonshire Militia) 4/Devonshire (1st Devonshire Militia) 3/Suffolk (West Suffolk Militia) 4/Suffolk (Cambridge Militia) 3/Somerset Light Infantry (1st Somerset Militia) 4/Somerset Light Infantry (2nd Somerset Militia) 3/West Yorkshire (2nd West Yorkshire Militia) 4/West Yorkshire (4th West Yorkshire Militia) 3/East Yorkshire (East Yorkshire Militia) 3/Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Militia) 4/Bedfordshire (Hertford Militia) 3/Leicestershire (Leicestershire Militia) 3/Royal Irish (Wexford Militia0 4/Royal Irish (Royal Tiperrary Militia) 5/Royal Irish (Kilkenny Militia) 3/North Yorkshire (5th West Yorkshire Militia) 4/North Yorkshire (North York Militia) 5th Lancashire Fusiliers (7th Royal Lancashire Militia) 6/Lancashire Fusiliers 3/Royal Scots Fusiliers (Royal Ayr & Wigton Militia) 3/Cheshire (1st Royal Cheshire Militia) 4/Cheshire (2nd Royal Cheshire Militia) 3/Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Royal Denbigh & Flint Militia) 4/Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Royal Carnarvon & Merioneth Militia) 3/South Wales Borderers (Royal South Wales Miltia) 4/South Wales Borderers (Royal Montgomery Militia) 3/King's Own Scottish Borderers (Scottish Border Militia) 3/Cameronians (2nd Royal Lanark Militia) Scotland* * * * * Malta* * * * * * * Jersey* * Guernsey* * * * * * * * * Malta* * * * Wales * Wales * Scotland 6
4/Cameronians 3/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Fermanagh Militia) 4/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Royal Tyrone Militia) 5/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Donegal Militia) 3/Gloucestershire (Royal North Gloucestershire Militia) 4/Gloucestershire (Royal South Gloucestershire Militia) 3/Worcestershire (Worcestershire Militia) 4/Worcestershire 3/East Lancashire (5th Royal Lancashire Militia) 3/East Surrey (1st Royal Surrey Militia) 4/East Surrey (2nd Royal Surrey Militia) 3/Duke of Cornwall's LI (Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia) 3/Duke of Wellington's (6th West Yorkshire Militia) 3/Border Regiment (Royal Cumberland Militia) 4/Border Regiment (Royal Westmoreland Militia) 3/Royal Sussex (Royal Sussex Militia) 3/Hampshire (Hampshire Militia) 3/South Staffordshire (1st King's Own Staffordshire Militia) 4/South Staffordshire 3/Dorsetshire (Dorset Militia) 3/South Lancashire (4th Royal Lancashire Militia) 3/Welsh Regiment (Royal Glamorgan Militia) 3/Royal Highlanders (Royal Perth Militia) 3/Oxfordshire Light Infantry (Royal Buckinghamshire Militia) 4/Oxfordshire Light Infantry (Oxford Militia) 3/Essex Regiment (Esssex (Rifles) Militia) 4/Essex Regiment (West Essex Militia) 3/Sherwood Foresters (1st & 2nd derbyshire Militia) 4/Sherwood Foresters (Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia) 3/Loyal North Lancashire (3rd Royal Lancashire Militia) 3/Northamptonshire (Northampton & Rutland Militia) 3/Royal Berkshire (Royal Berkshire Militia) 3/Queen's Own Royal West Kent (West Kent Militia) 3/King's Own Yorkshire LI (1st West Yorkshire Militia) 3/King's Shropshire LI (Shropshire Militia) 4/King's Shropshire LI (Hereford Militia) 3/Middlesex (Royal Elthorne Militia) 4/Middlesex (Royal East Middlesex Militia) 5/KRRC (Huntingdon Militia) 7/KRRC (Royal 2nd Middlesex Militia) 8/KRRC (Carlow Militia) 9/KRRC (North Cork Militia) 3/Wiltshire (Royal Wiltshire Militia) 5/Manchester Regiment (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) 6/Manchester Regiment 3/North Staffordshire (2nd King's Own Staffordshire Militia) 4/North Staffordshire (3rd King's Own Staffordshire Militia) 3/York & Lancaster (3rd North York Militia) 3/Durham Light Infantry (1st Durham Militia) 4/Durham Light Infantry (2nd Durham Militia) 3/Highland Light Infantry (1st Royal Lanark Militia) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scotland* * * * * Malta* * * Malta* * * * * * * * * * * 7
4/Highland Light Infantry 3/Seaforth Highalnders (Highland (Rifle) Militia) 3/Gordon Highlanders (Royal Aberdeenshire Militia) 3/Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Highland (LI) Militia) 3/Royal Irish Rifles (Royal North Down Militia) 4/Royal Irish Rifles (Royal Antrim Militia) 5/Royal Irish Rifles (Royal South Down Militia) 6/Royal Irish Rifles (Louth Militia) 3/Royal Irish Fusiliers (Armagh Militia) 4/Royal Irish Fusiliers (Cavan Militia) 5/Royal Irish Fusiliers (Monaghan Militia) 3/Connaught Rangers (North & South Mayo Militia) 4/Connaught Rangers (Galway Militia) 5/Connaught Rangers (Roscommon Militia) 3/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Highland Borders Militia) 4/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Royal Renfrew Militia) 3/Leinster (King's County Militia) 4/Leinster (Queen's County Militia) 5/Leinster (Royal Meath Milita) 5/Royal Munster Fusiliers (South Cork Militia) 6/Royal Munster Fusiliers (Kerry Militia) 7/Royal Munster Fusiliers (Royal Limerick County Militia) 3/Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Kildare Militia) 4/Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Royal Dublin City Militia) 5/Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Dublin County Militia) 5/Rifle Brigade (Queen's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia) 6/Rifle Brigade (Royal Longford & Westmeath Militia) 7/Rifle Brigade (King's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia) Scotland * Scotland* * * * * * * * * * * The Army and Navy Gazette, 1900 Monthly Army List, March 1900 Copyright GFN 1994. 8